----- Original Message -----
From: Maurice King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Illiana Raillist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 01:20
Subject: [IllianaRR] Real CN power... Leave it to the UP
>
> >The freight engines don't have any high speed "cruise control" that I
know
> >of. I think that it would be too hard to control train speeds as the
> weight
> >and length vary so much from train to train.
>
> UP's got it. On our AC4400CW's there's a slow speed control used for the
> loading of coal trains at the mine. It's intended to keep the speed of
the
> train at 1.5 or 2 MPH. Well, we tried setting the speed at 70; sure
enough,
> it holds the speed right on the numbers! Going downgrade, you just move
the
> throttle from notch one on the power side to notch one dynamic, and it'll
> hold the speed while braking also.
Cool!
Tuch
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