Nostalgia & History > I Think I Can !!

6755 is close to the top of the curving, 1%+ grade leaving Walsenburg, CO. She's draggin' a loaded coal train destined for Houston, TX.

qman

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Nice, four units was not normal?
JB

Oh, Dem's were the days. Thanks for sharing qman. Ben

Nice looking consist, thanks for the share.

Kent in CArmel Valley

Normal was 4 C/U30's or 5 SD-40's and yes, those were definitely the days.

The Oakway's were fairly new at this time and the RR was "experimenting" with the locomotive consists assigned to coal service. Five 3000 hp. units were the standard power for several years. As locomotive "hot rodding" hit the scene the consists were modified accordingly. The final pre-70MAC consist ended up being 5 units of 3000 hp. each or 4 units with two units of greater than 3000 hp. It was in this time period that the C33-7 made its appearance on the BN. All the experiments were quite successful, I might add.

qman



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/23/14 18:39 by qman.

Nice shot.

You should do a White Balance for the shot is Green/Cyan.

I wish I could have seen a BN consist.

Dennis Livesey
New York, NY