Enough power?

Post by **codrivermike** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:08 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm2fxbQA8fA

"Hey, despatcher. We need some locos for this here coke train"

"No problem. How many do y'all need"

"Errrrrrr.. How many you got"

AlistairW · Post by **AlistairW** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:12 pm

And they say air freight is uneconomic...

staticxfreak · Post by **staticxfreak** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:52 pm

Haha, I only think 3 of the loco's are working though.

johncard · Post by **johncard** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:10 pm

Nah, they were all making noise..... whether that was idling or not I don't know......

Thrashin · Post by **Thrashin** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:11 pm

Imagine the din if those engines were 37s and all working...

andylloyd · Post by **andylloyd** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:26 pm

11 that is a monster!

Andy

ianmacmillan · Post by **ianmacmillan** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:39 pm

Sorry we only brought 20 wagons.

That was all we could fit into the sidings.

salopiangrowler · Post by **salopiangrowler** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:28 am

its actually quite suprising how many you do need.

i need 10 to lift a 92 wagon tank train out of Mojave on Tehachapi 2 route in msts i dont know if its proto typical the consist was mainly SD70ACes and MACs on 92 ACF whale Bellys.

staticxfreak · Post by **staticxfreak** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:56 pm

johncard wrote:Nah, they were all making noise..... whether that was idling or not I don't know......

To me it sounds like the front 2 and the last loco before the wagons are working... hence the loud noise, lol

staticxfreak · Post by **staticxfreak** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:14 pm

This freight train isn't long...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqn8Qgj0zbY

trains2 · Post by **trains2** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:15 pm

staticxfreak wrote:This freight train isn't long...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqn8Qgj0zbY

Crikey! 137 wagons I count? Wouldn't like to be sat at a level (of course I should say Railroad) crossing when that goes past.

Post by **codrivermike** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:29 pm

trains2 wrote:Crikey! 137 wagons I count? Wouldn't like to be sat at a level (of course I should say Railroad) crossing when that goes past.

Which is one of the reasons they take a chance on getting across and also why "Operation Lifesaver" is promoted by all the American railroad companies.

Michael

AlistairW · Post by **AlistairW** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:51 pm

staticxfreak wrote:This freight train isn't long...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqn8Qgj0zbY

Recon you could drop that white wagon in the middle out for us please mate?

salopiangrowler · Post by **salopiangrowler** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:43 pm

trains2 wrote: Crikey! 137 wagons I count? Wouldn't like to be sat at a level (of course I should say Railroad) crossing when that goes past.

Ya missed 10 theres 147 i watched and counted twice and got 147 twice.

It'd be a life waiting at a crossing on a 10mph stretch of track.