Now whose idea was it to put an Army Tank in the middle of a westbound empty coal train? Of course, Union Pacific. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
They’re hearing a rattle, somewhere in the right front. Sending it back to the dealer for a look see.
From the day after Christmas 2013 on the "Loops" between Asheville and Old Fort, NC, coal train helpers recede into an icy cut. A decade later, the Loops rarely see much, with only two locals each day. The loss of utility coal and paper mill traffic, plus the rerouting of everything via the N&W main to the north has minimized need for the Loops. In the other direction to the west, the entire line from Asheville to TN now sees just one train a day. I've watched trains in western NC for 40 years, and have seen the loss of Saluda and the Hendersonville-Pisgah Forest branch, and line sales to Blue Ridge Southern. What happens to the Loops and service to Asheville is anyone's guess.
Found this unit sitting outside the Columbus & Greenville RR shops in Columbus MS on a nice October day back in 2013.
Yay -- ICG! A very nice find there. Caught these in Montgomery, AL. The open top hopper in 03/1988 and the covered hopper on 04/25/1993.
This unit number reminds me of the same one BN assigned to an assimilated SP&S C424. Long ago, far away...........
Same loco - ex-SP&S 303 and ex-BN 4243. I recall seeing it on the Mass Central in the late 1990s. Later, it became the Delaware-Lackawanna #2403 and is now #2403 on the Depew, Lancaster and Western.
A Missouri Pacific crew waits on branch line for authority to enter main track at Round Rock, Texas. Late 1960s.
Really? Expos? Poor tagger doesn't realize that they haven't thrown a baseball at anything since 2004. Maybe wasn't even born then! Nice photo, Russell! Love that old B&W MoPac photo too.
I usually enjoy waiting at a crossing and watching a train go by. However when the train is not moving, I give up after 10 or so minutes and turn around to go find another route. I U-turned and headed back to another road that paralleled the tracks. The white pickup truck in the photo soon followed me. A mile down that road there was an overpass over the tracks. There was a train parked under it. Don't know if it was the same train or another one. Probably a super long "precision" railroad train. What is your limit for waiting?
Speaking as a guy that occupied grade Xings more than I ever wanted to, (got stories about that). Realistically there does need to be limits on how long a xing can be blocked, what I means is, RR's should not be able to block xings just for the sake of running longer and longer trains. Its getting ridiculous, longer trains means more problems that take longer to fix, no yards made to handle or even accept such long trains without switching which compounds the time taken to enter or yard a train, even meets can be a lengthy delay, which in most cases leads to trains need re-crewing, costing more crews, which is what these long trains are supposed to curtail. Nuts.
04 NOV 23 near Van Dorn St Metro station, Alexandria, VA. A GP60, SD70ACE, and an SD40-2 (I think behind the shed). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
