Eastern Railroad Discussion > CN 3177 GECX 2033 CN 3819 Mid-Train DPU, Tuesday, 11-19-2019

I'm not sure which train this is, I'm thinking Q-149 Intermodal.  There was some talk on Facebook about maybe this one came across Canada this morning with Officials Operating it.

But this one was a first for me, with the Mid-Train CN 3819 DPU. And under 4 minutes, that's almost a first for me too.

CN 3177 GECX 2033 CN 3819 Mid-Train DPU, Tuesday, November 19, 2019, at about 4:45 PM. At CN Helmer Road - MP 173.1 CN South Bend Subdivision, Springfield, Michigan.

Ron

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A DPU pushing on all those empties, ballsy!

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The-late-EMD Wrote:
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> A DPU pushing on all those empties, ballsy!

Yeah, I was kind of surprised when it went by me with that DPU, and yes.... it was running and loading up, pushing.  The whole train wasn't that long, if you look at CN standards. Those two on the head end should have been adequate!!

And a side note, Wednesday, November 20, I saw almost the exact train leaving Battle Creek. But where I was watching that one, the video was almost 8 minutes long. Too long for Trainorders. And it really wasn't very good.

Ron

The-late-EMD Wrote:
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> A DPU pushing on all those empties, ballsy!
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The rule on CN is there have to be 500 loaded tons in front of the DPU.  It looks like they probably achieved that.

GTD