Surely not everyone fell off the face of the earth on the same day? Here's a few things interesting I've seen in the last couple of days:1) A Citirail locomotive. Huh?2) A loaded grain unit train that usually has three locomotives getting by with only two that were being pushed hard. The bonus for waiting was that the DPU was a CP Rail locomotive, rare in our part of the world.3) The subject line for a new topic is limited to 150 characters. Does CandOforPromdresses have to do a rough draft on his and then trim them back?What have you seen recently in your neck of the woods, (or butt of the prairie(?) if you don't have woods?)
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I don't know about everybody else, but I managed to grab at some reeds as I went over the edge of the earth... and I am still hanging there.
I figure everybody else is fearing being baned for copyright violation because someone has already used the same two words in the same sequence as someone else last month, and they won't post any photos because they fear their's might look too much like what someone else already posted. There just aren't any photos left that can be taken that have not already been taken.
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Well, Just an observationfrom the Back Deck... I seem to feel like BNSF is running 'shorter" Stackers and COFS's. It seems where they were coming by with for or five headend units, the last couple of weeks it seems they are getting by with a max of three on headends. That's east and west on the eldorado sub; just the ones I see.
The longer ones still seem to run through Wichita on the ark city sub. Since they announced that partnership with KCS coming off the border, I've only seen one train with all KCS units on the head...It might be they do not have that much KCS power coming out of Texas for those sorts of power moves(?).
Through this area Citirail power seems to be few, and far between. Seems of late they have been moving a grain leassor train with FerroMex Power,on last couple of Sundays(?).
The ride to and from work lets me see a lot. Chargers are working most of the regional Amtrak runs out of CUS. Occasional Heritage units and rebuilt AC44C6M's at 47th Street and Landers on NS. Mostly Dash-9's and GEVO's with some Tier 4's on the east end of the Transcon along I-55.
Murphy Siding(or butt of the prairie(?) if you don't have woods?)
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Murphy SidingWhat have you seen recently in your neck of the woods, (or butt of the prairie(?) if you don't have woods?)
If you don't have woods, you must be playing a par-three course!
Thank You.
edblysardAnd I saw a UP coal train on the FW&D (BNSF) main a few days ago, they are never on this side of town and I wondered why a UP train was on the BN main…they share some stuff here, but not that much!
I know that the FW&D was a BN subsidiary. As such was it just run as part of the bigger railroad? Did it have its own management, home office and locomotive paint scheme?
Mookie Murphy Siding (or butt of the prairie(?) if you don't have woods?) You just don't know how tempted I am... but will let that sit for now....
Murphy Siding (or butt of the prairie(?) if you don't have woods?)
You just don't know how tempted I am... but will let that sit for now....
Murphy Sidingwe do have woods at the other end of the state- unlike some states that just have sand out west
Mookie Murphy Siding we do have woods at the other end of the state- unlike some states that just have sand out west Halsey Forest - northwest and sandhills up north. Both are not that far from border with So Dak. Does any of that slop over into your home state?
Murphy Siding we do have woods at the other end of the state- unlike some states that just have sand out west
Halsey Forest - northwest and sandhills up north. Both are not that far from border with So Dak. Does any of that slop over into your home state?
NDGWent 10 miles on my 4-8-2 bike
Murphy SidingI caught a coal train
Mookie Murphy Siding I caught a coal train You know that is illegal. Especially if it was moving....
I caught a coal train
You know that is illegal. Especially if it was moving....
Not if their in-season!
Murphy Siding edblysard And I saw a UP coal train on the FW&D (BNSF) main a few days ago, they are never on this side of town and I wondered why a UP train was on the BN main…they share some stuff here, but not that much! I know that the FW&D was a BN subsidiary. As such was it just run as part of the bigger railroad? Did it have its own management, home office and locomotive paint scheme?
edblysard And I saw a UP coal train on the FW&D (BNSF) main a few days ago, they are never on this side of town and I wondered why a UP train was on the BN main…they share some stuff here, but not that much!
All the pictures of diesels I've seen had CB&Q or BN paint schemes with FW&D sublettering.
In Fremont, NE there is a company (Magnus Inc) that has a 50' box car, no lettering, and a former FW&D caboose (or waycar) in BN paint. All on an isolated section of track. I imagine the box car, spotted at a door, might be used for storage. The caboose (or waycar) just sits forlornly next to the box car.
Last week I saw the CN local out of Council Bluffs with a single KCS engine.
Jeff
Just a string of empty crude oil tankers on the ROW. A bit unusual up here in N. Maine.
jeffhergertLast week I saw the CN local out of Council Bluffs with a single KCS engine.
Murphy SidingAssuming that the horsepower is aligned with the needs of the train, is there any difference in operating one engine verses several?
Several considerations:
How's the reliability of the individual locomotives (sometimes a problem!)?
What kind of power will be necessary by the time they finish their trip (are they picking up 50 cars somewhere?)
Perhaps it's not desirable to run long hood forward for some reason. One loco facing each way takes care of that if they can't turn the loco.
I'm sure there are other considerations.
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Citirail/CREX units are fairly common on coal and oil trains in the PNW.
I've been seeing a lot more green and cream SD70MACs than I was a while back as well.
I have noticed that participation in the forum seems down.
NorthWestI have noticed that participation in the forum seems down.
It comes, it goes. Depends on what topics are at hand, and how chatty folks are.
Bring on a disaster or a particularly contentious topic and things will liven up.
Murphy Siding Assuming that the horsepower is aligned with the needs of the train, is there any difference in operating one engine verses several?
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CSSHEGEWISCH The ride to and from work lets me see a lot. Chargers are working most of the regional Amtrak runs out of CUS. Occasional Heritage units and rebuilt AC44C6M's at 47th Street and Landers on NS. Mostly Dash-9's and GEVO's with some Tier 4's on the east end of the Transcon along I-55.
A Charger is a Siemens-built passenger locomotive purchased by the Midwest consortium (IL, WI, MI & MO), Washington DOT, Caltrans and MARC.
Amazingly (perhaps) I have yet to see a Charger. Is there increased horsepower enough to keep the trains running at 110 by themselves? (More cabbage cars needed?)
Carl
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The Siemens Charger is tested for sustained operation with a top speed of 125 mph with four PRIIA cars.Regards, Volker
The Burlington-Rock Island Railroad was a different railroad from the Fort Worth and Denver Railway, which was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the CB&Q since 1908 along with the the Colorado and Southern, which had owned predecessor Fort Worth and Denver City Railway since 1899. The confusion may lie in connections. The FW&D operated on trackage rights of the Rock Island from Fort Worth to Dallas and through the Burlington-Rock Island from Dallas to Houston.
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