Eastern Railroad Discussion > Running "Hammer head"

I caught the ABC Kent crew switching around Kent, OH today, they delivered a stone train to Shelly Materials, then switched the grain mill in town and finally Crawley Tar.  When they left town, the Wheeling's 6981 would lead long hood forward with its SD45 car body.  ABC often uses the Wheeling's power on heavy trains out of Akron.

1.  Switching cars at Kent before heading south

2. Departing Kent, OH on the exErie Lackawanna main

3. On the Wheeling's Cleveland Line Howe Rd Brimfield, OH

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Earlier in the morning I caught them switching tank cars at Crawley Tar with the 6350 leading.

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Very nice.

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Hi FEC
Nicely done catching the moves running backwards
Tom Boylan

I like your first photo.
John

Naw, that's just "flare first". Interesting to be sure, and evocative of days of old -- remember all of those Southern units particularly that used run long hood leading? Now if it were a GE with a wide radiator "hammerhead" like the recent models (the ones on the new Tier 4-compliant models are immense), and were leading, then that's really "running hammerhead".



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/29/15 10:54 by ironmtn.

Nice pics!!

Great catch of the Hammer Head !!!