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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by canazar [quote]QUOTE: [i] Still, I wonder if, early one starry morning, somewhere out on the pairies, in either country, the two fellas looked at one another, one eyebrow arched slightly, and a half-smirk was exchanged. A slight nod, the Man reached for the cut-off and the regulator, and...well, somebody had to hear about it later. [/quote] I think Crandell has it right. Ill go with his theroy. Probably be impossible to tell what the real record is since most of it was most likely done out on the open rail with nothing but a scared herd of cows or a freaked [:0]out farmer out in his feilds as some smoking, firebreathing banshee went screaming down the rails.. (Can you even imgaine that sight??) Heck, I have seen highway crewman race snow plows and regulary see the UPS guys race their brown trucks (I work by a UPS wharehouse) foot to the floor, black smoke blazeing as they race across the intersection at a blinding speed of 35 miles an hour. Men have been going fast since day one. The the theory of how many licks to the center of Tootsie Pop, way may never know. But does give great imagination...... Best Regards [/quote] Heh. Poor Buster Browns. There are working trucks out there that are heavily modified and capable of 140+ loaded. I still say the PRR T-1 has the best potential for really high speeds under a load.
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