Recently I Saw . . . . . . .

[jimbobob27]

ROCK ISLAND BOXCAR AND ACF, CB&Q OPEN TOP HOPPER, FRISCO BOXCAR, MILWAUKEE ROAD BOXCAR, BN GREEN GP-38 HI-NOSE, ATSF CABOOSE, KBSR CABOOSE, IC CABOOSE, SW 1200 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND FRESHLY PAINTED LOOKING, AND BNSF O&G GP60B 333 &340.

[Mikeygaw]

a lone CSX GP40-2, number 4405

[Anonymous]

today i seen a KCS ex GWWR still in GWWR livery but with a sticker on the
cab that says REMOTE CONTROLLED there are 2 small antenas on the roof of the cab
also 2 NS white face Dash 9's pullin a south bound Frieght to houston
A BNSF double stack bound for Alliance yd near Ft Worth Tx

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken

QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68

A Sperry Rail Detection Car, parked at the local Ramada Inn...

Dispatcher "sent him to his room" for tying up most of the railroad that day?[:D][:D][:D]

They're still at it today. [:p] Just heard them on the scanner talking to the northbound on where they'd get off the rails to let him by.

And TODAY I saw a Rio Grande hopper amidst a bunch of CSX hoppers, unloading at the steam plant at the Fort. Reporting marks were HCLX, if I remember right.

[mudchicken]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68

A Sperry Rail Detection Car, parked at the local Ramada Inn...

Dispatcher "sent him to his room" for tying up most of the railroad that day?[:D][:D][:D]

[JoeKoh]

an ns gp 38-3 picking up cars in one of our sidings .sorry too dark for pics.
stay safe
Joe

[Anonymous]

[8D]last night i saw a UP ex CNW AC4400 on the point & 2 UP ex SP SD40-2T's
pullin a gen manifest from Hollywood yd in Shreveport La to Chicago Ill

this mornin i been seein KCS go every direction 1 of them had 2 TFM C30-7
1in FNM paint scheme #2394 the other #2381 in KCS color scheme[8D]
also seen a rear trailing MRL on A KCS south bound

[tree68]

A Sperry Rail Detection Car, parked at the local Ramada Inn...

[JoeKoh]

Csx picking up cars in the yard at Garrett using 2 NS dash 9 locomotives.also the crossing underpass line split at the ohio indiana border.
stay safe
Joe

[Mikeygaw]

lets see... couple of mixed freights... an NS coal... and an SD70something where i had not known there was tracks cause of heavy brush

Edit: the SD was CSX, and i say about 95% chance it was an SD70MAC

[starwardude]

A Sperry Rail Detection car, which is a rare spotting for me.

[starwardude]

A Sperry Rail Detection car, which is a rare spotting for me.

[Anonymous]

Tonight on the way home from work I saw Amtrak leaving town. They must have been pretty much on schedule. What caught my attention was the two red markers at the end of the train. As I go over the railyard I notice the blinking FREDs, tonight I noticed two steady lights. [:p]

I sure would have like to have been on it taking a nice sighting trip across the country. Well one of these days. [;)]

[Anonymous]

Today i saw the new SD70Ace GM70 behind 3 UP engines. Looked like they were running light from Global 1 to Canal St. Yard in Chicago. i should of brought my camera to work today.

[JoeKoh]

Lots of action at the Iron triangle in Fostoria.Seems the tower operator was holding the ns trains for a longger time.so they ran 2 at a time through the triangle.checked out the C&O yard and saw an old B&O chessie caboose and Nora after you left NS sent an engine to pick up some hoppers at the grain mill.
stay safe
joe

[ironhorseman]

Well, here's what I DIDN'T see:

6 trains.

I was out running today and in the span of about an hour and ten minutes I heard 9 trains, 3 of which I saw. I saw the first one but I was high up on a hill and the train was well over a half mile away so I couldn't get a good look at it but most of the railcars were black with bright orange tops. It didn't look quite as high as a coal hopper, but it was taller than a gondola.

The next 6 trains I heard. Agonizing not being able to see them. The last 2 I saw. Northbound double stack and a southbound grain hoppers. That latter one came to a screeching halt. I'm gonna guess he was going to switch subdivisions and couldn't, of course, because of the north bound. A southbound train would have to cross over to the other main and then to the other sub.

Interesting stuff.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mikeygaw

um, one [?]... what in the world is a frig? I'm pretty good at understanding you southerners, but now you've got me stumped. [;)]

Mikey [:)]

I normally would have said icebox. It is the country boy in me. [:D]

But I thought you Yankees would have understood "Frig" [}:)] [:p] [;)]

Frig = reFRIGerator [;)]

See you in msn chat later. [:p]

[Mikeygaw]

um, one [?]... what in the world is a frig? I'm pretty good at understanding you southerners, but now you've got me stumped. [;)]

[Anonymous]

What I saw today isn't train related but it is toooooo funny not to share. [:D] [;)] [}:)]

I live in an area of small rolling hills. Today two Einsteins [}:)] were trying to load a frig into the back of a Chevy pickup. Now get this. They were parked on the road which had a slope to it. [:)] (You can smell trouble already. [:D] ) The cab was parked on the uphill with the bed downhill. These two could have pulled the truck into the drive way but nooooooooooooooooooooooo. [}:)] The frig is tied to a dolly and one of them is in the bed of the truck while the other one lifts the frig (or should I say tries to lift the frig) uphill. Not exactly the smartest two tacks in the box. [:p] OK, now they somewhat get it started but not very high. Guess what? Gravity takes over. The one guy can't lift it any higher and the guy up top can't keep it there. [}:)] The gravity check proved good. lol lol lol So this frig and dolly go rolling downhill for a ways. [8D] That is until the friction from the handle finally stops it. I wish I had a video camera and could have filmed it for America's Funniest Home Videos. These two guys were just tooo funny. [:D] [:D] [:D]

[JoeKoh]

hopefully alot of traffic and we get to meet Nora and her family in Fostoria.
Stay Safe
Joe

[kevdoggupj]

While at lunch in Harrisburg, PA.....I saw 3 NS trains. One Intermodal moving westboud, with 3 wide body GEs, 2 NS, one Conrail. 10 minutes later on the same track a mixed freight with 2 Dash 9's pulled up past the old PRR passenger station and stopped while a South bound coal train with 2 Dash 9's and a high nose EMD blew through town. There was also an Amtrak P42 # 19 sitting at the passenger station w/ three coaches in tow. Not bad for a half hour walk at lunch

[Anonymous]

Early this afternoon while in downtown North Little Rock and crossing over the Main Street bridge I saw a green/white BN unit (not a wide nose) and behind it was a Blue/Yellow SF unit. BNSF has trackage rights on some UP track thanks to the UP SP merger. I am not sure how many trains BNSF run through here. I see one occassionally. This train had just crossed over the Bearing Cross bridge (the railroad bridge between North Little Rock and Little Rock) and was heading North.

Maybe some of the BNSF people can give us more info on the number of train BNSF run through here now thanks to the merger. I know BNSF has a couple of engines in the industrial park/port area. When they first introduced service here that had 2 freshly painted engines that looked very nice. After a while those engines were yanked outta here and replaced by something the cat dragged in. [}:)] [;)] [8D]

[mudchicken]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes

QUOTE: Originally posted by SLIC

does any body know an 800 PHONE # for UP
this mornin i was watching a west bound up leavin new orleans
there was a car close to the rear that was hotboxin i called CSX but it was off their line i couldnt find a # 4 UP so i emailed them[8D]

To report UP railroad emergencies call ;

1-888-877-7267

This is the number listed on their home page.

At ANY Union Pacific at-grade crossing, there should be a small (4 x 6) bright blue sign with white lettering with the "800- PANIC" number on it. Most railroads have something similar with the DOT# and the PANIC number on it at the crossing. If there is a signal bungalow/ doghouse at the crossing, the numbers are stencilled there as well......

[Anonymous]

This past weekend I saw Morristown and Erie Alco C-424 sitting at the old Kennett Square PA. train station waiting for its next run. There was a wire running to the loco from the station.

[northwesterner]

This a.m. at Buffalo Grove, IL. Northbound 5 engines (3 CN GE, 1 CN EMD, 1 IC EMD) pulling mixed consist of box cars. covered hoppers, and a lot of lumber racks, all empty.

[JoeKoh]

Carl
the # should be on their website.I always have csx and ns in our van and my truck.
Today (see any power is good power?thread) and
a north bound csx with auto racks turning east to go to fostoria
a northbound mixed freight turning west to go to Defiance
and an eastbound turning north to go to Toledo.
I love Deshler
stay safe
Joe

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SLIC

does any body know an 800 PHONE # for UP
this mornin i was watching a west bound up leavin new orleans
there was a car close to the rear that was hotboxin i called CSX but it was off their line i couldnt find a # 4 UP so i emailed them[8D]

To report UP railroad emergencies call ;

1-888-877-7267

This is the number listed on their home page.

[Anonymous]

does any body know an 800 PHONE # for UP
this mornin i was watching a west bound up leavin new orleans
there was a car close to the rear that was hotboxin i called CSX but it was off their line i couldnt find a # 4 UP so i emailed them[8D]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes

There were a bunch of new boxcars all painted white and lettered ARMN but having a UP sysmbol on them.

So it was an interesting train to see. [;)] [:)]

The nice pretty new boxcars are Union Pacific Chilled Express. [;)] [:D]

Here is a link to see one.

http://www.trainweb.org/arkansastrains/railroad/upchilled/ARMN992062/DSC02652.htm

http://www.trainweb.org/arkansastrains/railroad/upchilled/ARMN912011/DSC00720.htm

[Anonymous]

To Jim
what SLIC meant was a slug has no fuel operated engine just the traction motor
it uses to help move the train B units or power packs do
yard and road slugs use power from a loco to create the traction effort
but you are right ill give you that one [8D]