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The modern 6-axle Diesel,  particularly, with AC drive, is the ultimate "drag" engine ever.   
(I've heard that AC loco powered coal drags in Wyoming sometimes  climb grades at three mph!)
pete groom


Well below that if rail conditions are good.  NS routinely uses two C40-9Ws (or as I call them Crap9s) to take 170-180 MTYs up C'burg hill... they'll slow to less than 2.5mph and still pull.

Robb Fisher
RFDI