Sunset Limited #1(21)

GPS screen near Marathon, TX MP 571. Thur AM 8/22.

Give that conductor - er I mean engineer - a speeding ticket,

What was the speed? I am unable to download the link.

81.3 MPH ...not the first time I've seen 80+ in 79 territory!

And GPS is not 100% accurate. Mine always shows my house being about 50 feet from its actual location. If the Engineer was in speed trouble a Penalty Braking would/should apply.

I do like the display in the above pic-what program or GPS are you using?

I once had my GPS showing the train moving southeast ~400 MPH! And we were sitting at the platform at WAS!

Keep in mind that the overspeed penalty is 83 MPH. 81 is somewhat a legal speed as long as the overspeed alerter doesn't go off.

The unit is a Garmin GPSmap 62s handheld with an external antenna hanging on a suction cup hook in the window. It's currently showing an accuracy of 13 feet.

This should not be used to judge engineer adherence to speed limits. Too much room for error. Iirc the engines have event recorders that accurately record speeds and braking. IMHO the railfans should step back and let the railroaders do their jobs. Posting info like this could draw unnecessary attention to an engineer.

Steve4031 said:

This should not be used to judge engineer adherence to speed limits. Too much room for error. Iirc the engines have event recorders that accurately record speeds and braking. IMHO the railfans should step back and let the railroaders do their jobs. Posting info like this could draw unnecessary attention to an engineer.

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agreed!

Steve4031 said:

This should not be used to judge engineer adherence to speed limits. Too much room for error. Iirc the engines have event recorders that accurately record speeds and braking. IMHO the railfans should step back and let the railroaders do their jobs. Posting info like this could draw unnecessary attention to an engineer.

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While event recorders are present on all locomotives now, Like I mentioned above 81 isn't where an overspeed penalty is applied, that speed is 83MPH. If the train got into a Derailment or Grade Crossing Accident, etc AFAIC their wouldn't be that much of a problem for going 81. I could be wrong. IINM P42's and P40's do not have Cruise Control, like the AEM-7's, HHP's, and AE's do. So the engineer could be going up and down on the throttle.