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Eastern Railroad Discussion > long trainDate: 11/07/00 14:50 long train Author: GAP I was watching Norfolk Southern 28-V pass eastward thru Kalamazoo today. The engine, a single Dash 40 #9355, was east of signal 141.4 when the tower operator reported that the last car was by the tower at MP 143. Therefore that train was more than 1.6 miles long, all empty auto-racks.
Date: 11/07/00 15:20 RE: long train Author: P Wow, what a rack! train, that is.
Date: 11/07/00 20:23 RE: long train Author: roadrat 1.6 miles is not a long train, this day and age. CR used to run monsterous TV
trains. MAIL 3 came off the hill one day asking for a helper on the rear. Its rearend was going in and out. When the operator at C tower asked what the problem was, the crew replied, "A five inch antenna doesn't do too much when the train is 3 miles long". Say what? Roadrat Date: 11/08/00 03:27 RE: long train Author: biff On the CSX, former CR mainline between Buffalo and Selkirk, we still see some autorack trains that are 2 1/2 + miles long. These trains are 500-550 axles on the detector, 125 or more cars. And when each cars overall length is over 90 feet, you have 12000+ feet of train.
Date: 11/08/00 15:31 RE: long train Author: MediumClear But, fellas, maybe the point is that, for Sleepy Valley Michigan, far off the transcon mainlines, that's not a bad train. When the NS trains to and from Grand Rapids, 46E and 47E, are only 10-25 cars any more, a nice long one is like a breath of fresh air. isn't it, Greg?
Date: 11/08/00 17:39 RE: Is that the old ML488? Author: roadrat Hey Biff, I spent a couple of days in Erie and Northeast, Pa. in 1998. Some of those eastbounds would come out of nowhere. Mainly because the dragger did not go off at Norheast.
ML 488 would just keep coming, rack after rack. Those were very impressive rack trains. Roadrat |