"Ugly Boat" I like that!
Thank you kindly,
Michael Matalis
See my photos and my ugly mug at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/prairierailfan/
On Jun 19, 2009, at 4:00 PM, Karl L Rethwisch wrote:
>
> Sure, double heading is usually always viewed as a big-time,
> mainline event. "Usually" is what Hol, Norm, Russ and others are
> talkin' about, usually, NOT ALWAYS !
>
> During a fun-filled day in the Westbound yd. at Eola I was "asked"
> to go to the Farnsworth Ave. Xing. and pull a train, tied up and
> later to be delivered to the J, up to the top end of the "runnin'
> track" and tie it down again.
>
> I had the "usual" NW or SW type switch engine and was happy to
> oblige. This eng, I might add, had no MU anything's !!
>
> At Farnsworth sat a loaded coal train with 1 unit, the others having
> been cut off and run into Clyde. This is a bad place to start a
> coal load regardless of the power but, with only a U30C, what choice
> did I have?? Doublehead, of COURSE !!
>
> I hooked on to the U Boat and had a long, detailed discussion with
> the Switchman (the details of this "discussion" will not be included
> here) that accompanied me from the yd. I thought I'd see what the
> Ugly Boat could do and was rewarded with the expected failure.
> After all was in readiness (the full details of "readiness" will not
> be discussed either) we started to do the impossible. 1000 switch
> engine horsepower and 3000 (+/- a few) GE horsepower . I was on the
> U Boat and between the 2 engines (truly, 2 separate engines) we were
> able to drag the load of about 10,000 tons up to where the Yd.
> Master wanted it.
>
> I believe the trusty EMC product had been completely "de-carbonized"
> by the time we got to the desired location.
>
> Karl
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