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Posted by paulstecyna21 on Monday, March 13, 2006 6:07 AM
if there is one thing i have got to say it is that i am still in high school and i am junior, not only that but i do not know most of these things that you talk about since i am in 11th grade in high school.
Is this fine with everybody?
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Posted by Gluefinger on Friday, March 10, 2006 5:41 PM
Sigh, the next generation of railfans....oh wait!
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 10, 2006 4:40 PM
Junior is getting upset because we're making fun of him for calling us a bunch of liars, and for not accepting explanations from what, about 10 people now? Maybe mommy needs to take junior's computer away from him before he works himself into a stroke, or maybe a heart attack. [:O] [xx(] [:I]

Added note - I just went back and counted. Thirteen people have stated this is due to power sharing or through power arrangements. Seven more are laughing at junior for his presumption, and for challenging the answer because we didn't tell him what he expected to hear. And another four, while not explicitely stating as much, have acknowledged the basic premise that this is basically about power sharing.

So what's the definition of a troll? Perhaps arguing with 2 dozen members of the board would qualify? [;)] [(-D]
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Posted by paulstecyna21 on Friday, March 10, 2006 2:04 PM
I AM NOT CAMPING OUTSIDE MY MAILBOX AND BY THE WAY I DO NOT HAVE A MAILBOX. ITS GETS DELIVERED TO MY DOOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted by chad thomas on Friday, March 10, 2006 11:59 AM
No problem. You're welcome.
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Posted by CNW 6000 on Friday, March 10, 2006 10:32 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

Or it could be paying back or accumulating "horse power hours"

Run through agreements are typicaly between "city pairs" on a particular route that goes through two or more railroads territory (tracks).

Units accumulating or paying back horsepower hours can show up anywhere in any service as the power desk sees fit.

Railroads, especially the class ones, are always borrowing power from eachother. The way they keep things even is called "horse power hours". For instance lets say UP borrows a NS SD40-2, An SD40-2 is 3000hp and will be counted as 3000 horse power hours for every hour it spends on UP. If it's there for a day the UP would owe NS 72,000 HP hours. Now say somewhere else NS has borrowed a UP AC6000 for a day. Sience the AC6000 is 6000 hp it will accumulate 144,000 hours in the same time. So now there is a debt owed to NS of 72,000 hp hours. Each railroad keeps track of the balance between them and each one of the other railroads and if the balance gets to be too much, the oweing railroad will send some units to the owed railroad to balance things out. They usually use there own power for this but they could also lease units from a leasor or another railroad to pay back hp hours owed. They could send the owed railroad a whole bunch of units to pay off there debt quickly or more economicaly they send a few units to the owed railroad and it takes a lot longer. In that case a foreign unit might be roaming around the owed railroads property for a while and could end up in the farthest corners of there system. They are typicaly treated as if they were there own units and would assign them as they would any other power (though sometime the power desks will keep them in a certain geographic area or service)


Holy what a good explanation. Thanks!

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Posted by chad thomas on Friday, March 10, 2006 9:33 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by paulstecyna21

well the letter has not showed up letand i do not know what happend to it


Gee, There is a big suprise.
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Posted by ValleyX on Friday, March 10, 2006 7:41 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by paulstecyna21

well the letter has not showed up letand i do not know what happend to it


I hope you're not camping out by your mailbox waiting on it.
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Posted by paulstecyna21 on Friday, March 10, 2006 6:02 AM
well the letter has not showed up letand i do not know what happend to it
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Posted by ValleyX on Thursday, March 9, 2006 12:01 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by wabash1

yes we still use cabooses they are some what smaller than the ones in the past and more modern and lots of electronics in them now. we can operate with out them but its easier to use them. and we dont just use our own we use what ever is avalible and stick them to the rear. jest as long as its a caboose is all we care.


True, how true, and we especially like it when it links up to the rest of the train.[8D]

The primary use of a caboose in todays' world is as a shoving platform when a crew is going to make a long shove somewhere, almost always yard jobs and locals, never through freight.
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Posted by wabash1 on Thursday, March 9, 2006 7:24 AM
yes we still use cabooses they are some what smaller than the ones in the past and more modern and lots of electronics in them now. we can operate with out them but its easier to use them. and we dont just use our own we use what ever is avalible and stick them to the rear. jest as long as its a caboose is all we care.
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Posted by spbed on Thursday, March 9, 2006 7:11 AM
ZMe thinks you are correct after the caboose post. [:)]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Me thinks you people are being led down the garden path....

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, March 9, 2006 7:00 AM
Me thinks you people are being led down the garden path....

She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw

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Posted by paulstecyna21 on Thursday, March 9, 2006 6:04 AM
are cabose still used on freight trains?
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Posted by paulstecyna21 on Tuesday, March 7, 2006 6:15 AM
keep me updated
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 6, 2006 6:54 PM
While neither a frequent visitor to this site, nor do I have the time to railfan as much as I once did, on the times I have been out to watch or photograph I have consistently seen both NS and CSX power mixed in with BNSF / ATSF / BN power in the Twin Cities. Although I do see plenty of UP power as well, there is a much less likely chance of seeing mixed power with UP at least in this region. There really is no dumb question, and the "netiquette" on this site is somewhere between laid back and barely tolerant from my experience. As a friend of mine in Chicago once said: "Get over it."[:D][;)]
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 6, 2006 4:44 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by paulstecyna21

i will find out the results some time this week

[X-)] [D)]
Oy vey!

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Posted by chad thomas on Monday, March 6, 2006 10:24 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by paulstecyna21

i will find out the results some time this week


If you don't listen to what we have to say, why should we care what you have to say?

I tried to advise you against it, but you are well on your way to being labled a troll like spbed.[:(]
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Posted by chad thomas on Monday, March 6, 2006 10:20 AM
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Posted by paulstecyna21 on Monday, March 6, 2006 10:09 AM
i will find out the results some time this week
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Posted by spbed on Monday, March 6, 2006 7:22 AM
Especially when he was given visual evidence of a NSRR in a BNSF consist doing 70MPH @ Daggett California [:p]


QUOTE: Originally posted by James_the_Mad

Seand;

I agree; there are no stupid questions, especially from newbies. But when 6 guys answer the question, and the response is; "i will contact the company and find out more," I can see why the response would be something on the order of; "Then why did you bother to ask the question in the first place, if all you're going to do is tell us you don't believe us and imply we're lying to you?" Which is about what came down in this thread.

I'm not exactly a regular on this board, but I've spent enough time posting on various boards to know what a flagrant violation of netiquete that is.

Shalom,
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Posted by spbed on Monday, March 6, 2006 7:20 AM
Sure see them all the ime out west mostly on the UPRR. Look up my web site then the gallery California Nov 05 then look thru the Daggett pix & you will find a "K" line double stack train with a CSX in the consist [:p]

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Posted by mackb4 on Monday, March 6, 2006 12:40 AM
I work for the NS and have not heard a new rumor about any merger in a while.With the price of NS's stock going up the way it is,it will be a task for anyone to try and takeover or merge.The only talk I have heard is the increase in coal and intermodal that's on the horizin.After the NS completes it's tunnel projects we will surely look more valuable in a merger or a shared assets agreement.But there is to much to read into seeing railroads sharing power.They get sometype of tax break doing this.I had an almost brand new BNSF engine on a time freight last trip.And seen plenty of UP's on other trains.What's odd is I hardly ever see a CSX engine on one of our trains.Maybe people see them on NS train's elsewhere ? [2c]

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 4, 2006 2:39 PM
Seand;

I agree; there are no stupid questions, especially from newbies. But when 6 guys answer the question, and the response is; "i will contact the company and find out more," I can see why the response would be something on the order of; "Then why did you bother to ask the question in the first place, if all you're going to do is tell us you don't believe us and imply we're lying to you?" Which is about what came down in this thread.

I'm not exactly a regular on this board, but I've spent enough time posting on various boards to know what a flagrant violation of netiquete that is.

Shalom,
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 4, 2006 11:15 AM
1st there is no stupid question & the reason it comes up often is because to someone just starting to railfan it is unusual to see mixed equipment run together. think of the last time you saw a trucking company haul somebody elses trailer such as a schneider cab hauling a millis trailer/doesnt happen. it seems odd that fierce competitors would enter into agrements to help each other. I myself am new to the hobby & asked same question nly last week & made several new & friendly contacts who gave me great info(they didnt bother to ask why I raised the question). -2ndly Ive been seeing an old RIO-Grande engine near pittsburgh on NS tracks / looks likeSD45. who decides what to "loan out"? seems like a SD45 is not comparble to loaning UP a newr engine?
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 4, 2006 3:49 AM
Hey..is Conrail merging with Union Pacific?

More evidence of a NS and UP merger:

Oh maybe a NS and BNSF merger:

Maybe UP and Conrail are merging with CSX:

I sure am confused!


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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 3, 2006 11:17 PM
My house backs up to the UP right of way in central California, in an area where BNSF also has trackage rights, and I see as many BNSF trains as I do UP. I see NS units on just about every other train, and it doesn't matter if the train is BNSF or UP. I also see CSX units regularly and KCS units occasionally, again on both BNSF and UP trains. I also see CN, CP and MRL units once in a while, although they are seen primarily on BNSF trains.

If the trains behind my house are any any indication, we must looking at a 3-way merger between BNSF, UP & NS. [;)]

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Posted by spbed on Friday, March 3, 2006 12:20 PM
I will shortly be in Texas & I will guess I will see NSRR locos there as well. Thanks for the kudo also[:p]

QUOTE: Originally posted by paulstecyna21

you are a nice person

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Posted by paulstecyna21 on Friday, March 3, 2006 9:51 AM
you are a nice person
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Posted by spbed on Friday, March 3, 2006 9:25 AM
All I can say to this post is good luck [:)]

QUOTE: Originally posted by paulstecyna21

thank you but i am going to find out more from the company

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