Air Start C630

[NW Mailing List]

On 4/11/2023 11:07 AM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List wrote:

> I have a friend in Portsmouth that operated the Circleville job in the 
> 1970’s. He’d occasionally get an Alco and hated them - they took too 
> long to load, which slowed down switching and made it less 
> predictable. The man on the ground would keep prodding him to come 
> ahead, and he’d respond with something to the effect of “I’m trying!". 
> He admitted that they were on their last legs by that time, which 
> didn’t help matters…
Matt,
I had total different experience with the ALCOs. They loaded up faster 
than anything. I am told the exception being a FM Train Master, which I 
never got to run. What you are describing sounds just like any of the GE 
locos!

Jimmy Lisle