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| Author: | car57 [ Mon Jul 23, 2018 10:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 844 Returns home in style |
Lovely return trip for 844 with 20 tank cars this evening, humbling, emotional and good to have the crew back. Seen here crossing the old 1869 Denver Pacific grade on Terry Ranch abandoned in 1908. https://youtu.be/QSUpG1xZgM8 |
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| Author: | BigBoy 4023 [ Mon Jul 23, 2018 11:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 844 Returns home in style |
Somber occasion. I wish the UP steam crew all the best in these tough times. Robert |
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| Author: | Lincoln Penn [ Tue Jul 24, 2018 12:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 844 Returns home in style |
BigBoy 4023 wrote: Somber occasion. I wish the UP steam crew all the best in these tough times. Hopefully the repairs to the wheels and brake shoes of engine and tender go smoothly. This is the second time 844's poor drivers have been tortured. Robert What "repairs to the wheels and brake shoes of the engine and tender" are you speaking of? If those items needed "repairs" after the incident, then why and how did the 844 and it's train of empty tank cars make it all the way back to Cheyenne? |
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| Author: | BigBoy 4023 [ Tue Jul 24, 2018 1:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 844 Returns home in style |
Info regarding heavy braking was rumored to have caused flat spotting of the wheels of 844 and tender. Obviously the rumors are unfounded and 844 had a leisurely trip home. Robert |
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| Author: | CREEPING DEATH [ Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 844 Returns home in style |
As I recall, the previous flat-spotting incident here in Texas was due to a defective, unmanned EMD assist running full power shoving 844 and pulling the train despite the engineer dumping the air. CD |
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