Hot Water posted:Norton posted:daylight postedReally enjoyed the video of this timeless masterpiece.
Any idea why the Daylight required two helpers on the decent from MT Shasta? If it was mentioned in the video I must have missed it
I think it was mentioned they were added to help with braking for the Cantera loop.
Pete
Correct. Whenever we traveled over mountain grades, we generally just added the helpers on the point, so they could be easily removed at the end of a "helper district".
Thank you guys, that is what I thought. AS far as the braking issue, was the Daylight and the associated passenger cars not able to brake enough to slow the trains momentum down the grade?