Back out 2 hours later ...
Got two ...
rdamonLooks like they were set up to do some work today ... but the rain may have other plans
There are very few railroad work operations that a little rain will stop.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Looks like they were set up to do some work today ... but the rain may have other plans
Just saw the Katy unit go by .. looks like part of a power move with a small train.
Score one for my home team.
A WB UP oil train cleared the diamonds at 1527 CDT with a Canadian Pacific unit as the second of two, followed by a Soo Line covered hopper as a buffer car.
Yay!
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
"A Train is a Place Going Somewhere" CP Rail Public Timetable
"O. S. Irricana"
. . . __ . ______
Uh-huh. Now that you have it, what are you going to do with it?
The man asked his dog after the dog caught a car.
Actually, it is very nice.
Johnny
Caught it!!!
cefinkjrGood PR.
Far from it. They're protecting their name rights.
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
AgentKid MrLynn Just got a glimpse of what I think was the Southern Pacific heritage unit, leading a westbound intermodal all by itself. It just came back east as the first of two on an intermodal that cleared the diamonds at 1241 CDT. Bruce
MrLynn Just got a glimpse of what I think was the Southern Pacific heritage unit, leading a westbound intermodal all by itself.
It just came back east as the first of two on an intermodal that cleared the diamonds at 1241 CDT.
You're both talking as if there is only one SP heritage unit. Is there only one of each heritage unit? Wouldn't surprise me of UP to have painted several heritage units for SP, CNW, RGW, etc. Good PR.
ChuckAllen, TX
MrLynnJust got a glimpse of what I think was the Southern Pacific heritage unit, leading a westbound intermodal all by itself.
Mark F Rio Grande heritage unit 1989 just crossed the diamond westbound on UP. Fourth engine back. 8:50PM EDT.
Rio Grande heritage unit 1989 just crossed the diamond westbound on UP. Fourth engine back. 8:50PM EDT.
Just got a glimpse of what I think was the Southern Pacific heritage unit, leading a westbound intermodal all by itself.
/Mr Lynn
jeffhergert Now anytime I put a train together where the DP is already set up, I either get on the DP or test it (by starting up only with the DP) before departing.
Is this not already in your operating manual? It is in CN's.
10000 feet and no dynamics? Today is going to be a good day ...
I haven't seen anyone mention it, but the zoom feature on the railcam has been back for a couple of days now. It's a little jerky om my laptop, but it works.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
rdamon Makes me think of Dr. Dolittle ..
Makes me think of Dr. Dolittle ..
And THAT reminds ME of a friend's name for an early Amtrak color scheme on GG1s. They were basically silver with blue lettering and red "noses". His name for them was, of course, Red Nosed Pushupullmes.
Deggesty So, Jeff, you not only have to know your territory, you also have to know which way your DP unit is facing?
So, Jeff, you not only have to know your territory, you also have to know which way your DP unit is facing?
If you set up the consist you do. I once doubled up a train together where the hostlers had set up the DP consist and placed it in the train. Leaving town I noticed the DP loading erractically and then dropping it's load completely. I notified the locomotive help desk and they thought it was dirty/plugged fuel filters. At one point we stopped on the subdivision ruling grade. It was one heck of a pull, but we got started. A few towns over we picked up a MOP (road foreman to others) and told him what was going on. (He wasn't there to check on us, but needed a ride back home. He even had the conductor, being a set back engineer, take the controls to give him his required ride to keep his qualifications up.) Upon arrival at our home terminal a mechanical guy came out and changed the fuel filters. A few weeks later I talked to the outbound engineer who took the train east. He said he got about 50 miles and still was having the same problem. He chanced to move the train with the DP alone at a place where he got stopped. It started moving backwards and that's how they discovered the DP was set up wrong. Now anytime I put a train together where the DP is already set up, I either get on the DP or test it (by starting up only with the DP) before departing.
There have been a few other instances of DPs set up wrong. Some were caught right away, others also went a few hundred miles before being discovered.
Jeff
rdamon jeffhergert I didn't know a DP had a right direction. Jeff I am sure there is a wrong direction however ... :)
jeffhergert I didn't know a DP had a right direction. Jeff
I didn't know a DP had a right direction.
I am sure there is a wrong direction however ... :)
There is sort of a wrong direction. When setting up the DP units, there is a button to set the DP control unit "same as lead/opposite as lead". This compensates the DP control unit should it be facing "backwards." If the DP is facing backwards and set same as lead, the DP will pull away from the train. It's happened a few times.
jeffhergert MrLynn Just logged in briefly and saw two eastbound coal trains in less than an hour. At least on the second one the pusher (nowadays 'DP' unit) was pointed in the right direction. /Mr Lynn I didn't know a DP had a right direction. Jeff
MrLynn
Just logged in briefly and saw two eastbound coal trains in less than an hour. At least on the second one the pusher (nowadays 'DP' unit) was pointed in the right direction.
Of course it does! Engines should face forward! Did you ever see a steam pusher facing backward? It always bothers me when I see locomotives pointed one way when the train is heading the other (except for back-to-back cab units, of course).
Yes, I know all the commuter lines now have 'push-pull' trains with cab cars at one end and the locomotives at the other, going backwards half the time. Sorry, it just offends the Natural Order of Things. I think Amtrak is even using push-pull between New Haven and Springfield now. Appalling! Can't be bothered to use a wye and turn the train around?
Just showing my age, I know.
MrLynn Just logged in briefly and saw two eastbound coal trains in less than an hour. At least on the second one the pusher (nowadays 'DP' unit) was pointed in the right direction. /Mr Lynn
Just saw the BNSF local go by with a Blue and Yellow patched unit.
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