Yeah, ya seen one coal train ya seen 'em all. Might as well turn off the camera after the power's passed.
Now, if they put advertising on the sides of those hoppers it'd be a LOT more interesting.
Sure isn't one of young Mr. Harrison's videos, that's for sure!
I would have thought the same thing, but I have no idea what TBMs are, nor box jacking. I only watched it (at 2x speed) because I wondered what drilling holes had to do with trains.
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Electroliner 1935And that was a short train. Only took 3:08 minutes to clear. Just think if it were one of today's 200 car trains. Last night, I was watching a CIncinnati Railroad Club zoom presentation of some silent films (1950's) from your (Balt) old stomping ground (Stores) and Riverside showing some B&O and NYC steam trains, both freight & passenger; then some early diesel trains running along River Road in Cincinnati to North Bend, Valley, etc. Freight trains were short, 20 - 40 cars. One coal train might have had 50 cars pulled by two RS-1s.
As of the time I retired the 'normal' big coal train into Baltimore was 130 cars, the standard 'small' coal train was 90 cars.
What surprised me was 4 units on the head end - normal power for coal trains (before I retired) was 2 AC's. Of course, as far as I know Cumberland Locomotive Shop is still working and that is where a lot of locomotives are repaired.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
A short train would be Q353, which is two engines running light through Deshler on a daily basis...
I've mentioned 13,000 foot trains traversing the transfers at Deshler at 10 MPH.
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And that was a short train. Only took 3:08 minutes to clear. Just think if it were one of today's 200 car trains. Last night, I was watching a CIncinnati Railroad Club zoom presentation of some silent films (1950's) from your (Balt) old stomping ground (Stores) and Riverside showing some B&O and NYC steam trains, both freight & passenger; then some early diesel trains running along River Road in Cincinnati to North Bend, Valley, etc. Freight trains were short, 20 - 40 cars. One coal train might have had 50 cars pulled by two RS-1s.
Overmod And here I thought it was going to be about TBMs or box jacking!
And here I thought it was going to be about TBMs or box jacking!
I second that.
That was a public (dis)service. You got his "views" way up and now he'll post more of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPmcmF4qxGo
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