Re: Stampede Pass / Containerized Grain
Author: WAF
Date: 02-27-2007 - 18:55
There's a tonnage limit without DPU, I believe its about 5,000 tons. If an empty grain train is 4,000 tons and requires three Dash Nines then a westbound with the same tonage would require likewise since its the same gradient, less climb miles. Curvature about the same I think. So a 5,000 ton w/b would need like one more Dash-9, so one more locomotive wouldn't break the bank