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Western Railroad Discussion > A (ex) SP Tunnel Motor grinding up a 4% gradeDate: 11/11/19 21:31 A (ex) SP Tunnel Motor grinding up a 4% grade Author: inCHI For this ex-SP Tunnel Motor, the closest thing to Tennessee Pass you could see now is something perhaps even more impressive; fighting the 4%+ grades of the Andes mountains on the Central Railroad of Peru. This post I made on the International Board has a video of it, and explains more about it.
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4900953,4900953#msg-4900953rades. It reappears on the upper left side after that curve.  Date: 11/12/19 00:28 Re: A (ex) SP Tunnel Motor grinding up a 4% grade Author: DKay That is impressive. Looks lie the plough has had more to contend with other than snow.
Regardsd,DK Date: 11/12/19 09:06 Re: A (ex) SP Tunnel Motor grinding up a 4% grade Author: E25 According to RR Pictures Archive, that particular locomotive seems to have led an interesting life:
SP 8382 USRP 6106 KCS 6106 FCCA 1024 Greg Stadter Phoenix, AZ Date: 11/12/19 17:01 Re: A (ex) SP Tunnel Motor grinding up a 4% grade Author: atsf121 Very cool! That is a long ways from home, glad to see it is still earning it’s keep.
Nathan Posted from iPhone Date: 11/12/19 17:19 Re: A (ex) SP Tunnel Motor grinding up a 4% grade Author: Milwaukee E25 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > According to RR Pictures Archive, that particular > locomotive seems to have led an interesting life: > > SP 8382 USRP 6106 KCS 6106 > FCCA 1024 Do you have the history of the FCCA 1023 that is running behind the 1024? It looks to have originally been a SD40 but was probably upgraded to be a SD40-2 at some point prior to heading south. Date: 11/12/19 20:39 Re: A (ex) SP Tunnel Motor grinding up a 4% grade Author: E25 From the same source...
Other locos with this serial: CP 5506(SD40) CITX 3081(SD40-2) GCFX 3081(SD40-2) FCCA 1023(SD40-2) Greg Stadter Phoenix, AZ Date: 11/14/19 22:14 Re: A (ex) SP Tunnel Motor grinding up a 4% grade Author: Fizzboy7 Miss those 40 whiners! There is an excellent video of this unit and the Andes on Youtube. Shown getting a spin on a turntable and running through some very colorful scenery.
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