BN Oly Wrote:
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> Quite familiar with the grades. Capitol Lake to
> Belmore is 1.7 ruling. Downtown Olympia to the
> brewery is .4 and brewery to East Olympia is .6 or
> .8 can't remember exactly. A GP38 type is good
> for 7-8 loads, 2-3 empties and a caboose in the
> old BN days. That same train wouldn't need more
> than notch 3-4 the rest of the way to East Oly.
>
> As to the jackass that made the comment about me
> knowing more about the people that run the
> railroad, I never made that claim. I was
> complaining about more modern power that lacks the
> personality of the older stuff. If they think its
> justified, go for it. This is an enthusiast site
> remember, not an industry forum. I'm entertained
> by noise and variety, not operating ratios and
> cost per ton. I deal with that nonsense at work
> every day. Lighten up.

The first part of your OP was that "they don't need"
the bigger power. Obvious you think you know more
about how they should run their railroad than they
do. They should run it on sound.

Nobody said anything about operating ratios except you.

One jackass to another.