WAF Wrote:
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> BOB2 Wrote:
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> > Slow orders, often with miles of 10 mph
> operation,
> > were common in the Eel River Canyon, especially
> in
> > the rainy seasons, and for summer maintenance,
> > which never ended on that stretch of the
> railroad.
> > I only went out to the Canyon once when the
> > trains were running, in the fall during the
> late
> > 70's, and the one train I saw was crawling
> through
> > miles of slow orders.
> >
> > I seem to recall a 25 mph for much of that
> segment
> > from one of the timetables I used to have.
> > Tonnage on the lumber trains was heavy, power
> was
> > weak, curvature was severe, and there were some
> > pretty good grades on all of the NWP, so
> nothing
> > was going to move very fast on the NWP, and the
> > Canyon was probably some of the slowest running.
>
> >
> >
> > Once the SMART project is done, it will make
> > possible some of the highest freight or
> passenger
> > speeds ever seen on the NWP......
>
> 25 without the slow orders

I'm guessing that's pretty slow compared to "other canyon operations". Makes sense why some prefer the tansload idea in willits.