Re: It's good there are no real grades on the ex GN Hi-Line
Author: Dude with a question
Date: 02-08-2019 - 21:27

Pdxrailtransit Wrote:
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> Dude with a question Wrote:
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> > What does extreme cold have to do with grades?
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> The recent CP runaway between the Spiral Tunnels.
> BTW the forecast tonight for Glasgow, MT is -28.

So you take one incident and make a generalization like that???

Come on pal, there are a lot of places with steep railroad grades which on occasion have extremely cold weather that don't have runaway trains.



Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  It's good there are no real grades on the ex GN Hi-Line Pdxrailtransit 02-08-2019 - 19:55
  Re: It's good there are no real grades on the ex GN Hi-Line George Andrews 02-08-2019 - 20:32
  Re: It's good there are no real grades on the ex GN Hi-Line Dude with a question 02-08-2019 - 20:48
  Re: It's good there are no real grades on the ex GN Hi-Line Pdxrailtransit 02-08-2019 - 20:52
  Re: It's good there are no real grades on the ex GN Hi-Line Dude with a question 02-08-2019 - 21:27
  Re: It's good there are no real grades on the ex GN Hi-Line Joe Magruder 02-09-2019 - 07:37
  Re: There is a grade on the ex GN Hi-Line Northern Snowman 02-09-2019 - 08:42
  Dude-cold can affect air brake performance, although there were likely other failures BOB2 02-09-2019 - 14:51
  Re: Dude-cold can affect air brake performance, although there were likely other failures Max Wyss 02-09-2019 - 23:53
  Re: It's good there are no real grades on the ex GN Hi-Line Argonaut 02-09-2019 - 18:34
  Re: It's good there are no real grades on the ex GN Hi-Line Dude wheres my Train! 02-10-2019 - 20:10
  Re: It's good there are no real grades on the ex GN Hi-Line Commenter 02-11-2019 - 12:40
  Re: It's good there are no real grades on the ex GN Hi-Line Max Wyss 02-12-2019 - 01:32
  Re: It's good there are no real grades on the ex GN Hi-Line Commenter 02-12-2019 - 10:40
  Winter storm Rooty Tooty Fresh N Fruity The Fake Weather Channel 02-09-2019 - 10:00


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