Re: SP 4449 UP deadhead move in June
Author: A1
Date: 04-28-2017 - 15:09
Daylight Fan Wrote:
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> Been around for a while... Wrote:
>
> > Not too sure why the questions. The 844 and
> > Challenger have both gone through those curves
> > without issue.
>
>
> UP 844 nor has SP 4449 has ever operated through
> those curves, they are too sharp. Only the UP 3985
> has operated through there back in 2005 as it was
> able to negotiate them verses a 4-8-4. SP 4449
> had to operate through Portland Union Station and
> north to back onto the UP main to Kenton to meet
> with UP 844 ten years ago when they operated the
> double header to Tacoma and Everett, WA.
This is the 3rd or 4th time lately that someone has
claimed 844 has used those curves. It never has and
never will. Except in a few foamer wet dreams.
To mangle a good quote: "I can explain it to you,
but I cannot comprehend it for you."