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VIDOWS! Here are some of my favorite horn vidows from my YouTube favorites list. I don't know why only the last embeded video worked? So the others are links... ISRR 4040 K5LA. I love old K5LA's, hate the new ones. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y_jaqXOJlc&list=FLo1oAKEauDPye-PFMBvzpXg PAL PERFECT ...

S5T BABY! One mean SOB. I have the Pentrex MKT DVD and it's nothing but S5Ts. Awesome!

Anyone know how CSX ended up with GP40-2's w/o dynamic brakes? Ex-RP&F units perhaps :? The 6398 is indeed a former RF&P (not RP&F) unit, and is one of the only, if not the only, non-dynamic GP40-2's on the CSX roster. CSX 6393-6399 are ex-RF&P 141-147, built with dual control stands (since removed...

TrainWatcher wrote:Does anyone have any information as to why there has been no coal trains to MSU this year?

Because, this year is only 9 days old. Be patient!

(sorry, couldn't resist)

Also today (sunday) at Cole St was an empty rail train tied up with a CSX GP38-2 waiting to go west. Has anybody heard of CSX handing off power with these like they do a unit grain train? It wasn't by the road so not 100% sure it was uncrewed but looked to be. Yes. I remember a couple years ago swi...

Yes, they did get quite a bit of ethanol as well as others, but no more unfortunately.

Webb was even busier before the recession. They used to receive more types of chemicals, and were switched every day. I'd say an average of atleast 5 cars per day...

Happy 2013!

AARR wrote:

csx801 wrote:3 tanks (bayer)

I have a question. Bayer gets 3-5 cars a month of some chemical that requires special handling. But from what I have read they come in single car loads. Is this three car block a different chemical?

No. Hydrochlroic acid, same as always. Probably just collecting empties there...

CSXIndyLine wrote:These were both caught in Joliet at UD. The first one is from 12/28/12 and the second is from 12/29/12.

12/28/12
UP 4589 North (Baretables)

IG4G2R 28

CSXIndyLine wrote: 12/29/12
UP 7766 North (Intermodal)

ZCIBPB 26

It's pretty common to see foreign power. Railroads give and take power hours quite often. If for instance, a train is really hot at interchange, they'll go through without swapping power. The units might just then tour the other's system before winding back up on the home network. Sometimes railroa...

CAT345C wrote:I didn't give it the time of day after a few minutes with that idiot pointing and the stupid screen prompts.

What!? That is the best part of the video!!

Ummm Okay I'm sure they were about to hit amtrak.... I would imagine if that was about to happen the crews would have dumped the train. They did big hole it at 6:52. They went back a considerable ways, so it's very possible they got close to Amtrak. The head end power was pulling hard when it went ...

ns8401 wrote: Not a bad train at 81 cars, what were all those flats towards the end of the train?

Flats are for SDI at Columbia City just west of Ft. Wayne.

North Carolina Transportation Museum:


Tennessee Valley Railway Museum:

Attorneys for the victims say the truck should have had 30 seconds of warning time, but only had 20. "We think that the root cause of the accident is the short warning time," Glasheen said. That's not going to get them anywhere in their lawsuit against Union Pacific. That's the current Federal Regu...

I think UP is pretty safe in this case, since the crossing was functioning right and they had no knowledge of the parade. The truck driver and/or company is gonna be dealt a series of tough blows by this one.... People that don't know anything about railroads/trains still go after the railroad like...

Still applies today. A single engine by itself can lose shunt at higher speeds, meaning it might not trip signals or activate crossing protection, because it doesn't have enough axles. 2 or more units eliminate this problem. Even an engine and a single car wouldn't be restricted, either. Not sure w...

midland sub wrote:I hope its the 5597 that gets the paint job.

Some nice red paint will do just fine.