Eastern Railroad Discussion > W003-29 CSX Geometry Train with 9969 leading

W003-28 spent the night at Lordstown Yard yesterday, today W003-29 left Lordstown Yard eastbound around 1010am. I was able to catch them departing the yard and at the next crossing.
Consist: 9969 GP40HW-2
Hocking Valley
TGC3

1. East end of Lordstown Yard as W003 enters track #2

2. 9969

3. Hocking Valley

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4. TGC3

5. Highland Rd crossing in Niles, OH

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Very nice. Thanks

Sweet!

I think this was it, Saint Denis, MD, 11/5/10.

It still has no ditch lights.

Gerry



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/29/15 09:42 by GPutz.

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GPutz Wrote:
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> It still has no ditch lights.

From my understanding, if a loco has a gyra or mars light, that loco does not need to have ditch lights. The gyralight is considered sufficient. What I'm more surprised at is CSX elected to keep gyralight as it has more moving parts (actually has a motor to rotate the light fixture) than the simple wiring of ditch lights. But hey, I'm not complaining! Just like Metra, those lights look amazing.

Rob

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GPutz Wrote:
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> I think this was it, Saint Denis, MD, 11/5/10.
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> It still has no ditch lights.
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> Gerry

Nice photo of the unit as a MARC locomotive. That's a horrible color scheme that they no longer use and I am so glad of that. It never looked good with their passenger cars. Thanks for posting your photo Gerry.

John in White Marsh, Maryland

What's the purpose of moving the horn unit?

Great pics!! The first and fifth are my favorites and one of them could be worthy of a Image of the Day in my book.

John Miller
Conestoga, PA

RAILWATCH Wrote:
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> What's the purpose of moving the horn unit?

Room for the AC and FRA regs call for horns to be centered on the unit now.

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rwa14 Wrote:
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> GPutz Wrote:
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> > It still has no ditch lights.
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> From my understanding, if a loco has a gyra or
> mars light, that loco does not need to have ditch
> lights. The gyralight is considered sufficient.
> What I'm more surprised at is CSX elected to keep
> gyralight as it has more moving parts (actually
> has a motor to rotate the light fixture) than the
> simple wiring of ditch lights. But hey, I'm not
> complaining! Just like Metra, those lights look
> amazing.
>
> Rob
>
> Posted from Android

I know I'm blind but were is the gyralight in any of these photos?

Uncle Joe,Seffner,Fl.

Nice series Jeff.

retcsxcfm Wrote:
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> I know I'm blind but were is the gyralight in any
> of these photos?
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> Uncle Joe,Seffner,Fl.


Uncle Joe,

The gyralight is the top headlights, go to this video to see it...

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?2,3645526

Did anyone else notice the 9969 has a light blue roof with a thin yellow separator stripe to match the cars? The executive F40s don't have this feature, do they?

Wondering,

NZ

Yes the 9969 is painted to match the cars. I don't think the F40s are painted with that stripe.