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Western Railroad Discussion > 6 1/2 hour late #11 through Dunsmuir this morningDate: 08/27/14 07:39 6 1/2 hour late #11 through Dunsmuir this morning Author: photobob #11 rolled through Dunsmuir just before dawn this morning with five private cars on the rear. The rear drumhead read "Roots on the Rails".
Robert Morris Photography http://www.snowcrest.net/photobob/index1.html   Date: 08/27/14 09:27 Re: 6 1/2 hour late #11 through Dunsmuir this morning Author: TCnR Bob's working those new signals into the composition.
Somethings change, somethings remain the same. Date: 08/27/14 10:32 Re: 6 1/2 hour late #11 through Dunsmuir this morning Author: sagehen Extra unit to help with the private cars. In my experience, private cars are hard on the schedule, especially when they're added to the train at more than one intermediate stop. I was on the train a couple of years ago when the whole train went into the maintenance facility in Oakland to pick up cars and lost over an hour.
Stan Date: 08/27/14 11:46 Re: 6 1/2 hour late #11 through Dunsmuir this morning Author: upbuddyboy Did yu get pics of the BNSF oil empty too?
Date: 08/27/14 11:48 Re: 6 1/2 hour late #11 through Dunsmuir this morning Author: Torisgod And just why have three locomotives to handle the PVs? I've seen two P42s pull the Auto Train (which is often 50 cars long, 20 passenger cars and 30 autoracks, +-) just like that. Is it perhaps because of grades?
Tor in Eugene Date: 08/27/14 14:43 Re: 6 1/2 hour late #11 through Dunsmuir this morning Author: myjbh1989 Hmmm, let's think terrain profile... The AutoTrain's route is nearly flat and there are no intermediate station stops. The Starlight's route is very very hilly at times and it has many intermediate station stops to accelerate out of.
Date: 08/27/14 18:08 Re: 6 1/2 hour late #11 through Dunsmuir this morning Author: PHall Torisgod Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > And just why have three locomotives to handle the > PVs? I've seen two P42s pull the Auto Train (which > is often 50 cars long, 20 passenger cars and 30 > autoracks, +-) just like that. Is it perhaps > because of grades? > > Tor in Eugene Didn't you ask this very same question before? Date: 08/27/14 19:52 Re: 6 1/2 hour late #11 through Dunsmuir this morning Author: schaffner Saw this train go through Alviso, CA at about 4:20 PM.
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