Trains.com

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y C O N R A I L !!!!!!

8967 views
67 replies
1 rating 2 rating 3 rating 4 rating 5 rating
  • Member since
    January 2002
  • From: Canterlot
  • 9,575 posts
Posted by zugmann on Saturday, April 3, 2010 11:28 AM

Do you you get this problem even with the cab signals cut in, and the LSL cut out?  Or does the LSL have to be cut in? 

 

(we never cut in the LSL unless we go out into LSL territory). 

It's been fun.  But it isn't much fun anymore.   Signing off for now. 


  

The opinions expressed here represent my own and not those of my employer, any other railroad, company, or person.t fun any

  • Member since
    April 2001
  • From: US
  • 2,849 posts
Posted by wabash1 on Saturday, April 3, 2010 6:00 PM

zugmann

Do you you get this problem even with the cab signals cut in, and the LSL cut out?  Or does the LSL have to be cut in? 

 

(we never cut in the LSL unless we go out into LSL territory). 

that is what throws the penalty on us , some stay cut in and we never have a problem but every now and then we get one that stops is dead in our tracks and like i said they will tell us to beat the lock off and I will.

  • Member since
    March 2008
  • From: Austin, TX
  • 851 posts
Posted by Awesome! on Saturday, April 3, 2010 8:20 PM

trainfan1221

Well I'll say Happy Birthday to Conrail. I know everyone has their opinions and I respect that, and I would certainly not argue with someone with actual personal experience with CR either before or after.  Simply put, around here Conrail was our railroad..and as such its what I saw and got my train watching from.  And they put on a good show at times. So, just my opinion and a quick Happy Birthday to CR.  And I agree, CSAO isn't really the same thing.

Roy:

We missed those blue locomotives but they are still alive. NS & CSX are still run those blue locomotives.

http://www.youtube.com/user/chefjavier
  • Member since
    November 2008
  • From: North Jersey
  • 1,781 posts
Posted by ns3010 on Sunday, April 4, 2010 10:37 PM

Ya know what, I'll go ahead and take you advice and be done here.

wabash1
and i dont play with face book or fritter or any of that other crap

Instead of spending my time here, I'll spend it on Facebook and TWITTER and other things that would be a better use of my time than sitting here dealing with this crap.
Meanwhile, you can continue to complain about having to run "Con-fail" crap and having a great time thinking about me in my fantasy land.

My Model Railroad: Tri State Rail
My Photos on Flickr: Flickr
My Videos on Youtube: Youtube
My Photos on RRPA: RR Picture Archives

  • Member since
    April 2001
  • From: US
  • 1,103 posts
Posted by ValleyX on Monday, April 5, 2010 1:51 AM
Wabash speaks truth and some of you don't like it. Oh, and CR must've stopped doing any "Quality" maintenance on their locomotives when they learned the acquisition was going to happen and somehow, someway, those locomotives have suffered for it every since.
  • Member since
    April 2001
  • From: US
  • 2,849 posts
Posted by wabash1 on Monday, April 5, 2010 6:24 AM

ns3010

Ya know what, I'll go ahead and take you advice and be done here.

wabash1
and i dont play with face book or fritter or any of that other crap

Instead of spending my time here, I'll spend it on Facebook and TWITTER and other things that would be a better use of my time than sitting here dealing with this crap.
Meanwhile, you can continue to complain about having to run "Con-fail" crap and having a great time thinking about me in my fantasy land.

Here is a reality check for you, I dont think about you til you reply to something ive said, Then I notice your from Jersey and then i feel bad about telling you the truth and spoiling your daydream ( not to big a word for you is it?) and for being so blunt and to the point, Your starting to sound like those cry baby engineers and conductors when the last days of conrail was comming to the end " boo hoo i dont want to work for csx i dont want to work fo NS. boo hoo" we will shut it down we wont work bla bla bla, us guys on the NS told them like the company did also, turn your keys in radios and leave we will fill the jobs not a problem,

  • Member since
    April 2009
  • 18 posts
Posted by perrymwarren on Monday, April 5, 2010 1:44 PM

 

Conrail was the federal government's roundabout solution to a political problem. It served it's purpose.
  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Elmwood Park, NJ
  • 2,385 posts
Posted by trainfan1221 on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 9:48 PM

Pretty much, at least they kept the trains running.  Like I said it was our railroad around here and what I saw, can't say anything frompersonal experience what it was to run anything by them. 

You're right Awesome, there are still some around although becoming rare.  I thought some were kept in that scheme for CSAO but never been sure how all that worked.

   ns3010, I can see you are done with this thread and when things get out of hand thats a good solution..but I hope you stick around.  We have had a couple of good conversations about the local stuff and I wouldn't want to miss out on that.

Join our Community!

Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.

Search the Community

Newsletter Sign-Up

By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy