GtraX - BNSF Route

[ozinoz]

Somebody must REALLY like route building What with the New Haven route still WIP and now another beauty. To be honest, not my thing - long modern diesel routes, but it looks beautiful and with the established reputations of those involved, you just know it is going to be a winner.

[BNSFdude]

Somebody must REALLY like route building What with the New Haven route still WIP and now another beauty. To be honest, not my thing - long modern diesel routes, but it looks beautiful and with the established reputations of those involved, you just know it is going to be a winner.

Who says it has to be modern? Run GN stuff on it if you want!

[mrennie]

Yet another reason to do the GN P-2

[OlPaint]

Electrics and Catenary in the Cascades. Wow, Do you see me Foaming?

The Great Northern Railway's class W-1 comprised two General Electric electric locomotives with AAR B-D+D-B wheel arrangements. The locomotives were used on the 73-mile (117 km) electrified portion of the railroad, from Wenatchee, Washington to Skykomish, Washington, including the Cascade Tunnel. They were scrapped in 1956 and replaced with diesel power.

I have read that regenerative braking making electricity on the downhill trains helped the uphill trains climb to the summit.

Of course, we know now that WIP is modern era. So no Electrics and Catenary in the Cascades.

OlPaint