Mike Stimpson Wrote:
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> Was I there for the trips over Cajon? Yes. Were
> the diesels working there? Yes. Did I claim
> otherwise? No.
>
> "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?"
>
> Did I claim I was on the diesel? No. Did I claim
> to know the engineer? No. You sure are free with
> trying to twist what I said...
>
> What I said was that, by sound, I could tell that
> the diesel wasn't working going up Archer. I've
> been trackside for 50 years; I'm pretty sure I can
> hear the difference between idle and run 8.
> (Yeah, I know, there are other notches. But what
> notch would a single unit be in, going up Archer
> at about 40 MPH, pulling 21 empties and pushing a
> Big Boy that wasn't doing any actual work? It
> wouldn't be in run 1 or 2.)

And of course we all know that the diesel engineer
couldn't have throttled down from 5 or 6 to 2 or 3
before he got to you with your expert ears, as it was
virtually the top of the hill by then.

The download told the tale. You're wrong, Mike.