Intersting Lashup
interssting choice of locos on the MHKPD11...
Date:
10/11/2007
Location:
Hinkle, OR
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Collection Of:
Mark Herren
Locomotives:
UP 4277(SD70M)
UPY 1474(MP15AC)
UP 5144(SD70M)
Author:
Mark Herren
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Hanging at Hinkle
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Virgil Fitzpatrick
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if that lil MP15's online, I'm gonna blow up
10/11/2007 9:39:12 PM
Ryan Swanson
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The MP15AC has non-alignment control couplers...which means that it has to travel as the second unit in the consist between two d/b equipped locos (ex: SD70Ms). Why? Because there is a high probability that if placed as the last unit in the consist, when the engineer throws it into d/b, the slack will run in on the goat and with non-alignment control couplers, could "pop" the goat off the rails and initiate a relatively major derailment.
10/12/2007 12:10:57 AM
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