On Sunday, January 23, 2005, at 04:11 PM, Richard Karnes wrote:
> > roy inman wrote: > >> ...the question for you rail gurus out there: did the UP run >> passenger and >> freight both with the Mike? > > I can't speak directly to the UP, but, in general, Mikes were strictly > freight locos -- relatively small drivers, relatively husky, for great > starting power and fairly limited speed. I know of no > assignments of Mikes to passenger trains on any road, although -- as > someone else on this e-list observed -- anything is possible in an > emergency situation. Example: When a young drunk lost the race to > the crossing and broadsided one of the diesels on my Amtrak Lake Shore > Limited outside Erie PA, two CSX freight locos came to our rescue, > hauling us (slowly) to Cleveland where Amtrak could replace them. > > Dick Karnes This is not to put any one down and because of my age my remember is not working to full capacity. But I seem to remember the UPRR ordered their first Mikes for Passenger service in the mountains. I could be wrong but they were used for helper service on passenger trains. If I am wrong please do not shoot me. Thank you Larry Jackman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer. The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail software, but it works on some of the most common ones. Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
