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Charlie McCandless

September 04, 2006 07:09PM

That was taken a few years ago of the 18. I don't know who the engineer was.
The steam engines don't have brakes. The train is stopped by putting the Johnson Bar in reverse. The headlight is run off a car battery.
The diesel has air brakes on the locomotive only. The locomotive weighs three tons but only has the back truck powered, putting it in the 750-pound tractive effort range. It is very easy to spin the wheels or slide the wheels.
One of the problems we have are passengers jumping off the train before we stop.

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Lakeside 18 return successful	Charlie McCandless	September 04, 2006 05:59AM
Re: Lakeside 18 return successful	Robert	September 04, 2006 12:56PM
Re: Lakeside 18 return successful	Charlie McCandless	September 04, 2006 03:16PM
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Re: Lakeside 18 return successful	Charlie McCandless	September 04, 2006 07:09PM
Lakeside on Monday PIC	Dave S.	September 04, 2006 11:11PM
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Re: Lakeside 18	Charlie McCandless	September 05, 2006 05:53AM
Lakeside 17 PIC	Dave S.	September 05, 2006 07:49AM
Lakeside "Silver Speed" PIC	Dave S.	September 05, 2006 07:51AM
Re: Lakeside 18	Charlie McCandless	September 05, 2006 06:21PM

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