Re: Nwp seems slow these days
Author: ron
Date: 07-09-2017 - 11:59
Dr Zarkoff Wrote:
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> >I suggest 136lb. fares better with little or no
> maintenance and quite possibly SMART will have
> little money for maintenance for a while
>
> Given the amount of freight which runs on the
> former NWP, or ever will again, and the speeds the
> trains will go, 115 vs 136 lb rail isn't worth
> worrying about.
You could not be more right.The NWP ran long heavy trains for fifty years over sections of mainline rail around Ukiah that are 90 lbs.