| Posted by David H on October 12, 2014 | |
I'm curious, is Borax that heavy that they need that many engines for that amount of cars, or is it that they will be picking up other freight elsewhere?
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Nice image. 1574 looks great - except for the shrunken numbers...
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This job always has at least 3-4 units, regardless of length. The trips both ways had relatively small consists, but my guess is they don't like to break up the power. Some days they are substantially long (80-100 cars), so they oftentimes need all 4 units.
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| Posted by CHOLO on October 12, 2014 | |
They are probably not using every single locomotive, perhaps the two trailing engins are in idle position wich means the engine is on but they dont apply any traction power.
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| Posted by David H on October 13, 2014 | |
Mark, that would explain why I see two-three six axles (Either SD40-2 or C44-9W's) hauling the NS local, when it generally only contains about 10-20 cars.
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