In Idaho, in a heavy quartering wind on the huge plateau beyond Mountain Home, he could barely get into eighteenth gear and could feel the wind getting into his wallet, running up the cost of fuel.
Iran, however, is believed to have such gear and could, in theory, supply it if it becomes necessary.
They were built with Tomlinson automatic couplers and were also fitted with General Electric PC5L2 control gear and could be operated in multiple, either in pairs or until 1937, as triple car sets.
But in the third quarter, the Nets shifted to another gear, and Chicago could not keep up.
"It popped out of second gear, and you could put your finger through the frame in several places," he said.
When the game was up for the taking, the Hawks went up a gear and Richmond could not go with them.
They fear that the companies' networking gear and software could be used by China's spooks to eavesdrop on sensitive communications, or that it might contain "kill switches" which would allow China to disable the systems involved in the event of a conflict.
I think they need to have another look at it to try and put a bit more life into it - it doesn't have that second gear and you could make it a bit more interesting to take it somewhere.
Sale director of rugby Steve Diamond: "We started really well, and played well in the first half, but fair play to Gloucester, they got their backsides into gear and we couldn't control possession.
"We were up against a state machinery of killing that was engaging in full gear, and we could see what was coming".
