Re: Donner summit, old track 1
Author: ble692
Date: 02-02-2017 - 20:33
Tim Wrote:
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> The 2012 timetable says westward trains making
> less than 12 mph at MP 202.5 weren't supposed to
> enter Tunnel 41 without someone's OK. Hard to see
> why they picked that spot for a speed check.
They use that spot because the grade out of Truckee will tell you if your are underpowered and not likely to make it through tunnel 41 to Norden. This allows you to stop at Stanford Flat (milepost 200-201 or so) instead of getting farther committed into what isn't going to work anyway.