Eastern Railroad Discussion > CSX, 13,342 Ft. No DPU or Midtrain How to (shortened)

Pretty sure this is a NOLA to Waycross but I caught it in Sanderson Fl.  DD said 13342 ft., shortened the vid to meet requirememts here

Ed Stewart
Jacksonville, FL

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Great Video. This is not a critcism but I noticed that the train didn't show up until over 30 seconds into the video. More time to watch train content if you would crop that out. 

Not sure what the limits are on CSX, but I can tell you that on the railroad I work for, conventional trains are capped at 10,000ft. There is an exception for pure intermodal trains (no "junk" traffic) of 12,000ft. If I had my way, trains would be capped at 7,000' or 7000 tons whichever came first....why you ask? Obviously you've never had to replace a knuckle 9500ft back. As an engineer you are scared shi*less of setting the brake and releasing it on a train this size too.

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gandydancer4 Wrote:
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> Great Video. This is not a critcism but I noticed
> that the train didn't show up until over 30
> seconds into the video. More time to watch train
> content if you would crop that out. 
Thanks , I was married for 38 years, you can't hurt my feelings LOL, I may have uploaded the wrong version as I have been working with the trim feature, It was a total 4:24 long, the whole vid is on utube at edward stewart,  Glad you liked it, Ed

Ed Stewart
Jacksonville, FL

Finderskeepers, I think I heard when they started this  here, Train not to exceed siding length BUT don't quote me I could be wrong on that AND someone here will correct me (thats ok too),

Ed Stewart
Jacksonville, FL

calsubd Wrote:
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> gandydancer4 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Great Video. This is not a critcism but I
> noticed
> > that the train didn't show up until over 30
> > seconds into the video. More time to watch
> train
> > content if you would crop that out. 
> Thanks , I was married for 38 years, you can't
> hurt my feelings LOL, I may have uploaded the
> wrong version as I have been working with the trim
> feature, It was a total 4:24 long, the whole vid
> is on utube at edward stewart,  Glad you liked
> it, Ed

Kinda tuff to upset us Veterans huh Ed? Besides the Navy and being 34 years wedded, I do ok.  Great vid.  Ben

Yeah Ben,  It only hurts if them rounds hit ya !, Thanks

Ed Stewart
Jacksonville, FL

calsubd Wrote:
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> Finderskeepers, I think I heard when they started
> this  here, Train not to exceed siding length BUT
> don't quote me I could be wrong on that AND
> someone here will correct me (thats ok too),

That would make sense, but when has the railroad ever make sense in the last 25 years?   CSX in running Q561 from Cleveland to Cincinnati, to Louisville, then to Nashville.  It's been 12,000 to about 14,000 feet long with DP.  I haven't checked the entire route but most of the passing tracks between Louisville and Nashville are about 9000 feet or less.  Same thing for Louisville and Nashville except for the double track between Louisville and Elizabethtown, Ky.  There is another long stretch near Nashville.  The  Q651 and the Q560 take different routes between Cincinnati and Louisville but I believe the rest of the route is the same.

John

Finderskeepers Wrote:
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> Not sure what the limits are on CSX, but I can
> tell you that on the railroad I work for,
> conventional trains are capped at 10,000ft. There
> is an exception for pure intermodal trains (no
> "junk" traffic) of 12,000ft. If I had my way,
> trains would be capped at 7,000' or 7000 tons
> whichever came first....why you ask? Obviously
> you've never had to replace a knuckle 9500ft back.
> As an engineer you are scared shi*less of setting
> the brake and releasing it on a train this size
> too.
>
> Posted from iPhone

​I can tell you for a fact that after picking up at Kilby, Q130 has gone to Marshalling Yard at least once with 20,000 feet.