A couple excellent train video's

Stitch · Unread post by **Stitch** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:02 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58PC82e4rN8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GFdBAujrb0

trainjunkie47 · Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:44 am

That second video is an amazing catch.

J T · Unread post by **J T** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 1:03 am

trainjunkie47 wrote:That second video is an amazing catch.

I agree. That's a pretty sweet shooting location, too.

Unread post by **AARR** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:17 am

I love the sound of those engines chugging up the hill

Racer · Unread post by **Racer** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 3:36 pm

That second video reminds me of CSX around here in the mid-1990s........back when everything was better.

Justin · Unread post by **Justin** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:41 pm

That second one is a classic. LONG LIVE the Chessie!

GreatLakesRailfan · Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:21 pm

Did anyone else catch the 6th unit in the consist in the 2nd video? First time I've ever seen one of those in video. The Chessie leader was impressive too...

Justin · Unread post by **Justin** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:58 pm

Charles W wrote:Did anyone else catch the 6th unit in the consist in the 2nd video? First time I've ever seen one of those in video. The Chessie leader was impressive too...

Yes Charles I saw that too was wondering what unit that was.

SD80MAC · Unread post by **SD80MAC** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:15 pm

Justin wrote:
Charles W wrote:Did anyone else catch the 6th unit in the consist in the 2nd video? First time I've ever seen one of those in video. The Chessie leader was impressive too...
Yes Charles I saw that too was wondering what unit that was.

It's a BQ23-7. CSX later converted them to trailing only "B" units and then retired them in the mid to late 90's.

GTW6401 · Unread post by **GTW6401** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:20 pm

The BQ23-7's were basically standard B23s but were equipped with an enlarged operating cab for accommodating the train crew, thus making a case to eliminate cabooses. SCL 5130-5139 were the only ones built and rode on Blomberg Trucks.

Burlington Northern also ordered Five GP50s with larger cabs in a similar program as the SCL's.

RailCanon · Unread post by **RailCanon** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:22 pm

Conrail Jon wrote:
Justin wrote:
Charles W wrote:Did anyone else catch the 6th unit in the consist in the 2nd video? First time I've ever seen one of those in video. The Chessie leader was impressive too...
Yes Charles I saw that too was wondering what unit that was.
It's a BQ23-7. CSX later converted them to trailing only "B" units and then retired them in the mid to late 90's.

And as far as I know, all of these units have now been scrapped. Kind of sad I think. They were ugly, but definitely unique.

SD80MAC · Unread post by **SD80MAC** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:59 pm

GTW6401 wrote:The BQ23-7's were basically standard B23s but were equipped with an enlarged operating cab for accommodating the train crew, thus making a case to eliminate cabooses. SCL 5130-5139 were the only ones built and rode on Blomberg Trucks.

Burlington Northern also ordered Five GP50s with larger cabs in a similar program as the SCL's.

Correct, GP50L's. There were also a few GP38's built with extended cabs, not quite to the extent of the GP50L, but still larger than a regular cab. Marquette's GMTX 2676 has an extended cab:

Doesn't really look like that little bit makes for a whole lot more room, so I'm unsure as to why it was built this way. Compared to a GP38 with a normally configured cab, such as GRE 3839:

Unread post by **AARR** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:22 am

Nice picture, Conrail Jon. I never noticed the extended cab on GP38's before

. They pushed the cab above the nose out even a little further than the whole cab.

i995impalass · Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:57 pm

Nice Shot, Comstock Park Jon? Curve to the East of Westriver before the MIGN Right-o-way

SD80MAC · Unread post by **SD80MAC** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:10 pm

i995impalass wrote:Nice Shot, Comstock Park Jon? Curve to the East of Westriver before the MIGN Right-o-way

Yup. They had just tied back on to the train after running up to switch Michigan Rail Storage. 4 engines and 127 cars that day!

Unread post by **AARR** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:17 pm

Conrail Jon - Where's that elevator at?

Unread post by **cnw8835** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:20 pm

Conrail Jon wrote:Correct, GP50L's. There were also a few GP38's built with extended cabs, not quite to the extent of the GP50L, but still larger than a regular cab. Marquette's GMTX 2676 has an extended cab:

Doesn't really look like that little bit makes for a whole lot more room, so I'm unsure as to why it was built this way. Compared to a GP38 with a normally configured cab, such as GRE 3839:

Both 2652 and 2676 were units originally built with dual control stands. Thats the reason for the extended cabs.

Unread post by **cnw8835** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:21 pm

Don Simon wrote:Conrail Jon - Where's that elevator at?

Answering for him, that is Fremont.

SD80MAC · Unread post by **SD80MAC** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:21 pm

Don Simon wrote:Conrail Jon - Where's that elevator at?

Fremont Co-Op in Fremont.

Unread post by **AARR** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:42 pm

Thanks Conrail Jon

That's the first time I've seen Fremont Co-op. Anyone know how many cars they get these days? I read they were getting about 500 a year (10 per week) but that was supposed to climb to 850 (17 per week).

Com'n MS guys! Go get some inbound raw material business for Gerbers

. The baby food plant in Sturgeon gets tanker cars of something. Gerbers used to get rice. A place that big has to benefit some how some way by rail...doesn't it

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A couple excellent train video's

A couple excellent train video's