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Jen, I hired out in coal country and to be honest with you there are alot of variables involved. Remember, I was a lowly conductor, but, paid attention to what was going on with my train. I would say one of the variables is HPT (horsepower per ton) and weight of train. Where I was, the entire train wasn't always on river grade. The head end may be on level ground,as the rear is still pulling a grade. As for Kev's posts, he seems a little underschooled in freight svce. On the sub that I worked on the speed limit was 55mph empty if that speed could be maintained in less that notch 3 and 50mph for loads. Can't help you out much more than that. <br />Ken
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