An H8 on 150 cars going up Alleghany Mountain? Oh baby! If we aren't going 30 mph at Lewis Tunnel, I'll stop and get off if you don't mind. You can take her through the tunnel! 
I would love to handle the throttle on one of those huge locomotives. The C&O H8's were the heaviest and most powerful steam locomotives ever built. 7,498 DRAWBAR HP. In fact, the (over)weight issue almost bankrupted Lima.
Scorch, I enjoyed your long post back on the bottom of page 1. You said a lot of things there that are interesting food for thought. One thing you did not mention was the challenge and enjoyment of running 40-car loaded trains and 60+ car empty trains on a former trolley line, with 1.5% and 2% grades on almost the entire route...and 85-pound rail! Those were difficult trains to keep under control. The track was so bad we had to stretch-brake going down the hills. Remember?
