Eastern Railroad Discussion > A 3, 1, *, 8 kind of day - 07 February 2020

Three (3) of the trains we caught on Friday had #3100 series leaders with their number ending in 8.... hence it was a 3,1,*, 8 day....

1) #3148 leader of B875-07 on the west end of a 80 car loaded coal drag departing Keyser, WV for the Mt Storm power station.

2) #3158 on Q316-05 gets smoked out by the power on U051 shoving on the other end of the Mt Storm Drag.

3) #3178 leader on E740-06 with 3 other motors and 210 empty hoppers at 21st. Bridge Rd., MD. They would reduce tonnage by 80 cars at Keyser, WV before continuing west to Grafton.

Tim W.

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Does CSX still limit coal trains to 2 ACs + 80 coal cars + 2 AC ‘s pushing over the grades.
Stephen

Posted from iPhone

That side by side it great!

Andy

nssd70m2 Wrote:
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> Does CSX still limit coal trains to 2 ACs + 80
> coal cars + 2 AC ‘s pushing over the grades.
> Stephen
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> Posted from iPhone

130 empties west or 65 loads east without helpers. 80 loads gets a 3rd AC that will get taken off at Keyser and returned west to Grafton on the next westbound.