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QUOTE: Originally posted by johncolley Hey, guy's, I know it's the april issue, so I'll bite...how many units does it take to pull the grade on a 7,000 mile high mountain?
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar ...That is interesting country to rail fan. I worked on a project in that area for a while many years ago and had time to do some railfanning. Just east of Kingman one can see out over the desert and down through a long dip for 20 some miles...and at night observing the block signals out across the distance is interesting....And more so to watch a train progress east and turn the signals red as it moves and then back to green as it passes is unique and a real treat...!
QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar ....Hey guys, I know we're kicking around the "April Fools" thing but seriously, this main line route...{double track}, is a reality....I have always wondered about them taking the main line up that high through there but this is a looooong grade so they have milage to attain that elevation....Kingman, Az. as I mentioned previously is about 165 miles west and I'm familiar somewhat with that area and the track climbs up out of the bottom desert at that location and uses about a 2.2% grade to get up through Kingman and I suspect the route gets by on it's way to Flagstaff by no steeper grades than that although I don't know the exact figures out through that area. I simply know Flagstaff is at 7000' and the track passes through there on it's way east...
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Originally posted by johncolley [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply fuzzybroken Member sinceOctober 2002 From: Milwaukee, WI, US 1,384 posts Posted by fuzzybroken on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:36 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 At an altitude of 7000 miles there would not be any oxygen for combustion of fuel...........so you can forget about that one!! Answer: Electric! Some Little Joes would be awesome... -Mark http://www.geocities.com/fuzzybroken -Fuzzy Fuzzy World 3 Reply chad thomas Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: Ely, Nv. 6,312 posts Posted by chad thomas on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 12:12 PM What would you haul ??? I guess you could try to fill space with air. That might take a while. Better use unit trains. And lots of em. Better make it double track too. Might also need helpers closer to earth (more gravity). Good dispaching would be essential, can't send a dog catch crew as easily. Reply Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
QUOTE: Originally posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 At an altitude of 7000 miles there would not be any oxygen for combustion of fuel...........so you can forget about that one!!
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