@jhz563 posted:…the same source had a pretty good write up on damage to 614 after going through a crossover at a high rate of speed. It seemed credible when I read it at the time.
I find this very interesting. We ran the 765 on various Class 1 railroads back in the day, and the variations in track work standards was remarkable. On both Conrail and Norfolk Southern, going through a crossover at speed was a non-event. The crossover move was smooth and almost unnoticeable.
Crossovers on CSX, and especially on the former C&O rails, was a totally different experience! They were rough as a cob! The lateral forces were also much higher, as if the initial spiral curve was not eased enough. It would not surprise me that the 614 was damaged in a high-speed crossover move on the ex-C&O. When pulling the New River Trains on the old C&O, we learned to take the crossovers at a lesser speed that what was officially allowed. If it was a 30 mph crossover, we ran it at 20 to 25 mph. We didn’t spill the drinks back in First Class at that speed.
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