hearing a locomotive at run 8 or full throttle

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hearing a locomotive at run 8 or full throttle

  • havy any body heard of a train in run 8 ?
    i have on 3 occasions
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  • Yep
  • That's my earliest memory! 3 CP SD40-2s working on the head of a coal train up the west side of Roger's pass, near beavermouth....I wish I could go back....
    Haven't heard anything like that lately, I think, and think is the key word.
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  • All the time.
  • You live on a grade?

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  • QUOTE: Originally posted by trainboyH16-44

    You live on a grade?

    NOPE JUST A .25% GRADE THROUGH PENSACOLA TO JACKSONVILE FLORIDA.
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  • Run 8 is normal...
  • I work in a bike shop that's in a former depot at the summit of a 1% grade. It's fun to watch customers' faces when one goes by at run 8 15 feet away.

    Trainnutz (loving every day at work, but not only because of the job).[8D]
  • Yeah, a couple of Ex-Conrail C36-7's. They sounded as if they were about die.
  • Stop by Cassandra, PA and you'll hear it on almost every train going east.

    Dale
  • SD45 HELPES- MRL
  • How can you tell run8, from run 7 without being in the cab?
  • It's nothing compared to doubleheaded 2-8-2's at capacity.
  • Ahh I understand you enjoying that full throttle.

    But STEAM rules when it is working under load.
  • QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

    How can you tell run8, from run 7 without being in the cab?

    BY THE PITCH OF THE DIESEL ENGINE WHEN IN RUN 8 IT PRODUCES A WISTLE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.
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