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I did a cab ride in UP 844 from Cheyenne to Denver a few years back.  It's a very smooth ride since the track is all welded rail and excellently maintained roadbed.  The noise level is actually quite moderate but if course ear plugs are mandatory anyway. 

I rode diesels quite a bit and there you are much closer to the front than in a steamer.  But the feeling is of mass gently rocking and moving.  Even when you go into emergency it's not a jarring event.  But get on to rough track and it gets easy to get thrown across the cab.

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