844 pulling revenue freight

[Jbub]

It had to go back to Cheyenne so might as well make money doing it.

[learmoia]

They needed the cars for braking as much as anything..  It had to  something.  ~Ian

[wcfn100]

They needed the cars for braking as much as anything..  It had to  something.  ~Ian

A normal freight train takes a mile to stop.  So you're saying without the cars the 844 would take more than a mile to stop itself?  That doesn't seem remotely correct. 

Jason

[Jbub]

If they needed something to help stop it, another loco with dynamics would have been better than all those brake shoes and extra weight. 

[Cajonpassfan]

What a beautiful, incredible machine; making sixty look like a hundred.. 
Can't wait for the ATSF 2926 to hit the rails....
Otto K.

[nkalanaga]

Old timetables often show maximum speeds for various classes of locomotives.  On several I've seen, showing steam locos, the maximum speed was lower for light engines than for ones with trains.  I wonder if, maybe, like the tail of a kite, the train stabilizes the loco, so it doesn't "walk" off the track, from the alternating piston pushes?

[jagged ben]

Is there a part of the video that shows all the frieght cars?  I didn't have time to watch it straight through.  I caught only a glimpse of one bulkhead with a steel load.

[C855B]

The 844 is always so handsome at speed!

Of course, this blows UP's case for requiring "protection" on excursion runs.

[Jbub]

Is there a part of the video that shows all the frieght cars?  I didn't have time to watch it straight through.  I caught only a glimpse of one bulkhead with a steel load.

3:35 - 4:05 shows the whole train go by. The rest of the video is pacing 844

[wazzou]

Based on all of those tank cars, she sure burns through the oil. 

[jagged ben]

3:35 - 4:05 shows the whole train go by. The rest of the video is pacing 844

Thanks.

[nkalanaga]

"Of course, this blows UP's case for requiring "protection" on excursion runs."

Or maybe not, as the freight probably won't get upset if it's late getting back to its motel, or the flight home, or work the next morning.  It will wait patiently for a rescue diesel, while passengers may get restless after a while.