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Date: 12/14/16 05:47
What happened to #5 yesterday?
Author: 2ebright

#5 out of Denver yesterday 1 minute late. #5 out of Winter Park, the next stop west, 4' 28" late. Maybe problems in the Moffat Tunnel?

Dick

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Date: 12/14/16 06:36
Re: What happened to #5 yesterday?
Author: 2ebright

Thank you F40PHR231.
Dick

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Date: 12/14/16 10:34
Re: What happened to #5 yesterday?
Author: Grande473

A question from a layman. Why would it take two hours to add locomotives?

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Date: 12/14/16 10:56
Re: What happened to #5 yesterday?
Author: F40PHR231

In addition to switching, there were problems with the air. The 151+179 sat there with temps dropping from the mid 40s to the teens, so I'm guessing there was condensation and ice buildup in the air hoses.

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Date: 12/14/16 11:31
Re: What happened to #5 yesterday?
Author: Grande473

Ice would do it. I used to see the Rio Grande add an extra unit on No.2 and add as many as four deadhead units on No. 1, the Royal Gorge, at Pueblo in the 1960s. The trains weren't delayed. But this was during the summer.

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