Eastern Railroad Discussion > 3hrs. 11mins, at Bloomington, MD - CSX Mountain Sub

3 hrs. 11 mins. 18 sec at Bloomington, MD = 2 Sand Trains & 2 Empty Hopper Trains - 22 April 2017
#330 - W263-22 - 32 loads of Frac Sand
#508 - E735-21 - 130 Empty Hoppers
#3114 - E780-21 - 130 Empty Hoppers
#713 - W263-23 - 32 Loads of Frac Sand

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Between trains at Bloomington, we were able to catch the local B770-22 at Keymont, WV taking the outbound papermill traffic to the Keyser yard and their return with the inbound cars at Piedmont, WV - 22 April 2017

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And the action on the Mountain sub was just as good yesterday. We caught Q317 at Mt Lake Park,westbound mty's and Q263 at Altamont and S316 at Terra Alta.

Randy

bridgeportsub Wrote:
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> And the action on the Mountain sub was just as
> good yesterday. We caught Q317 at Mt Lake
> Park,westbound mty's and Q263 at Altamont and S316
> at Terra Alta.
>
> Randy

Your Q263 was W263-24.... there was another emptyman that I missed yesterday afternoon but made up for it by catching Q315-23 later in the evening.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/24/17 06:09 by DTWilson.

Sure don't see much Mountain Sub on here. Tough railroad to run, tough to chase and photo.

It would seem to me that running all these W trains with 32 loads of sand and misc freight isn't particularly efficient...wouldnt it make more sense to call a Piedmont helper and run the traffic on 317?

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/24/17 14:20 by PittsburghMike.

Nice pics!!

PittsburghMike Wrote:
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> It would seem to me that running all these W
> trains with 32 loads of sand and misc freight
> isn't particularly efficient...wouldnt it make
> more sense to call a Piedmont helper and run the
> traffic on 317?

PM, shhhhhh, don't let 'em know that. The Mountain Sub needs all the trains it can get!! Next thing you know, maybe we'll see some QD's back in the lineup...

JG