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A Pair of EMD's Battle the Grade

Added: September 29, 2007

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Locomotive Details	Location/Date of Video
» CSX Transportation (CSXT) (more..) » EMD SD70MAC (more..)	» West Portal Big Bend Tunnel (more..) » Hilldale, West Virginia, USA (more..) » March, 2007
Locomotive No./Train ID	Videographer
» Unknown » Unknown	» Loyd Lowry (more..) » Contact Loyd Lowry
Remarks: If the sound of EMD's on their knees in run 8 gets you all worked up, I think you'll enjoy this video! A pair of SD70mac's do battle with 150 loads on the grade up to Big Bend Tunnel.

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Posted by Old Railfan on October 1, 2007

Nice, but doesn't beat the two Chessie SD50's and 180 loads I watched at this same location in 1984. They were moving MUCH slower than your excellent vid.

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