Re: Was the 4014 a good trade off?
Author: Hail the 4014
Date: 11-11-2019 - 15:58
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.
Ok Mike were you there for the trips over cajon? Do you know anyone who was in the know on those trips? I was asking a honest question but flame away. Since you opened this can of worms. So you were on the diesel helper over archer to know that is was a "paperweight" or know the engineer who was on it? You gathered all that information from trackside foaming? Ill bet you will claim next that you saw the steam pressure gauge trackside as well, right? As far as my comment that you quoted I was there in Yermo that morning saw it and heard it on the radio of the 4014 needing helper assistance to pull the train out of a flat yard. I also know the engineer on the pilot crew who verified the fact that the 4014 was being pushed all day long but I'll bet you will come back and say he was full of it right? Can you say the same for your trackside report?