I can't help any about the forum stagnation with postings about NY&A, but if your that bored, ( and only if you ask nice) I could tell you about my little adventure nursing a U.P. GE AC44 with an open TM that was second unit of a three unit consist that stalled on a 2.23% ascending grade with a train rated at 1.7 hp/ton all the way from CP Canyon to Cajon Summit at 3 in the morning.
Would that help?
Paul
"We are all here because we are not all there."