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WLE and other interesting Finds In Ohio
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 11:49 am
by TPW4055_BNSF2184
Just got back from Ohio and saw a lot of things Ive never seen before. Main focus was WLE and other regionals/shortlines. WLE was a success here are videos of a rock train at Akron
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNGaCqyxgKQ
and a freight at Wellington:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq0M6Ny22aI
Ill put more stuff up later.
Re: WLE and other interesting Finds In Ohio
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 3:17 pm
by AARR
Thanks for posting TPW. Couple questions for anyone:
- It seems that rock train was pushing a lot of cars fairly fast. I didn't see a spotter either. What are the rules for this kind of movement.
- The 2nd video had a lot of LPG cars. Does W&LE have LPG customers or are these for storage (or both)?
Re: WLE and other interesting Finds In Ohio
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 4:03 pm
by James Sofonia
AARR wrote: It seems that rock train was pushing a lot of cars fairly fast. I didn't see a spotter either.
There is a guy hanging on the side of the first car. Looks like he is talking on a radio.
Re: WLE and other interesting Finds In Ohio
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 7:28 pm
by AARR
Thanks Pixl. That train was moving so fast I missed it
BTW, 2nd train had 74 cars of which 62 were LPG tank cars so probably for storage. The stone train had 50 cars.
Pixl wrote:AARR wrote: It seems that rock train was pushing a lot of cars fairly fast. I didn't see a spotter either.
There is a guy hanging on the side of the first car. Looks like he is talking on a radio.
Re: WLE and other interesting Finds In Ohio
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 12:54 pm
by SousaKerry
Hope that train wasn't going all that far in reverse. Hanging off the side of the car can be a real pain in a shorter time then you would think.
Re: WLE and other interesting Finds In Ohio
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 2:07 pm
by James Sofonia
AARR wrote:Thanks Pixl. That train was moving so fast I missed it
I missed him too the first play. Had to go back a second time to see who was running the train.
Re: WLE and other interesting Finds In Ohio
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2016 8:09 pm
by TPW4055_BNSF2184
SousaKerry wrote:Hope that train wasn't going all that far in reverse. Hanging off the side of the car can be a real pain in a shorter time then you would think.
He was shoving to the other side of the river to get back on their own track. I thought the whole thing was an odd way of operating but, they know about this than I do.
Heres a video of the Rio Grande tunnel motors in Spencer. Found them totally by accident
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAZqhh6Wo5I
Re: WLE and other interesting Finds In Ohio
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 5:20 am
by AARR
I think 4001 is an ex-GTW unit