Report: Delray and Wyandotte 8-17-2009

[TrainWatcher]

Trains:

CN 384- CN 8815, CN 5699, 103 Cars
CSXT Q131- with UP SD70M #4383 and UP Snoot Nosed SD40-2 #3304
NS B20- NS 5025 (ex-SOU Great Sounding engine!!!)

Also seen but not video'd

NS 864- High Top Coke for Zug, NS 9757 leading
NS 20V- 113 Racks
CN 385
CN Local with CN ex-GTW 4615

[Mr. Tops]

NS B20- NS 5025 (ex-CR High Hood still with origional CR Horn Great Sounding engine!!!)

Ok...lets look at this. Ex-CR high hood!? Really!?!? My friend, I'm pretty sure (and by pretty sure, I mean 100%) that NS 5025 was built as SOUTHERN 5025, and that Conrail didn't have any high hoods - post first generation diesel era (GP7's etc.). So, this brings me to my conclusion. HOW could that be it's original CR horn???

[nssd70m-2]

NS B20- NS 5025 (ex-CR High Hood still with origional CR Horn Great Sounding engine!!!)

Ok...lets look at this. Ex-CR high hood!? Really!?!? My friend, I'm pretty sure (and by pretty sure, I mean 100%) that NS 5025 was built as SOUTHERN 5025, and that Conrail didn't have any high hoods - post first generation diesel era (GP7's etc.). So, this brings me to my conclusion. HOW could that be it's original CR horn???

Yea ,last time I checked ,Cr didn't have highhoods.

[Y@]

IIRC, the only high-hood units Conrail had were GP7's, GP8's (I believe most if not all were chopped down), GP9's, GP10's, SD9's, and SD10's. Not sure if they had any SD7's that were high in the early days...

[TrainWatcher]

Oops. Ok, I failed.

[TrainNut85]

You failed!

[Typhoon]

IIRC, the only high-hood units Conrail had were GP7's, GP8's (I believe most if not all were chopped down), GP9's, GP10's, SD9's, and SD10's. Not sure if they had any SD7's that were high in the early days...

Well if you are going that far back, don't forget about many ALCO models that had high hoods on CR in the early days.

Off the top of my head,RS1,RS2 RS3,RSD5,RS11 and the RSD15 were all on the CR roster at one time.

As for EMDs they also had a couple of GP18s from the LV.

[TrainWatcher]

However, a lot of the older RS Alco's got made into the MT6 Slugs, don't forget

[RailCanon]

You also fail here:

CN Local with CN ex-GTW 4615

How many times do I have to say this to people: JUST BECAUSE IT'S IN CN PAINT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOW A CN UNIT. 4615 is STILL GTW 4615, as the reporting marks on the cab indicate.

[Y@]

IIRC, the only high-hood units Conrail had were GP7's, GP8's (I believe most if not all were chopped down), GP9's, GP10's, SD9's, and SD10's. Not sure if they had any SD7's that were high in the early days...

Well if you are going that far back, don't forget about many ALCO models that had high hoods on CR in the early days.

Off the top of my head,RS1,RS2 RS3,RSD5,RS11 and the RSD15 were all on the CR roster at one time.

As for EMDs they also had a couple of GP18s from the LV.

Ah yes, forgot the ALCO's... thanks Typhoon.

[AARR]

Nice video James. Some of the GP7's that CR had rebuilt retained their high-hoods. CMGN picked up a couple of them in 92 or 93.

[Mr. Tops]

NS B20- NS 5025 (ex-CR High Hood still with origional CR Horn Great Sounding engine!!!

Ok, I just watched the video (it wouldn't work for me at first). The horn on NS 5025 is a P3. Conrail used only S3L's.

[TrainNut85]

The P3s do sound sharp tho, it reminds me of a Leslie, but it was made by Nathan. I'm planning on doing a whole day thing in Delray and Wyandotte, but on separate days, sometime next month.

[GTW6401]

The P3s do sound sharp tho, it reminds me of a Leslie, but it was made by Nathan. I'm planning on doing a whole day thing in Delray and Wyandotte, but on separate days, sometime next month.

Better bring something to read between trains, because there might be some long intervals.

[AARR]

[quoteThe horn on NS 5025 is a P3. Conrail used only S3L's.][/quote]
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