Originally Posted by Steaming Jon:
Here's a question... I'm guessing the train was stopped, or going very slow, at the bottom of the hill. If you came into the bottom of the hill at speed, let's say somewhere around 50mph or so, would she have maintained that speed up the hill? (Thinking of the relationship between horsepower and speed)
The train was stopped right at the bottom of the hill. We than had a 5 mph restriction on the connection track on the wye, which is where the hill starts.There was no run for the hill at all.
If the 765 had hit this grade at 50 mph, my SWAG estimate is that she would have gone over the top at 35-40 mph. MUCH more horsepower is available at 50 mph than there is at 5!
