Big Jim posted:Rich Melvin posted:Dominic Mazoch posted:After seeing both the 844 and 3985, I was actually disapointed seeing 4014.
I can understand your disappointment. Most of the time they just shove the thing around with diesels. What's to enjoy about that?
Rich,
You are one who should not be presenting a tone that is judgmental!
If I remember correctly, you told of how 765 got pushed along by diesels too. Something about saving coal & water. Then 844 did the same.
I can understand why diesels are taken along for the ride and there are a lot of others out that need to understand it too!
Yes, we have used diesels behind the 765 on occasion. However, those diesels were there to stretch the coal and water in order to make a long deadhead move work out. We didn’t use them because we were afraid we might break something if we worked the 765 hard. We’ve operated the 765 with the throttle on the roof for hundreds of miles, at speeds up to 70 mph. That’s something the 4014 has yet to do, and likely never will. The diesels can’t go that fast... 
