Monday I was out railfanning just east of Buda and watched a loaded coal
train on the big curve just east of town. The train seemed to be making a
weird
sound and I realized he was in dynamics ... then it clicked that he was going
down Buda Hill! I doubt if I'd ever seen a loaded coal at the spot heading
east so I don't think I've ever heard a train use dynamics in that location.
Anyway, is Buda Hill the ruling grade from Aurora to Galesburg or Burlington?
Just how steep is it? I assume trains pre-diesel may have occasionally stalled
but was it a true operational headache?
Mike Martin / Peoria Heights, IL
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