(WOW)Locomotive lash up!

[broncoman]

TFM C44-9W (could be AC4400 couldn't see left side)
UP C44-9W
NS C40-9W

Pulling a doublestack. Had to look twice at the white unit as I thought if would be a KCS not a TFM. Pretty cool to see something from south of the border.

Dave

[ShaunCN]

just the other day i saw a BNSF dash9, NS SD70M, Santa Fe GP30, CN GP40-2W!!!!

the next day had a CN Dash9, CN SD40-2W and the same Santa Fe GP30!!! heading back to the USA

[Anonymous]

ya usually when a train has that many locos some are dead. But this train actually needed all 4 locos to maintain speed, ie it was assigned 4 locos for service but 2 died while in route and the other with mechanical problems. The engineer also stated they were the second crew on the train today, trying to make the trip that only one crew should have.

[traingeek087]

Hey I don't think I've seen you before, Blair Nebraska you say, I'm traingeek, and I'm also from Nebraska, Nice to see ya!

[Anonymous]

Normally when you see that many engines together, the majority are being moved to a terminal for service and are not running. We had 13 units on one train, only 2 were functioning. I have to admit it looked pretty impressive as we drove up in the crew truck. We see a lot of UP equipment on the CP. The love wears off when you have to use their stuff. Usually dirty inside, messed up radios and the like. The UP doesn't install refridgerators in their engines, just iceboxes. The CP has electric fridges in all units, even switch engines. When we get UP power, we don't usually even have a source of ice which means warm drinking water and possibly a spoiled lunch. I suppose I should be serving some cheese with my whine!

[wcfan4ever]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vandenbm

speaking of WOW, last night through Clara City, MN a normal priority M train on the BNSF with 4 units. Ex GP30 in BN green, 2 SD9's one in pumpkin orange, the other BN green, and a DM&IR unit. Talk about weird. To make it even better, the engineer reported on the scanner that both SD9's were dead, the DM&IR unit was only running at 50% power so his GP30 was doing all the work. Said he could make 25 mph on the straight aways and only 5 mph up hills. He was not having fun!

Sounds like that would have been a train to watch going up a hill. Amazing that BNSF still has some oldies hanging around.

[Anonymous]

speaking of WOW, last night through Clara City, MN a normal priority M train on the BNSF with 4 units. Ex GP30 in BN green, 2 SD9's one in pumpkin orange, the other BN green, and a DM&IR unit. Talk about weird. To make it even better, the engineer reported on the scanner that both SD9's were dead, the DM&IR unit was only running at 50% power so his GP30 was doing all the work. Said he could make 25 mph on the straight aways and only 5 mph up hills. He was not having fun!

[wcfan4ever]

QUOTE: Originally posted by wcfan4ever

I've seen WC, CN, IC, UP, BNSF, CSX, NS and DMIR in one cosist already in Wisconsin heading to Chicago from Green Bay. I thinks the number for the train is A442 or A452. It always have a good "consist"!

Good luck getting pictures of an everyday exotic consist. It now leaves in darkness. Only during summer months can you catch a day shot. Plus they never all come in at once...one BNSF here, two CN's here, and then a UP and WC there.

[Glen Ellyn]

Once, years ago in a town in the Chicago Area, I saw on the Union Pacific West Line, I saw leading a UNITED WAY UP #3300, a GREEN BAY AND WESTERN sw1500, a BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA-FE, a non patched CHICAGO NORTH WESTERN, and a SANTA-FE slug unit. Beat that.[;)]

[UPTRAIN]

Best I've seen...UP C44-9W, UP GP38-2, CSX AC4400CW, CSX SD50, FURX SD40-3, CEFX SD40-2, HLCX SD40M-2, US Army GP9, NS C40-9W, BNSF SD40-2, UP SD70M, UP SD40-2...12 LOCOMOTIVES!!! And the train was doing really good to be over a half mile! [:D]

[Anonymous]

I saw an two LMS C40-8W's (one with NS #, one with CSX #), a CSX C40-8W, and a UP SD70M yesterday on the 19G, I saw all but the NS #ed C40-8W the day before on the 212. I'll post the shots of both trains when I get my photos back.

[railman]

pictures...if we only had pictures.

[ShaunCN]

the best consist of locomotives i have seen where GTW GP38-2, CNW AC4400, BNSF GP60B, Santa FE GP60 or the 12 locomotive consist i saw which had UP, GTW, CN, BNSF.

[railman]

yeah, we never have a camera when we need one.

[wcfan4ever]

I've seen WC, CN, IC, UP, BNSF, CSX, NS and DMIR in one cosist already in Wisconsin heading to Chicago from Green Bay. I thinks the number for the train is A442 or A452. It always have a good "consist"!

[Anonymous]

Oh, and real railroaders call 'em "Consists"!

Old Timer

[Anonymous]

Over the years, I've noticed that railroaders use little telltales to determine that the less obvious observers are railfans rather than casual onlookers.

One little telltale is to listen to their conversations.

If you hear one use the term "lashup" you know he isn't a railroader - he's a fan. In all my years trying and usually succeeding to make a living playing with real trains, I never heard a railroader say "lashup".

[:D]

Old Timer

[Anonymous]

It's cruel punishment to have a thread title like this, and not a single picture. [|(]

[Anonymous]

See! See!! This clearly confirms the rumors of a merger between BNSF+UP+NS+CSX !!!

Uh, errr, or else UP is just very, very short of power these days. [:D]

Wish I'd have seen that one.

[Anonymous]

I think it was the power that dougal posted on here one time,dougal do still have that photo? These 4RR Locomotives where on an Stacker.

[Junctionfan]

He went through Fostoria with a lot of reefers and autoboxes. Was that the train you saw?

[Sterling1]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan

I saw a lash up with a BNSF green SD40, CSX C40-8W, 2 UP SD70M, a RLGX engine, a HATX engine, and an IC SD60I.

On a CSX manifest heading east. If it was going through at 12:18am, I would have got pictures of the unusual lash up.

That reminds me I saw a westbound in upstate New York at about the same time as the other posting, a green BNSF SD40-2 with ubiquitous CSX locos.

[Sterling1]

Up in upstate New York I saw a train west of Rochester an eastbound with a Union Pacific CW44AC and a de-rated C60AC CSX unit pullling a fine manifest accelerating out of a stop signal.

More recently I saw 3 BNSF units: C44-9W and SD40-2 in pumkin paint and a Santa Fe painted with BNSF patch on the battery boxes, this in Florida on the CSX hauling a short train (short for that kind of horsepower) of covered hoppers north bound

[Anonymous]

The best I've seen was an NS SD60M (still in Conrail paint), NS C40-9W, and CSX SD60 on the NS 507 and a UP SD70M, NS C39-8 (still in Conrail paint), and BNSF (H2) C44-9W on the NS 48G.

[Anonymous]

You know I wish I did have a Camera[:(!], The problem with me is I see the trains go by everyday and I NEVER pay attention until it's too late, Stupid me[|)]...........It's called sleeping on the Job. Darn,Missed another one![:D].

[Anonymous]

I'd call that the "Big Four Lashup"

[Junctionfan]

I saw a lash up with a BNSF green SD40, CSX C40-8W, 2 UP SD70M, a RLGX engine, a HATX engine, and an IC SD60I.

On a CSX manifest heading east. If it was going through at 12:18am, I would have got pictures of the unusual lash up.

[JoeKoh]

Question
any pics? i hope i hope i hope
stay safe
Joe

[CSXrules4eva]

I like, I like. I wish I was there to see that power. It's good every once and a while to see the big class 1s working together to pull a good old stack train, espually when both EMD and GE's make up the consist. Very interesting. That's more interesting than the FGCX SD40-2, CSX SD50, and UP dash-944C pullin a local freight on the NS mailine in Willow Grove PA.