Mike Stimpson Wrote:
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> > "a locomotive that can't even pull its own
> weight unless its on flat territory and even that
> might be giving it to much credit."
>
> Right...
>
> You're sure not here to ask an honest question or
> to have an honest conversation. You're here to
> rant about 4014 in the disguise of asking an
> honest question.
>
> For someone who doesn't like the 4014, you seem to
> spend an incredible amount of time obsessing about
> it and posting hate about it. You might be
> happier finding something else to do with your
> time.
>
> As for the "substance" of your comment... I was
> trackside when 4014 when up Archer Hill. It had a
> diesel behind it and 21 (empty) freight cars.
> Yes, not much for a Big Boy, but I can tell you
> that the diesel was doing nothing. It was just a
> paperweight. (Well, paperweight with dynamic
> brakes when they got to the other side of the
> hill...)
>
> So: Factually, you are full of it. Emotionally,
> you are something like the obsessed ex-girlfriend
> that is still stalking her ex years after the
> breakup. Let it go. Move on with your life. If
> you can't enjoy watching 4014, maybe it's time for
> a different hobby. Go watch airplanes or
> something.

Actually know that Hail the 4014 has more steam operation and knowledge of steam repair than you do Mike. And besides, we all know that the dismal going up Archer hill was no way in neutral. Run 7 or 8, just like going up Cajon, or out of Yermo yard.

But throwing insults back and forth will not fix 4014. You watch, as soon as the push 4014 around the Midwest Tour is over, Wasactch Rail will be over at the shop trying to figure out what Ed and Co did to her. More money down the @#$%& of the steam shop.