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Unusual Train Sightings

  • Anonymous
    Posted by Anonymous
    on Thu, Feb 23 2006 2:09 PM
    I am looking out my office building in Atlanta, GA and see an unusual sight. Its a NS engine, Conrail engine and Santa Fe engine waiting to enter a small yard. I've also seen NS and UP, as well as, NS and BNSF. Any of you guys see retired roads out there servicing your areas?
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  • chad thomas
    Posted by
    on Thu, Feb 23 2006 2:57 PM
    I don't know about retired roads??? But forign power is common on all of the class 1s. It's not unusual at all.
  • PBenham
    Posted by
    on Thu, Feb 23 2006 5:04 PM
    well, I recently saw MPEX 5000 as the second unit in CSX' Q377-18 WB into then out of Buffalo NY. Its a wreck rebuild of an SD45 or SD50, with non-standard flared radiators, if it was an SD50. MPI calls it an SD50M-3. The engineer told me the "oddball" did OK. It was still in DM&E blue and cream. I also recently saw a Super7-30C from Mexico's TFM in an eastbound. The conductor of that job was extremely glad to be off that unit! He described it as being beyond filthy![xx(]
  • coborn35
    Posted by
    on Thu, Feb 23 2006 6:06 PM
    Yes, it is not uncommon at all.

    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

     
  • CMSTPP
    Posted by
    on Thu, Feb 23 2006 6:06 PM
    I've seen former milwaukee road units with brand new SD70's and other newer units.
    I have aslo seen colorful lash ups like a Santa FE SD70, SD60 Oakway, and a BN SD60M.

    James


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  • coborn35
    Posted by
    on Thu, Feb 23 2006 6:11 PM
    James, BTW, the classifaction of the SD60's is SD60M, not SD60W.

    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

     
  • Anonymous
    Posted by Anonymous
    on Tue, Feb 28 2006 9:13 AM
    Has anyone seen any Erie Lackawanna equipment in use?
  • ns_gp60
    Posted by
    on Thu, Mar 2 2006 3:52 PM
    Does anybody know when these foriegn power sightings started to become more common. Was there ever a time when seeing a locomtive from another railroad a unque sighting?
  • chad thomas
    Posted by
    on Fri, Mar 3 2006 2:20 PM
    Basicly when the diesel took over. In steam days most locomotives were purchased for a specific service and were build specificly to be most suited to those services. Back then it was rare for a loco to run on another railroads tracks, but it did happen. For the most part steamers were also assigned to certain divisions within a railroad. The diesel on the other hand was basicly the same general unit (like F7,GP9 etc.) no matter what railroad owned it and could usualy do many different jobs that in steam days were done by specific units / classes.
  • Poppa_Zit
    Posted by
    on Tue, Apr 18 2006 10:32 PM
    QUOTE: Originally posted by gantrak

    Has anyone seen any Erie Lackawanna equipment in use?


    Yes. A Geep doing setouts in Scranton PA
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  • Anonymous
    Posted by Anonymous
    on Tue, Apr 18 2006 11:25 PM
    QUOTE: Originally posted by gantrak

    Has anyone seen any Erie Lackawanna equipment in use?


    There is string (5-6) EL hoppers being used in MoW work on the NS in Pittsburgh. The cars, along with 2-3 in Penn Central paint have been sitting in Island Ave. yard for a few weeks, I geuss they are waiting for the trackwork season to being
  • monkeyman2
    Posted by
    on Wed, Apr 19 2006 3:57 PM





    I thought those were kinda wierd. [:D]
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  • spe3376
    Posted by
    on Fri, Apr 21 2006 10:12 PM
    Yesterday on my lunch break, I saw what looked like a Sperry Car, but it was painted in the UP "Building America" scheme with the large flag on the side. If only I had my camera...
  • Anonymous
    Posted by Anonymous
    on Tue, Apr 25 2006 7:32 PM
    QUOTE: Originally posted by spe3376

    Yesterday on my lunch break, I saw what looked like a Sperry Car, but it was painted in the UP "Building America" scheme with the large flag on the side. If only I had my camera...


    Yeah, Union Pacific has purchased some of those cars.
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