Romulus is getting a new dimond installed sooon
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Romulus is getting a new dimond installed sooon
Today, I spotted that the NS, had dropped off a set of them new fancy diamonds that ride over and under each other. I wonder who will be on top
That does make sense. Last year CSX was spotted doing XXmph through there at night. -ChrisMike Tabone wrote:I would think that the fastest trains would have the priority, so wouldn't NS be on top? Not really sure how exactly these new ones work, but pretty much, I've never really seen CSX go faster than about 20-25, where as NS hauls buttox one after another.
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Boy Mike, dont know where you got that stuff, but Max speed from Carleton south is 45, Plymouth to Detroit is 45, Lincoln Sec is 49. And I rotunely go south on #1 at 40 MPH across the diamond.
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I was told by someone reputable that it was 40max, and that they downgraded to 40 to save money. I actually think you told me that matt, was it recently uped with the track maintence they did this summer?sd70accsxt700 wrote:Boy Mike, dont know where you got that stuff, but Max speed from Carleton south is 45, Plymouth to Detroit is 45, Lincoln Sec is 49. And I rotunely go south on #1 at 40 MPH across the diamond.
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From what I can gather, GR to Porter is 55-60 (at the most) for freight, 60-65 for Amtrak. GR to Plymouth is 40 max, since there's no Amtrak, CSX isn't obligated to maintain it to higher standards.
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No that has been the max speed all the time. It was 50 Saginaw to Carleton, Carleton to Walbridge was 45, and Plymouth to Detroit was 45. Only thing that has changed is Flint to Carleton is now 40. The 40 on the Plymouth sub happened a few years ago.
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I dont know, about that one, they may have. All the diamonds over here have speed limits on them, except one and that was Romulis. South Kersley 35 due to that being max speed in Flint. Holly 15, due to curves in town. Plymouth is 30 due to speed in town. Wayne is 30 now. Romulis is 40 now only because of the rest of the sub droping down to 40. Carletion is 35 due to town. Alexis is 30. GTW is 20. Ironville is 20. Vickers is 30 due to Max speed. I can say that most if not all the diamonds that we cross ran by another railroad, appear (looks) to be faster then most of our limits.
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[quote="J T"][quote="rob"]grand rapids to porter max speed for [b]Amtrak is 65 to the Michigan border[/b] then 79, freight is 50.[/quote]
You sure about that, rob? So, hypothetically, if I paced them one day going 80 south of Holland, then they were going well beyond their speed limit?[/quote]
yes i sure that is what the timetable saids that csx gave me to read when they put me through engineer school. Rob
You sure about that, rob? So, hypothetically, if I paced them one day going 80 south of Holland, then they were going well beyond their speed limit?[/quote]
yes i sure that is what the timetable saids that csx gave me to read when they put me through engineer school. Rob
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There is absolutely no excuse for speeding when operating a train. Maybe less the 5mph over is excuseable for the first offense. But after that its 30 days off w/o pay. As far as 10 over well that like Dok results in instant termination. And if there's an accident involving a train going that much over the speed limit, dare I say possible criminal charges for the engineer involved! A train is not like going over the speed limit on the highway.