Long trains rollin'

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Frank:
On Oct. 25, 1967, N&W operated a 450-car coal train.  According to  my
source, it had three engines on the head end and five units pushing.   Thought
I'd heard that they had a pusher in the middle also.  Don Mayberry  and
"Skip" Salmon MAY have been on the trip.  
 
Don't know how tonnage ratings are derived -- maybe by formula or  maybe
something to do with the dynamometer car. I do know you're asking for  trouble
if you exceed the tonnage rating -- especially on Baldwins.   The  PRSL (that
was a subsidiary of the wooden axle outfit Abe worked for) had arranged  to
get the sailors home for Christmas by sending three troop  trains  to the
base.  I was on the first one -- a 1,000 HP Baldwin hauling 16  passenger 
cars.
At Winslow Jct., the Baldwin crapped out and everyone missed their
connection in Filthydelphia.
 
The Baldwins got me in trouble too.  The tonnage ratings on NS were  carefully
adhered to -- not even one ton over.  With jam-up tonnage to  move,  I decided
I could get more cars off the yard by moving the mtys and saving the loads  
for
the next train.  The Traffic Department wasn't too pleased with that  
decision 
(and they were right).
 
                                                          Harry Bundy    
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