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At Barstow there was a power change with Four new F's, 243LABC with two GP7's in the middle to provide enough power for Ash Hill and Goffs and off towards Needles we went. Here we are east of Amboy hitting 60 per just before pounding up Goffs hill.
With four v4 F units and two v3 GP7s from 3DTrains, 99 loaded, hatches closed SFRD Reefers from Tim and a Matt Doti caboose my powerhouse PC was down in the FPS low 10s for most of this run! But they sure are pretty!
I sure am loving this latest version of Bin which give you a greatly extened #4 trainspotter view, actually allowing your whole train to pass before shifting to another view.
The only problem is that I have to keep hitting the 4 key 'cause it takes over two minutes for this train to pass at 25 MPH - you miss too many grade crossings at that rate! :rolleyes:
Here we are pounding through Cadiz at an earth shattering 30 MPH in Run 8 on the 1.1%, passing the Rice/Parker local parked in the hole.
Blasting up the 1.1% near Siam. We should be passing the Fast Mail here somewhere.
Roaring into Granby we can see Train 7 coming down the hill at a flying run. The Fast Mail passes us, nine minutes late and making up time on the 90 MPH down hill run.
As the combine/rider car of Train 7 passes our caboose we head on over the hill towards Needles. There we'll pick up a four unit F7 helper for the Seligman Sub's 1.42 % grades - but that's a story for another day. :lol:
