Check back soon for more pictures and audio archives…
“Determination of In-Train Forces on Mountain Grades” – 9/77 Audio recording of a presentation by Wm Cruickshank, Asst. Supt. Motive Power and WR Newhauser, Test Engineer, about the of challenges of train operations in the Bitterroot Mountains.
“Piedmont-Donald-Newcomb” – 1978 audio recording made on X-5000 over the continental divide in Montana during a dynamic braking test measuring drawbar buf on the Dyno and dynamic braking current on the locomotives.
“Christmas in Avery?” – Dec 1978 audio recording made on X-5000 while in Avery during a derailment. Will the crew be stranded in Avery for Christmas?
“Dinner on the Dyno” – 5/22/78, Deer Lodge, hear a typical dinner conversation as the Dyno was laying over in Deer Lodge.
“Division Managers Conf. Call” – 1978, Deer Lodge – a rare audio recording of all division managers on a conference call with headquarters in Chicago. Get an inside glimpse of what they were facing at the time. Hear each division get patched in on the old phone system.
Two audio recordings made on MILW cabooses rdings made in response to complaints of excessive noise for crews.
Recordings of the RTG Turbotrain in Milwaukee and Chicago while undergoing testing.
“Mr. GA Jonasson’s Presentation to MRHA in 2007, Elgin, IL” – video of Mr. Jonasson, former Montana Division Manager, talking about how they used the X-5000 to diagnose and stop derailments on the Montana Division.
Much more to come!!