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Eastern Railroad Discussion > It was a Monster of a trainDate: 11/14/20 19:45 It was a Monster of a train Author: CSXQ090FAN A farily new CSXT CM44AC number 7233 leads a 15,000 Ft long 17,000 Ton Q161 west at Fostoria ohio with a Mid train DP on 11/14/20
  Date: 11/14/20 21:04 Re: It was a Monster of a train Author: lapklub I take it they were all empties, with only 2 units and 15,000 ft of train.
Mike Date: 11/14/20 22:21 Re: It was a Monster of a train Author: Totallamer lapklub Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I take it they were all empties, with only 2 units > and 15,000 ft of train. > Mike 17,000 tons is definitely not all empties. Date: 11/15/20 04:41 Re: It was a Monster of a train Author: Molino There's a lot of faith putting that much stress on each single little coupler pin!
Date: 11/15/20 07:24 Re: It was a Monster of a train Author: Milwaukee That's a lot of train for just two units even if they were distributed. That says a lot about the equipment, the crew and what I assume to be very flat terrain.
Date: 11/15/20 13:20 Re: It was a Monster of a train Author: OHfrog Very flat.
Date: 11/16/20 14:14 Re: It was a Monster of a train Author: MEKoch It also says that CSX and others do not care about delayed trains due to failed couplers, air hoses parting, etc. They shrug off such delays (even to Amtrak). And the managers congratulate themselves for fewer "crew starts."
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