Western Railroad Discussion > First trains of the year

I have been quite busy but finally got a chance to get out, despite horrible weather.  On the 3rd, Amtrak 11 took too long to get to my location north of Eugene, OR so I did a 1/13" exposure in shot 1.  The second shot is a southbound loaded oil train highballing the south switch at Natron, south of Springfield, on the 6th.  There were two CP units up front and an NS ES40DC among the mid-train helpers (couldn't resist the WP buffer car on shot 3).   Thanks for the looks!

Tom Trent
Eugene, OR

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Well, ok....mid-trains? When the loads go through Dunsmuir they have two DPUs on the rear, so where does that happen and where do the mid-train spacers go?

I see a lot of options, I presume something happens at KF. But with all those locomotives they could do it a number of different ways.
t4p.

Never really thought about extra buffers for the mid-trains before.....

TJY

They cut mid-train helpers in at Eugene but don't know where they cut them out, likely KF.

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Tom Trent
Eugene, OR

They're cut out at K-Falls. Just about every southbound train sets out power there.