Steam & Excursion > 1962

Green River, WY.  Was this a RMRR Club trip?   It was an overnight to Ogden.  I rode the trip westbound.  The #844 topped 100 mph!  (Didn't the employee timetable have a section to figure speed by the number of code line poles you passed?)  But what I'll always remember is the Continental Trailways bus ride back to Denver.......arrgh*^#**!

Ed



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 10/24/16 19:05 by Auburn_Ed.

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Ed, it was the number of seconds per mile to figure out the speed. Even in the modern time we would do that to check against our speed recorders on the units as well.
​By the way, great photo of them servicing the 844.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/24/16 19:09 by Bob3985.

Thanks, Bob.  I knew there was some formula.  36 seconds per mile!

Ed