HUTCH 7.62 Wrote:
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> 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.

Both the Feather River Canyon and Sacramento River Canyon have 25 mph speed limits.