From: j.albert@snet.net   
      
   On 9/22/14 9:30 PM, Michael Finfer wrote:   
   >   
   > I was on a train last year powered by an HHP-8.  There were   
   > intermittent showers that day, and they were having some   
   > kind of problem with the unit whenever it rained.  We lost   
   > 40 minutes between Newark and Washington.   
      
   My guess is that the engineman was "trying to hard" on wet rail.   
      
   HHP-8's could have wheelslip problems on bad rail,   
   especially during "leaf season".   
      
   The workaround was to simply "throttle back" on bad rail.   
   No, you won't accelerate as quickly as using higher power,   
   but an engine that's slipping badly won't accelerate anyway,   
   and may actually lose speed...   
      
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