Re: SP power on the point of the starlight
Author: OTM
Date: 01-14-2013 - 10:22
WAF Wrote:
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> One Sacramento Div engineer, Ed Eppling AKA
> Grasshopper, would make a "command decision"
> before Roseville if "HE" thought the power was
> strong enough to pull the Hill
WAF
Did this info come straignt from "Grasshopper"?
The power requirements for No. 6 were made long before he went on duty at Oakland.
The power requirements for no. 5 over the Sierra were made before the train left Ogden.