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LCandMRR, You mentioned the C and O 2-10-4 engines. These monsters were specifically ordered by C and O to run 170 loads of coal in Ohio where the terrain is demanding. I think that these engines performed magnificently both directions with a little assistance here and there. Grades experienced in Ohio is nowhere near the long fuel starving grades of the west and or the brutal frame busting grades of the eastern mountain ranges. The large engines of the Big Boys and Etcetra including electrics will always be able to break a Texas Type engine when the going gets hard. I will take a shot at the 70 mile and hour figure by reminding you that Coal is not a "Piority" freight. All that is needed is slow and steady supply in never ending trains. 15 miles and hour is just well suited to this. Now a mile of Fruit from California needs high speed with power across the barren wastes of Wyoming to get to the market in good condition and the UP's Big Boy fit the bill nicely.
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