Bill,
I was with Niles for a Tri County Corn Festival at mendota in the late 50's or
early 60's. On the return trip, between Earlville an Plano, I think he wanted
to "see what she was good for", 5632 that is, so he kinda let 'er run. We
clocked something close to 115 MPH just east of Merriden and he kept 'er there
for a while. Needless to say, people along Rt. 34 didn't stand a very good
chance to get too many photos.
I understand the Government is spending a lot of money studying high speed rail
transportation these days, ---- interesting.
Karl
----- Original Message -----
From: William Franckey
To: BRHSlist@egroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 5:45 AM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Horsepower and Slow Trains.
Karl,
Heard the name but thats all.....N.E. Haar looks to have a senority date
1-3-20
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl L Rethwisch" <karlre@r...>
To: <BRHSlist@egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 2:31 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Horsepower and Slow Trains.
> Mike, Bob, et all,
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> If we're talking about HPT, ol' 97 was one of the finest examples of an
overpowered train I ever ran.
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> The best of the best was an early seventies train with SEVEN new, or
nearly new units. The consist was three 45's and four 40's with 68 cars
totalling a whopping 2108 tons. Now with 22800 horsepower, let's
see -------- what is the HPT???
>
> Bob, Bill, is the name Niles Haar familiar to you ??
>
> Karl
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