Nomad of Mid-America
Poco-YES
With a crack of the throttle from the direction of the engineer, a rich gulping of diesel fuel is ingested as many as 15 times per second into a total of 44 251-series cylinders, turbos lagging in response to force their needed proportion of air into the mix, the temporary imbalance of the concoction evidenced in the trademark cloud of sooty black exhaust expelled from the stacks. So marks the commencement of the climb over the Poconos, a task bestowed on the three Delaware-Lackawanna Alco/MLW products peering out of the darkness of Nay-Aug Tunnel fresh out of Scranton, PA, with a measly eight cars on the drawbar--train PO74 27. The combined 8,600 horses-worth of Alco power will encounter little resistance with such minimal drag, the display of smoke a false indicator of the relative ease of their climb over well-engineered route towards Pocono Summit on the former DL&W rails upon which these antique workhorses have taken residency.
Poco-YES
With a crack of the throttle from the direction of the engineer, a rich gulping of diesel fuel is ingested as many as 15 times per second into a total of 44 251-series cylinders, turbos lagging in response to force their needed proportion of air into the mix, the temporary imbalance of the concoction evidenced in the trademark cloud of sooty black exhaust expelled from the stacks. So marks the commencement of the climb over the Poconos, a task bestowed on the three Delaware-Lackawanna Alco/MLW products peering out of the darkness of Nay-Aug Tunnel fresh out of Scranton, PA, with a measly eight cars on the drawbar--train PO74 27. The combined 8,600 horses-worth of Alco power will encounter little resistance with such minimal drag, the display of smoke a false indicator of the relative ease of their climb over well-engineered route towards Pocono Summit on the former DL&W rails upon which these antique workhorses have taken residency.