Overmod Closest you're likely to get to ex-PRR 'west of Crestline' would be Ohio Central on the old St. Louis line, and running there wouldn't be 'burnishing'. The actual high-speed testing will be on the Fast Loop at TTCI in Pueblo. (That is what requires development of the instrumented wheelsets.)
Closest you're likely to get to ex-PRR 'west of Crestline' would be Ohio Central on the old St. Louis line, and running there wouldn't be 'burnishing'.
The actual high-speed testing will be on the Fast Loop at TTCI in Pueblo. (That is what requires development of the instrumented wheelsets.)
When you say "Fast loop" I presume you mean the Railroad Test Track (RTT) with 50 minute curves and 6" superelevation, 100 mph balance speed, not the Facility for Accelerated Service Testing (FAST) track which typically runs at 40 mph as I recall.
I'd be interested to see it run on the Wheel-Rail Mechanism (WRM loop) track to measure how it handles perturbed track.
It may be geographically west of Crestline but it sure won't be on the old PRR.
The concurrently running Thread here regarding the PRR T-1 ; seems to have gone into topics, more regarding time tables, and speeds between stations(?)
The title did spark memories from some time past. IIRC it was aboiut 2010(?) or so, when the topics of possibly building a 'new;' 4-4-4-4 type PRR T-1; and 'running' it (somewhere) ? It seemed to be a real "pie-in-the-sky" idea. Of Course, it was going to be 'expensive' ! Personally, I thought it was just a project for dreamers.
So, Here we are, some 10+ years down the road: It seems that not only have those 'fans' found some funding, but have advanced some of their condtruction of what will become of a NEW T-1 steam locomotive, of PRR Heritage...
See linked @ https://prrt1steamlocomotivetrust.org/
Pages of its' boiler , and also a pictograph of its completed working parts.
Searching Google; you can find several websites devoted to this project(*PRR T-1)
Possibly, some day, some will be able to witness a brand new PRR T-1 #5550 burnishing the rails, west out of Crestline,Oh. ?
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