Re: D&S update and jobs
| October 16, 2022 11:35AM |
Russ489 Wrote:
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> AZ Railfan Wrote:
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> > Once D&S is comfortable that MU combos are
> working
> > well maybe next step will be tonnage test.
> Perhaps
> > next year we will see even longer trains?
>
> Not likely on a regular basis. Due to the seating
> arrangement, the trains must be turned at
> Silverton and the wye only holds 15 cars. Turning
> more than that becomes a switching exercise.
No problem...Kick em.
Scott
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> AZ Railfan Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Once D&S is comfortable that MU combos are
> working
> > well maybe next step will be tonnage test.
> Perhaps
> > next year we will see even longer trains?
>
> Not likely on a regular basis. Due to the seating
> arrangement, the trains must be turned at
> Silverton and the wye only holds 15 cars. Turning
> more than that becomes a switching exercise.
No problem...Kick em.
Scott
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