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- From: pierson@gimp77.enet.dec.com (dave pierson)
- Subject: Re: UPDATE ON BOSTON TO PORTLAND, ME SERVICE
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.160343.1060@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- Date: 22 NOV 92 11:05:24
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- In article <1992Nov19.192212.19048@pbs.org>, btiffany@pbs.org writes...
- >In article <1992Nov17.121352.2435@merrimack.edu>, gemmellj@merrimack.edu
- >writes:
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- >> on another note, when does the Swedish train engine makes it debut
- >> on the NE corridor??
-
- >It's been in and out of Washington Union Station for some weeks now (yes, I
- >have plenty of pictures! :-) ). I don't think it's on a regular run yet.
- >For some reason they brought down a Rohr Turboliner (!) to park nose-to-nose
- >with it one cold day last week.
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- The turboliner power cars are scheduled to haul it north of New Haven,
- once tests begin. (one rather assumes they are used because they are
- geared faster than the FP40mumbles. Probably the FP40 suspension,
- independent of the gearing, may not be up to the possible speeds.)
-
- thanks
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