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Dude- Where's my train?

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Posted by tree68 on Saturday, October 11, 2014 4:49 PM

I see it occasionally in Utica on the CSX Chicago line - oftimes just a couple of units.

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Posted by tomikawaTT on Saturday, October 11, 2014 1:56 AM

Light locomotive moves to balance power aren't as common as they once were, but they do happen.  A few years back I saw a rather odd train on BNSF north of Edwards AFB (east of Mojave) in CA.  Six 6-axle behemoths headed west with seven battered MOW service gons in tow.  No way was that train in need of 24,000 horsepower.  (The locos were en route Barstow-Bakersfield, where they would lift a train or two over the long side of Tehachapi Pass, and the cars just happened to be going the same way.)

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Dude- Where's my train?
Posted by Murphy Siding on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 2:22 PM

     Yesterday I heard a train blowing for the crossing out behind our lumber yard.  By the sounds of the horn, I figured the train was moving faster than usual.  Of course I had to check it out.  Instead of unit grain train, or unit rock train, or unit ethanol train, it was just a light engine move- no cars:  four 6 axle BNSF pumpkins rolling past at track speed, looking for a train to pull.  This type of thing is uncommon in our area.  Usually the locomotive stay with the train around here, so it was interesting to see something different.  I hope they found their train.

    ' Seen anything different in your area recently?

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