Here's a northbounder I caught with 200 of the new ore cars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb0faf6xqW4
http://www.youtube.com/user/pavabo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulvbox
Could it be lower sales tax? Seem to recall that was an item of other RR equipment deliveries?
coborn35 CN tried to reinvent the wheel with these cars, just a terrible failure. They are going to get someone killed one of these days.
CN tried to reinvent the wheel with these cars, just a terrible failure. They are going to get someone killed one of these days.
Before I went south to catch this train, he stopped to drop off a passenger at Kampo Rd. The rear end was in front of me and I got a good chance to look at the space in between the cars. I'm a bigger guy and I think there is no way I could safely connect the air hoses.
Doesnt seem like they tried to reinvent the wheel, more like management had a good idea. Anyways, any crew that has to work around these cars, be safe
Mechanical Department "No no that's fine shove that 20 pound set all around the yard... those shoes aren't hell and a half to change..."
The Missabe Road: Safety First
Here's a link to my video of three of the loaded ore trains. It's about 9 minutes long in total.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUfsDCwvhIM
Dan
American Railcar in Marmaduke,Ar. was a new one on me.
Marmadule is in NE Arkansas on the former MoPac line that come down from Missouri. IT used to be mostly a swamill and timber production area, with a little cotton to the east of the swamps and marshes.
Those cars would possibly have to come down the UPRR into Memphis, which would be the closest railroad river crossing of the Mississippi ( to the North, it would be the Thebes Railroad Bridge south of the Cape Giradeau area.
The deadhead move would be (a guess) about 120 to as much as 150 mi depending on the route (BNSF and UP are both in Jonesboro,Ar.)
Still is kind of strange to see ore jennies in Memphis.
Sam,The company is American Railcar Industries (ARI): http://americanrailcar.com/Default.aspx
I do believe that the new ARI jennies are accepted at Memphis. A U757 (empties down from the Manistique Sub/Green Bay/Fox River Sub then turn north @ Neenah-went up on Neenah Sub/Superior Sub) is almost home as it's just north of Stevens Point, WI.
Sam, I'm not sure precisely where Marmaduke, Arkansas, is, but that's a major carbuilding location for American Railcar Industries. If these ore cars were built at Marmaduke, Memphis may be the point where CN accepts them.
Carl
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Soo 6604 Loaded CN ore train with 198 loaded new ore jennies head south on CN's Neenah Sub just south of Neenah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au9wjBW_VY8
Loaded CN ore train with 198 loaded new ore jennies head south on CN's Neenah Sub just south of Neenah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au9wjBW_VY8
Paul:
Thanks for posting this video! I tend to agree with Carl, Dan and Paul from the Windy.
What I found really facinating was the accompanying Video in the library on the right side of the screen. Specifically this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UevBK6dRmkE&feature=related
" The Grain Train in Harrison Yard" ( nee; Johnston Yard in Memphis, Tn.) One of my favrite train watching
locations .
The unusual thing in the grain train was the Montana Rail Link loco in DPU in the train.
Also what in the world was a string of ore jennies (the ones from the video(?), or another new set?? set.) Especially, sitting in the middle of a rail yard in Memphs,Tenn.
Leads one to speculate; what in the heck is going on?
Is CN now hauling ore into South Louisiana or another port on the Gulf?
Are the cars being built overseas, and brought into the Gulf for delivery? I would not think so.
Yet there they are! Is there a car manufacturer in the Deep South now making ore jennies?
Anyone here have some ideas??
I just got my copy of Railroads Illustrated (March issue) in the mail today. In the "Ore roads" column, it was noted that the new cars are restricted to 40 m.p.h. maximum speed when loaded (50 when empty). Still, that's better than the 30 m.p.h. limit that the older cars are limited to.
Dan, I'll ask around about builders for those older cars.
Just did the Math if those Jennies were loaded to full Capacity then the train with 4 engines weighed over 22K tons or 45,160,000 lbs not something to step in front of. Yet sooner or later there will be an idiot that will. With less than .78 HP a ton accelaration is notgoing to be a strong point for this one.
ndbprr I wonder how much distance that train would cover if somebody got nailed by it? At the speed he was going he might push somebody intop a neighboring state before getting it stopped.
I wonder how much distance that train would cover if somebody got nailed by it? At the speed he was going he might push somebody intop a neighboring state before getting it stopped.
The train went by me at about 30mph. I was hoping to get it at least 40 or so. Track speed here is 50mph (unless that changed from a year ago).
CSSHEGEWISCH New ore jennies! Will wonders never cease?? I don't think I've ever seen an ore jenny less than 40 years old.
New ore jennies! Will wonders never cease?? I don't think I've ever seen an ore jenny less than 40 years old.
This is a link to a photo that shows any "difference" between the National Steel Car (NSC) jenny and the American Railcar Industries (ARI) jenny:I haven't seen either of these types of car drawbarred together...yet.
...and one of the 50 year old jennies (who made these?):These cars had drawbarred sets of threes and fours within the train. It was on a U758 (south from Stevens Point, stop at Neenah where it turns north and goes up the Fox River Sub to Green Bay and then continues north on the Manistique Sub to it's destination) and not the U780 or U790's that interchange with other railroads. As I recall these cars are too old to be interchanged without some kind of FRA exemption so that's likely why they're on an all CN run whereas the other's (NSC & ARI) can be handed off as they're newer.
UMLER indicates they were built in November 2010
Gross allowable weight on rail 220,000 pounds
Tare 47,000 pounds +
Load Limit 173,000 -
Their lenght is 24 feet and they have 1150 cu.ft. of capacity
zardoz What is the weight capacity of each jenny?
What is the weight capacity of each jenny?
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The pics that I have seen (this was my first ore train so I watched and filmed rather than obxerved) the load limit is around 175,000ish with a car weight of 45,000ish
(not my account) http://www.flickr.com/photos/danbraun/5404913911/
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Loaded CN ore train with 198 new ore jennies head south on CN's Neenah Sub just south of Neenah Wisconsin
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