01-12-2018, 02:39 PM
sailormatlac Wrote:Mike, it wasn't unusual to run a long branchline with switchers. In my area, the local railway was more than 90 miles long and they used SW1200RS. Most of the time 2 units, and when tonnage was higher, they lashed up another one.
Matt
Matt, absolutely. I'm a switcher guy, but my understanding is that crews just prefer road switchers for the road and switchers for the yard. The St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain ran GE 70 tonners for it's full length. I like end cabs over road switchers, but to each their own.
Exohead seems to prefer Geeps, and they would not be out of place.
BTW Matt, I love your 149th Street blog. Great work!
Mike Kieran
Port Able Lines
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Port Able Lines
" If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be " - Yogi Berra.