Passenger Trains > Amtrak "San Diegans" today

Yeah - Amtrak calls them "Surfliners....."

It appears the rescue locomotive stationed at San Diego went out to bring in a broken train to San Diego today.  They had several "pilots" out "back" facing backwards and came in slow.  I'm guessing it might have involved slow travel for many miles.  Immediately behind this train was another Amtrak train.  This same train left with passengers about 15 minutes after arrival.

 

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Is the old military wye unavailable?
...Lorenzo

No the wye is no more, That was Pacific Surfliner 777.   I rode down to Solana Beach and caught the late running 777 at Solana Beach for my trip to Fullerton for our train travel fgroup meeting.

By the way the service is the Pacific Surfliner and the San Diegan name died when we received the Surfliner cars.


Chris

This is the first time I've ever seen F59PHI's coupled nose to nose.

I beleive "cowl" units running backwards are restricted to 45 mph?
JB

No there are not if mued to the unit in front of it.. If so you can do track speed.


Chris

Mudrock Wrote:
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> No there are not if mued to the unit in front of
> it.. If so you can do track speed.
>
>
> Chris

Cannot do max speed for a number of reasons.

"1(B). Maximum Speed of Passenger Trains/Engines
MPH
Amtrak 90*
Metrolink 90*
Metra 79*
Sounder (Sound Transit) 79*
Northstar 79*
All other classes 70
Exception:
When the controlling locomotive is a car body type or has a
desktop control stand and is being operated long hood forward,
maximum speed is 45 MPH.
* Engine without cars must not exceed 70 MPH."

"Maximum Speeds — Locomotives
Engine
Numbers
Builder
Model
Maximum Speed (MPH)
Lite Multiple w/cars
SDNX 2101-
2105
F40PHM-2C* 50 50 90
SDNX 3001-
3002
F59PHI* 50 50 90
Note*: Carbody-type locomotives being operated with long hood leading must not exceed 45 MPH.
All other carriers will refer to their company’s special instructions for maximum speeds."

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DG .
Unknown, US



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/25/15 11:18 by trkspd.

Mudrock Wrote:
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> No there are not if mued to the unit in front of
> it.. If so you can do track speed.
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> Chris

And how exactly does that pertain to the units in the posted picture coupled nose to nose?

Also no ditch lights so it's no more than 20mph over crossings.

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I wonder how far out they had to go to rescue the disabled train. Since it departed back to LA shortly after it arrived, it may have been a problem with the controls in the F59.

Perhaps Mudrock was saying that a unit running backwards that was not the leading unit could run at track speed?

Cliff



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/26/15 18:52 by MyfordBrowning.

MyfordBrowning Wrote:
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> Perhaps Mudrock was saying that a unit running
> backwards that was not the leading unit could run
> at track spped?
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> Cliff

But that would be a NO DUH since like um ah BTW that happens hundreds of times a day throughout the US and the world...

jst3751 Wrote:
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> MyfordBrowning Wrote:
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> > Perhaps Mudrock was saying that a unit running
> > backwards that was not the leading unit could
> run
> > at track spped?
> >
> > Cliff
>
> But that would be a NO DUH since like um ah BTW
> that happens hundreds of times a day throughout
> the US and the world...

Was your reply making a note of my incorrect spelling of speed or something else, it make no sense to me.