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| ANTIS |
The split between freight and passenger mains has moved closer to East Altoona. The curves on the mains need a bit of work. Not exactly "sweepers"...
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| East Altoona |
Once I had the track down I had to run a test train. The L1s ran a while with that short train but it kept stopping in places. I don't think it's the track in those locations, other locomotives don't have the same issue. I'm going to use a meter to check.
I decided to run a real train. I gathered everything in the yards that had knuckle couplers and in running condition and coupled the sharks at the headend. There was some sort of problem and when I went to fix it I managed to push the B unit off the track. It plunged but the top of the workbench broke its fall about a foot below the railhead. Lost both couplers so I had to toss it into the RIP box. So I ran the train with just the two A units...
It was pretty amazing to me. The two units pulled a scale half mile of train up the 2% grade towards Bennington. When they hit The Slide, with it's 3% grade, they slowed but kept going. Moving at a crawl they almost made it the the summit before "running out of smoke". If the B unit hadn't gone deep six the train would have made Gallitzin. I'll have to get the shop crews on that unit SAP.
Regards
Frank Musick
Executive Fumble Fingers
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| Allegheny Eastern Railroad |
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