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QUOTE: Originally posted by AC6000CW

me and my dad almost got hit by a train. we was in the middle of the arms and the train comming at us at 45mph and my dad got around the arm. my dad comming out of the road almost clip a stop sign.

That sounds pretty harsh! You guys are lucky!

An inciddent I had was once at Berea, I was watching an NS train from on the CSX tracks. The NS engineer motioned me back from the CSX tracks and within 2 seconds, having a high track speed at Berea, a CSX mail train blasted east at about 75 mph with a pair of AC4400CWs.

P.S.)- Don't get on CSX tracks too much anymore!

[AC6000CW]

WE WAS IN A CAR

[AC6000CW]

Sorry about deleteing the post.
me and my dad almost got hit by a train. we was in the middle of the arms and the train comming at us at 45mph and my dad got around the arm. my dad comming out of the road almost clip a stop sign.

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Another inciddent my mom had was at a rural rr xing, a very wooded one with crossbucks. My mom had the radio going, she knew this xing wasnt that active. She made it to thee xing and a big W&LE GP35 was almost across the road. Within a few feet of hitting her.

Also, we had to dial the number for the 'CSX Police' once as shown on the signs on the rr xing signals. The gates on a local Ravenna, Ohio road went up half way into the train and didn't go down again.

[AC6000CW]

how was the ac6000cw breaking the gears.

[alstom]

What are you talking about? What do you mean?

[AC6000CW]

the gear that is hook up to the generator.

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I'm not sure which AC6000CW you're referring to. Not being rude, but can you please be more specific in your posts?

[AC6000CW]

the csx one

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Oh you mean in one of my inciddents? Those were AC4400CWs, not AC6000CWs. I don't know how it was breaking the gears, I didn't really pay attention I'll admit, but I believe one of the locos was CSX #5!! I've seen loco 5 more than once!

Whoa, 666 replies! LOL

[AC6000CW]

hey that a nice signature photo.

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Thanks, got it from rrpicturearchives.net, as you can see, I was not the photogarpher--LOL! And as you probably know, these are the brand-new freshly painted GE ES44DCs (I have not seen yet) that CSX ordered. Some are even still running around in primer yet!!

[AC6000CW]

i have seen one in that paint but not in that model.it was a dash 9.

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If the number range was the 9000s it was a Dash 9, if it was the 7000s, it was a Dash 8, if it was upper 8000s, it was an SD40-2, well I'm assuming you can tell the geeps when you see them, or if it was 5-599, it was an AC4400CW, unless you already know all of this.

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Well, guess this forum died. See ya'll later, I guess.