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Posted by MidlandMike on Sunday, October 17, 2021 10:14 PM

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.

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Posted by Electroliner 1935 on Sunday, October 17, 2021 10:12 PM

Harrison,

Can you comment on the bridge that ends short of the trackin the video . Did it cross the RR at some past time? 

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Sunday, October 17, 2021 3:29 PM

Ignore the "Black Hole" everyone, click on the YouTube link.

And watch it!  That's an order!  Captain

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Posted by Harrison on Sunday, October 17, 2021 2:35 PM

Possibly my last Pan Am catch is in this video, from a trip south about a month ago. 

https://youtu.be/8-wudbLS7Ls

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Friday, October 8, 2021 8:45 PM

Great catches Harrison!  Thanks!

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Posted by Harrison on Friday, October 8, 2021 8:14 PM

Did someone say F-units? On the D&H? Coming right up!

https://youtu.be/8Nqj0Wmver0

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Posted by Harrison on Sunday, October 3, 2021 11:29 AM

Thanks Midland Mike! That is a very nice chunk, probably can't find one like that anymore.

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Posted by MidlandMike on Saturday, October 2, 2021 10:37 PM

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.

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Posted by Harrison on Sunday, September 19, 2021 11:30 AM

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

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Posted by Harrison on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 11:58 AM

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.

 

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

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 1:37 PM

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.

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Posted by Harrison on Sunday, September 12, 2021 6:37 PM

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

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Posted by Harrison on Wednesday, September 8, 2021 9:08 AM

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/

 

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Posted by Harrison on Friday, September 3, 2021 7:02 PM

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

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Posted by Harrison on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 8:32 AM

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

 

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 12:09 PM

Harrison

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!

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Posted by Harrison on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 9:44 AM

My first video from my recent Maine trip is out now. Amtrak action all around, no freight... yet.

https://youtu.be/-h0tjgK8toA

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Posted by Harrison on Friday, August 13, 2021 8:02 PM

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

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Monday, August 9, 2021 10:34 AM

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?"  

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Posted by Harrison on Monday, August 9, 2021 7:44 AM

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

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Posted by Overmod on Saturday, August 7, 2021 8:30 AM

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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

I'd think you could pull this up easily out of the data stream from a WILD detector; either detecting impacts at right angles to the railhead or, more likely, detecting a rhythmic repeating pattern with a different period from that produced at a given speed by a pattern of wheel damage.

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Posted by Harrison on Saturday, August 7, 2021 7:25 AM

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

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Posted by BaltACD on Saturday, July 24, 2021 10:08 PM

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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.

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Posted by MidlandMike on Saturday, July 24, 2021 8:26 PM

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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/

 

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Posted by Harrison on Saturday, July 24, 2021 7:06 AM

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...

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Posted by SD70Dude on Friday, July 23, 2021 10:45 PM

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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Posted by tree68 on Friday, July 23, 2021 10:10 PM

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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.

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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Posted by BaltACD on Friday, July 23, 2021 9:54 PM

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Any idea what is carried in those small EPIC containers?

When I saw EPIC containers on CSX they were hauling trash.

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Posted by MidlandMike on Friday, July 23, 2021 9:37 PM

Any idea what is carried in those small EPIC containers?

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Friday, July 23, 2021 4:27 PM

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!  Ick!

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