Passenger Trains > 6 (15) is pack'n an electric loco

They just went by the house. I didn't catch the number- the track is only 300' away, but I live in a forest! Hard to get numbers.
SR
Dutch Flat

BTW: the lead power is back-2-back, not elephant style. For some reason Chicago's been sending them out that way more often these days.

BoilingMan Wrote:
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> They just went by the house. I didn't catch the
> number- the track is only 300' away, but I live in
> a forest! Hard to get numbers.
> SR
> Dutch Flat
>
> BTW: the lead power is back-2-back, not elephant
> style. For some reason Chicago's been sending them
> out that way more often these days.


WHAT !!! no railside RofW remote cam with a motion detector :-)

Cam: No

Motion detector: Oh Ya!

Especially upstairs- the house shakes!
SR

654 is being towed at the front of our train. (Posted from the back of 6 (15) currently at Reno).

BoilingMan Wrote:
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>
> BTW: the lead power is back-2-back, not elephant
> style. For some reason Chicago's been sending them
> out that way more often these days.

I wonder if a directive went out after the problem in New Mexico last week (had to wye the engines to run around and reverse the train)?

No 5 & 6 have tended over the years to have their power back to back while the rest of the Western LD trains have their power arranged nose to tail.

Yes, 5&6 has always tended to run them back to back but last winter suddenly stopped. Now the pattern seems to be reverting back.

About the time 5&6 suddenly stopped, 11&14 suddenly STARTED running back to back- until they got their windshield "rocked" a few weeks ago and lost quite a bit of time turning the trailing loco in Montalvo (near Ventura). I don't think I've seen a back to back set on the Coast since.

This implies there COULD actually be a policy in play- but the patterns deify figuring out what that might be!

SR