Western Railroad Discussion > The Westbound Schnabel on the Gila Sub Video!

From the previous post: https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,4913535

Here is the video of the Schnabel heading Westbound.  Enjoy!

CSXT 362 West
SNOWCW-26 (Special-New Orleans-W. Colton-Wide load)
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Eloy, AZ
2019.12.03 @ 5:28 PM

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Really well done Christina!  While I am no expert on Schnabel cars, it seems like it was empty.  Since it was headed down to the San Diego area, I suspect we should be seeing something large being transported out of the SoCal area.

Cheers,

Paul

That's one big puppy with no load.

Imagine the sound it would make going over a diamond.

Somebody else in another thread said it was headed to the San Onofre Nuclear Generating plant.
There's still a pair of generators, turbines and a whole transformer yard to remove.

Nice video Christina; thanks for posting!  (I posted some pics of it on the Nostalgia Board from 1984 when it was at Long Beach.)
GK

Thanks for the very interesting video Christina! Great catch!

Larry

Looks like some fantasy Lionel train set!

Good post!

Is that Picacho in the background?

BigDave Wrote:
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> Is that Picacho in the background?

Yup, I believe it is.

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Thanks Everyone for their comments.

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Haven't seen that many cabooses in years!

Thanks for the video..I didn't know about this type of car,but now I do thanks to you !

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Our company did non nuclear equipment repair for them for a few years,we knew they had a lot to get out of there and this load was some of it..makes sense ..

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tomstp Wrote:
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> Haven't seen that many cabooses in years!

But they're NOT cabooses (waycars, vans, etc...). They're escort cars!

Thanks, Christina...Most Interesting train...our TO friends in Orange County will have to let us know if they see this at San Onofre...
And Christina, Thank you for all your hard work implementing the equipment to track the BNSF and UP across AZ...Steve



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/06/19 19:01 by the_expediter.

It is probably heading to that siding near SONGS (San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station); the one near the USMC Camp Pendleton Beach Cottages, as it passed through San Juan Capistrano just after midnight. There are still some huge generators, transformers, etc. just laying around the almost decommissioned nuke energy plant. There also are a couple of nuclear powered warships that are going through "nuclear reactor swaps" down at Naval Base San Diego. And... thanks Christina for another interesting video capture!

(SP)2472 Don
Manoa Valley, O'ahu



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/06/19 16:13 by 2472Don.