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Re: Jawbone - Lone Pine power and SP 70 tons revisited
Author: Craig Tambo
Date: 09-30-2013 - 23:53

BOB2 Wrote:
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> The heavy power was used on the remainder of the
> Jawbone Branch from the Trona IC to Mojave which
> was completely re-laid in ribbon rail over the
> years for the heavy unit trains from the Trona
> works.
>
> The upper leg of the Jawbone Branch, from there,
> through the Ridgecrest area, to the Lone
> Pine/Owenyo terminus, had a number of bridges and
> light rail which would have been problematic for
> heavy road power. I don't recall ever seeing
> anything bigger than "maybe" a 5300 (?) class
> consist on that segment toward the end of
> operations.
SD39s (5300s) were defintely used to Lone Pine, but some of them were actually heavier than SD45s. Per Strapac, the 5300-5317 were 416,600#, while 5318-5325 were 409,900#. It's amazing what will stay on the track if you just go slow enough.

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  Jawbone - Lone Pine power and SP 70 tons revisited SP5103 09-29-2013 - 21:01
  Re: Mojave Roundhouse Tom Moungovan 09-29-2013 - 22:30
  Re: Jawbone - Lone Pine power and SP 70 tons revisited Rich Hunn 09-30-2013 - 10:14
  Re: Jawbone - Lone Pine power and SP 70 tons revisited BOB2 09-30-2013 - 15:26
  Re: Jawbone - Lone Pine power and SP 70 tons revisited SP5103 09-30-2013 - 16:49
  Re: Jawbone - Lone Pine power and SP 70 tons revisited Craig Tambo 09-30-2013 - 23:53
  Re: Jawbone - Lone Pine power and SP 70 tons revisited William W. Webb 10-01-2013 - 09:15
  Re: Jawbone - Lone Pine power and SP 70 tons revisited SP5103 10-01-2013 - 20:23
  Re: Jawbone - Lone Pine power and SP 70 tons revisited Tom 10-01-2013 - 23:57
  Re: Jawbone - Lone Pine power and SP 70 tons revisited Tony Johnson 10-02-2013 - 01:00
  Re: Jawbone - Lone Pine power and SP 70 tons revisited SP5103 10-02-2013 - 10:15
  Re: SP 70 tons on the Molalla Branch SP5103 10-02-2013 - 21:28


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