Re: I-70 Overlook on Sunday, Aug 27,2006

Shane said:
we were ready to go in 15 minutes.
I don't remember how late you guys ended up being on that run, but I thought you managed to make up all the lost time by the end of the day. My recollection is that the last run of the day was on time.
I wish there was a way to really communicate just what an incredible show #9 put on. All the recently posted pictures of her with the plow and beartrap are nice, but those images don't communicate how she operates. I thought she was louder/ more authoritative that the other locomotives I heard (GLRR Inc's #40 as well as the K28 and K36s on the D&SNG and C&TS) that week. Heck, #9 drowns out semis on I-70.
She also sounds different while stationary. This reflects her lack of some of the more modern appliances found on #40, #473 and the K36s.
When moving by herself, #9 seemed to start quicker than those more modern engines -- it seemed that when her throttle was opened, she was already zipping down the track by her second or third exhaust.
Anyway, it is hard for me to describe what I saw and heard, but suffice to say that I'm glad that I had that experience.
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Chris Webster
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