From your video and my SPV rail atlas, it seems that Mechanicville west to CPF478 (where the line splits between CP and PanAm) is owned by CP; and PanAm's "Rotterdam Branch" is isolated from the rest of the system by those trackage rights. Also I wonder where the CP-NS divide occurs.
Harrison,
Can you comment on the bridge that ends short of the trackin the video . Did it cross the RR at some past time?
Ignore the "Black Hole" everyone, click on the YouTube link.
And watch it! That's an order!
Possibly my last Pan Am catch is in this video, from a trip south about a month ago.
https://youtu.be/8-wudbLS7Ls
Harrison
Homeschooler living In upstate NY a.k.a Northern NY.
Modeling the D&H in 1978.
Route of the famous "Montreal Limited"
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Great catches Harrison! Thanks!
Did someone say F-units? On the D&H? Coming right up!
https://youtu.be/8Nqj0Wmver0
Thanks Midland Mike! That is a very nice chunk, probably can't find one like that anymore.
I watched your longest train video, and your mention of wollastonite reminded me of a geology field trip to the Adirondacks I took almost 50 years ago. The Adirondacks are one of the more interesting geologic provences. I checked the shelf with my better rock samples, and a good chunk of wollastonite is still there. It's a white splintery calcium silicate mineral, often associated with metamorphism around limestones. It has some of the properties of asbestos, and has found increased use as a substitute, among other uses.
I somehow can't escape from Pan Am this year... and I'm not complaining! Enjoy my trip to Whitehall, featuring the D&H's best morning railfanning.
https://youtu.be/L-SNBpUaYmU
Flintlock76 Nice catches there Harrison! I'm surprised to see those Guilford engines that still have Guilford paint schemes, but I guess whoever owns 'em isn't in a rush to re-paint. It's an expensive proposition any way you look at it.
Nice catches there Harrison!
I'm surprised to see those Guilford engines that still have Guilford paint schemes, but I guess whoever owns 'em isn't in a rush to re-paint. It's an expensive proposition any way you look at it.
Technically the company is still Boston & Maine, although they also call it Guilford. Pan Am has an identity issue...
I'm curious to see what you guys think of this train. 226 cars... I'll explain more in the video.
https://youtu.be/x7BfXM83vec
We're back in Maine with the final part of my Waterville trip. Lots of great Pan Am action in this one, even a little Amtrak at the end.
https://youtu.be/6DqDHm3o7g0
Some nice contrast in lighting is shown in this video of CP 650.
https://youtu.be/7EE23fF2V_Y
I talk about the photography a bit more here:
https://northcountrytrains.wordpress.com/2021/09/08/sunny-while-raining-650-at-south-junction-road/
A great few hours were spent chasing trains on the CP and CN/NECR lines north of me, on the fringe of Canada, yesterday. Enjoy the video!
https://youtu.be/S90pM95rem0
I've been in Maine over the weekend and busy with other things. Here are two videos, one from Waterville Maine and the other from Port Douglas near where I live. Enjoy...
https://youtu.be/-LL0uh1FGrU
https://youtu.be/cS_8eYVO2NY
Harrison My first video from my recent Maine trip is out now. Amtrak action all around, no freight... yet. https://youtu.be/-h0tjgK8toA
My first video from my recent Maine trip is out now. Amtrak action all around, no freight... yet.
https://youtu.be/-h0tjgK8toA
Nice catches Harrison! Good to see White River Junction's still there!
I've got a mixed bag this Friday, including some model railroading, railfanning, and everything in between. I also included mixed-narration styles. Enjoy...
https://youtu.be/I0PaP8KHmkk
Nice catch on that NS Nickle Plate unit!
You think there's people out in Ohio muttering "Why isn't it out here where it BELONGS?"
Running Approach blocks on my CP heritage video, here comes another HU! This time it's NS 8100, the Nickel Plate heritage. Listen as it approaches in the first clip, you can hear Jay (the conductor) ask where I've been over the radio.
https://youtu.be/0Ep2GbosJ3U
SD70DudeI've seen cars identified on switch lists as needing preventative maintenance due to being identified as exhibiting "low level truck hunting", so there must be some sort of detector that can pick this up
It's been a while since a had a video "good enough" to post. Wrapping back around to the first catch I posted on this thread, in today's video we chased CP 7013 on a southbound oil train. Enjoy...
https://youtu.be/A9Hna1KziI0
MidlandMike BaltACD MidlandMike Any idea what is carried in those small EPIC containers? When I saw EPIC containers on CSX they were hauling trash. I got ambitious and googled it: https://www.synagro.com/locations/environmental-protection-improvement-company-epic/
BaltACD MidlandMike Any idea what is carried in those small EPIC containers? When I saw EPIC containers on CSX they were hauling trash.
MidlandMike Any idea what is carried in those small EPIC containers?
When I saw EPIC containers on CSX they were hauling trash.
I got ambitious and googled it:
https://www.synagro.com/locations/environmental-protection-improvement-company-epic/
Until they got some new containers about 2014 or 2015, the Southbound trains that hauled them would routinely activated the Tanglewood High Car Detector that protected the Virginia Avenue Tunnel before it was rebuilt to handle double stacks without any height restrictions. The containers were nominally 'open top' hoppers that had a tarp as a cover - as anyone who has a convertible automobile knows, aerodynamics will cause that soft top to bow upward when speed begin to exceed 20 MPH. The bowing tarps would trigger the high car detector and have to be inspected by the crews.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Thanks for the comments everyone. Usually, D11 runs north to the mill in front of the cars, as it is a trailing point switch. Then they "drop" any pickups around the locomotive. Now the legality of this is unknown, and the expertise and comfort level of the crew would affect this. The D11 crew can be essentially anyone based out of Saratoga, so it's not always the same guys. I'm guessing these guys didn't know if they were "supposed" to have the shoving platform, or maybe they wanted to play it safe. Otherwise, they would just run reverse, and with 1 car visibility wouldn't be too bad. Plattsburgh is probably the worst place on the line for trespassing/vehicle hits...
CP is continuing to send AC4400CW's to GE/Wabtec for rebuilding, those still in their original beaver shield paint scheme are starting to become rare.
They picked the right unit to lead with, CN 8956 has an isolated cab, microwave and air conditioning, unlike the trailing unit.
I believe CN has ended up owing CP a lot of horsepower hours over the past year or so, due to us taking over all of CP's coal trains at Kamloops, BC for the run to the Pacific coast, no matter which port they are going to. It is common for the Vancouver-bound trains to keep the CP power.
I've seen cars identified on switch lists as needing preventative maintenance due to being identified as exhibiting "low level truck hunting", so there must be some sort of detector that can pick this up (maybe those new 'super scanner' inspection portals?).
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Flintlock76Nice catch of that caboose/shoving platform, although why it's out there with only one car to pick up puzzles me, unless there's other pick-ups on the agenda.
Looked like they were pushing back home - that's potentially a long way to hang on the side of a car...
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MidlandMikeAny idea what is carried in those small EPIC containers?
Any idea what is carried in those small EPIC containers?
Nice catch of that caboose/shoving platform, although why it's out there with only one car to pick up puzzles me, unless there's other pick-ups on the agenda.
I hope that CP unit that got dropped off was dropped at a MAACO shop! Man, that thing needs a serious repaint job! I mean, yuck!
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