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Phantom_3d
Aug 11, 2015
Hard industrial!
Always nice to see those classic UP EMD's in action! So this is the "fast forty" unit? I wonder what is the speed of this train?
Maersk.146
Aug 12, 2015
Yes, it is a Fast Forty. He was certainly capable of doing 80, but with the mixed freight and probably empty hog stock cars at the head end, I'd guess no more than 70 mph. The highway speed limit back then was a paltry 55 mph, so it was risky to try to pace UP trains along US Hwy. 30. They would always overtake and outrun you!
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