Skip Weythman got some terrific footage of UP844 doing 75. Watch the men on the fireman side, and the man between cab and tender (3:25) bouncing up and down, check out the spring action on the pilot truck and drivers. There is one spot later in the video (4:33) with a big dip at a grade crossing where everything flexes. The tender is doing some serious side to side shimmy in spots too, a good reason to have baffles in the tank. Be sure to go to full screen and turn up the volume. Note the UP DDA40X. Also note the reverse link is almost centered, the cylinders are just getting a wisp of high pressure steam to keep it at speed.
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