Eastern Railroad Discussion > Leave it to NS....

...to put one of their D9-40CW's on a 4 car local and run it long hood forward! I think this is proof that they have way too many of these beasts. You think those cars can handle 1000 hp each?! This is NS #13 southwest of Fuquay-Varina NC on the original NS mainline a few weeks ago, now just a little used branch. They run both ways so on one leg they end up running backwards. Don't get to see 'hammerhead' style too often these days.

CSXDash9

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That picture reminds me of some bad dreams I've had... <g>

They need special permission to hammerhead on the mainline.

They use Dash9s here in Manassas on locals (that run on the main) a lot. May just be how heavy the track is, rather than if it is a local or not. Not sure how many of the GP38 class are left.

When the W's first saw service, they used one on a local on the Pulaski sub. It ran long hood forward as well. And derailed on the spur into a brick plant. No wonder they need special instructions.

and I hat to run them like that, you can't see :-( around the hammer head .
don

CSXDash9 wrote:

> ...to put one of their D9-40CW\\'s on a local and run it long hood forward! Don\\'t get to see \\'hammerhead\\' style too often
> these days.
>
I saw this in Michigan, too. Last summer on a local called B-16 between Jackson and Kalamazoo.

The other day I saw one long hood forward on the H68 (WIMX car stone train)on the Pittsburgh line west of Harrisburg on its way to Enola.