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Robb,

Thanks, sorry I was slow in getting back to you.  My grandfather just died.
You said 2 AC GE's are used all the way from Farm to Bluefield.  Is the
tonnage filled out at Flat Top anymore or has this practice been
eliminated?  I was looking at the tonnage rating of 2 DC's plus 2 AC's from
Farm to Flat Top, it is about 100 ea. 143 ton cars.  Does this sound right,
it is what is in the Employee Timetable.

Also on manifest trains, are they in the 70 car range?  more or less?

Thanks,

John Rhodes

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:36 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>wrote:


>

> Prior to 10-08, two DC traction GEs up front... three DC traction GEs on

> the rear from Farm to Bluefield... after 10-08, to DC GEs up front, two AC

> traction GEs on the rear Farm to Bluefield.

> Prior to 2001 or so (before the newer GE's took over the helper pool), they

> used four-unit sets of older EMD and GE power (SD40/40-2,C30/36-7), with two

> newer DCs up front.

> Before newer GE's (C39-8s etc) took over leading (mid 1980s), standard

> power set was three SD40/40-2,C30/36-7s up front... with four on the rear.

> If helpers are needed on a manifest, they rate one unit... either they get

> one unit, or a regular set of helpers operates with just one unit online...

> wouldn't surpise me if the newer ES44ACs operate with the CTE software

> enabled as well when pushing a manifest...

>

> Robb Fisher

> RFDI

>

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