NS office car special

Unread post by **Scooterb** » Wed May 23, 2007 11:44 pm

Ok one more, this made it on the Big site.

Unread post by **Scooterb** » Wed May 23, 2007 11:48 pm

Also got word 951's crew called out for 5:00 am From Toledo, arrive Elkhart 8:00 am then on to Chicago.
Good luck anyone chasing them.
Stay safe.

TrainWatcher · Unread post by **TrainWatcher** » Thu May 24, 2007 7:14 am

Interesting why they cut out holes in the new body for the ditches, instead of keeping them on the outside was the were when they were bought.

SousaKerry · Unread post by **SousaKerry** » Thu May 24, 2007 12:49 pm

Scott did you happen to notice if they still had 567's in them with 2 stacks?

Unread post by **cnw8835** » Thu May 24, 2007 1:13 pm

Train was by the Hammond-Whiting station at 10:36am central time. For those of you who don't know where that is, it about a mile from the Illinois state line.
Also, one of NS's corporate jets has been sitting at Midway Airport since yesterday, presumably to get some of the shippers riding the train home faster. It has a departure slot this afternoon.

TrainWatcher · Unread post by **TrainWatcher** » Thu May 24, 2007 2:28 pm

What? Now here is a thing I do not get. Why have a Corporate Jet when you have the only pair of ABBA F Units on your OCS train? Where in the hell does that make any sence? And not to mention you are running one of the Major Class 1 Railroads!!! Thats just a double negative right there!

Unread post by **cnw8835** » Thu May 24, 2007 3:03 pm

And here's one of my pictures from yesterday

patrick · Unread post by **patrick** » Thu May 24, 2007 3:06 pm

anyone get some video of this train??

Unread post by **cnw8835** » Thu May 24, 2007 3:08 pm

patrick wrote:anyone get some video of this train??

Scott did

JustinB · Unread post by **JustinB** » Thu May 24, 2007 4:03 pm

You wanted it you got it

NS business Train REROUTED via CSX Through Michigan

Came through plymouth michigan westbound around 6am rerouted due to a derailment at butler, rerouted via ns through toledo - detroit made a crewchange at rougemere and proceeded through michigan

More photos at this link: http://www.railroadfan.com/gallery/thum ... p?album=56

Unread post by **Scooterb** » Thu May 24, 2007 6:26 pm

per train orders it is already headed east.

Train was by Mishawaka EASTbound at 554pm. Called at Elkhart as 952 to continue east tonight at 645pm. Don't know if this is a deadhead move or not; would assume so.

patrick · Unread post by **patrick** » Thu May 24, 2007 6:37 pm

from a video I found on youtube, they sound like they have 645's in them from maybe GP38's.

Unread post by **Scooterb** » Thu May 24, 2007 7:05 pm

I got a video will try postig it later

GTWTD3 · Unread post by **GTWTD3** » Thu May 24, 2007 7:09 pm

And you'll fast hate office car specials. I was working pittsburgh west (Alliance to Fort Wayne plus others) yesterday morning when it came through. The poor girl working cleveland line (Rochester to Alliance, OH) had our STO behind her the entire time that OCS was rolling along. Kind of neat watching it being weaved in and out of traffic, though.

Unread post by **Scooterb** » Thu May 24, 2007 7:26 pm

Video

http://www.dailymotion.com/scooterb/video/3479898

WKUHL they let nothing move at Toledo/Vickers held a southbound CSX train for an hour nothing on the NS during that time either.

MSchwiebert · Unread post by **MSchwiebert** » Thu May 24, 2007 8:28 pm

The shippers saw what they needed to see, why not get them back home on the jet? What benefit would there be to making a round trip on the train? That's just wasted time. Personally, I had an opportunity to get a ride on one the corporate jets that my employer had at the time (with my employer in re-organization the fleet no longer exists). There is no better way to travel for business! We had a meeting with Volvo Truck at Hagerstown Maryland, and with the corporate jet we were able to fly direct from Toledo (can't do that on commercial!) and make it there, conduct the meeting and return in 1/2 a day - eliminating all the "dead time" that other modes have.

Railfan James wrote:What? Now here is a thing I do not get. Why have a Corporate Jet when you have the only pair of ABBA F Units on your OCS train? Where in the hell does that make any sence? And not to mention you are running one of the Major Class 1 Railroads!!! Thats just a double negative right there!

GTWTD3 · Unread post by **GTWTD3** » Thu May 24, 2007 9:29 pm

That doesn't surprise me at all that they shut down vickers an hour ahead of time. That train is hot. When I walked in the door at 6, the STO was already there making plans for what was going to be held, etc. One three car train, had not a thing ahead of it.

Hogger1225 · Unread post by **Hogger1225** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:02 pm

Doesn't that figure. Here's a train that doesn't produce a nickel's worth of revenue holding up trains that do. That's the NS way!

Railnut · Unread post by **Railnut** » Fri May 25, 2007 2:21 am

I belive that the "A" units have 645's in them...but all heve "-2" electronics..any one else know better??
Dave C

TrainWatcher · Unread post by **TrainWatcher** » Fri May 25, 2007 7:00 am

6am Justin! Man, Must have heard her. The horn that I did not recognize must have been her! !@#$ I am only .25 miles from that line too!

Would hav been awesome to see her pound the Diamond! Now why did they re-route her through CSX TOldeo and Detroit Div.? Besides Amtrak Wolverine (I forget the number), NS Michigan should have been empty.

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NS office car special

MSTS NS Bussiness Train REROUTED via CSX Through Michigan

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