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For Gabe, Randy and all others: <br /> <br /> I raised the question about long lash-ups, because I live 75 mins from Cajon Pass, (in Southern California). While there one day, I was photographing trains. A stranger standing several yards away commented to his friend that "You'll never see anymore 10 locomotive lash ups here again". I didn't hear what came before that remark, or after it, but I was stunned to learn of that situation. Prior to that fateful day, you could go there and see Santa fe Yellow Bonnet engines in strings of 10, fairly routinely. As I thought about it, I couldn't remember seeing any 10 unit lash ups for a very long time. In recent times, the most you'll see now are 8-9 units together and there may be a dash 9 as the lead unit. I have been laboring under the impression that something had happened in the railroad world to limit the number of locomotives that could be physically connected together. Having not seen a 10 unit lash up in a very long time, I had to assume the stranger was alluding to an event that occurred causing a ruling or practice that outlawed the 10 unit locomotive practices. There may be nothing whatsoever to limit long lashups, but we don't see them any more and there was never an explanation to account for the absense of that condition. Randy Stahl, has commented that it's all about horsepower and that is the determining factor. I'll have to accept that as gospel because I certainly am in no position to know differently. Thanks for your responses
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