"Oh it's no big deal honey, he'll stop."

Since it appears that we have train fans on here, hypothetical question. Fully loaded 100 car freight train, at 60mph, how far to bring it to a stop?

cwh wrote: Since it appears that we have train fans on here, hypothetical question. Fully loaded 100 car freight train, at 60mph, how far to bring it to a stop?

A mile, give or take.

cwh wrote: Since it appears that we have train fans on here, hypothetical question. Fully loaded 100 car freight train, at 60mph, how far to bring it to a stop?

as far and long as it wants to

Cool that they're still using an F9 locomotive, those things are from the 1940s

Shawn

Cool pics. I have an N-scale layout in the process of being built (aren't they all) right now in my living room. Gonna be steam era following no particular line/area.

That is 6th St. in Augusta, GA taken from a couple different spots. I checked it out on google maps, that section of road is probably a mile long. One end is a Yard and the other is a bridge that crosses over the river into South Carolina.

alex wrote: Semi-random, semi-on-topic question: what train line or lines run in the MT/ID/WY area?

BNSF cuts across the northern part of Idaho, all across Montana and into Wyoming.

Union Pacific covers the southern part of Idaho, with a little bit in Montana and Wyoming.

EastCoastMojo wrote: Holy E36 M3 ABBA has their own train?

Unfortunately...

If you think seeing one of these bad boys rolling down the street is crazy, It's even wilder when you're on board. I rode through Fredricksburg, VA on the Amtrak New Orleans Crescent. I couldn't tell from where I sat but I think we even stopped for lights.