Not real fast but plenty of pulling power
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 4:25 pm
That's me driving the 620.
I bet it runs pretty good when there's nothing attached to it. You look good up there!
-BP
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Not real fast but plenty of pulling power
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Re: Not real fast but plenty of pulling power
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 4:49 pm
Re: Not real fast but plenty of pulling power
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 5:26 pm
They tried to limit me to 15 mph, but I got it up to 18. 
Re: Not real fast but plenty of pulling power
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 7:34 pm
Nice! Get any times? Like 60' or 1/8?
Re: Not real fast but plenty of pulling power
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 9:42 pm
Maybe you can bring old #620 to Carlisle!
Re: Not real fast but plenty of pulling power
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 11:42 am
I got pictures and videos...could be fun.Fred32v wrote:Maybe you can bring old #620 to Carlisle!
Re: Not real fast but plenty of pulling power
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 6:08 pm
Very, very cool....and congratulations!!! How were you able to get inside the cab and run such a beast?
Looks like a GP-7 or GP-9 if I had to guess.
Looks like a GP-7 or GP-9 if I had to guess.
Re: Not real fast but plenty of pulling power
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 10:46 pm
My wife gave me this experience as a birthday gift. It's called "Tracks of an engineer" at the North Carolina Transportation Museum.Blue_69_malibu wrote:How were you able to get inside the cab and run such a beast?
I was given instruction for about a half hour, then about a half hour of practice, then we picked up my wife and we did another half hour with her on board. It was great fun. It was very simple to drive...forward, reverse, throttle, brakes. The brakes took a little getting used to, but not difficult at all. Blowing the horn was also great fun.
See the video --- http://youtu.be/1uLQ0N_SPDI