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Eastern Railroad Discussion > Screaming 15's on DelmarvaDate: 11/19/20 14:50 Screaming 15's on Delmarva Author: cr2581 Caught a late running HA-1 heading south this afternoon near MP41 (Cheswold, DE) with a pair of MP15s in charge of 64 loads. The sound was incredible.
Enjoy !!! Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/19/20 14:56 by cr2581. You must be a registered subscriber to watch videos. Join Today! Date: 11/19/20 15:30 Re: Screaming 15's on Delmarva Author: perklocal Sweet Music !
Date: 11/19/20 16:09 Re: Screaming 15's on Delmarva Author: icancmp193 I love the sound of non-turbo EMDs in the afternoon! (Apologies to Francis Ford Coppola and Robert Duvall).
TJY Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/19/20 16:11 by icancmp193. Date: 11/19/20 16:55 Re: Screaming 15's on Delmarva Author: MEKoch If they are all loads, that train is a "mortgage lifter" for the railroad.
Date: 11/19/20 17:48 Re: Screaming 15's on Delmarva Author: Milwaukee That was heck of a train for two MP15's especially for the speed they were maintaining. Any chance they were on a slight downhill grade to allow for that?
Thanks for sharing the video here with us. Date: 11/19/20 18:24 Re: Screaming 15's on Delmarva Author: MdRailfan Milwaukee Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > That was heck of a train for two MP15's especially > for the speed they were maintaining. Any chance > they were on a slight downhill grade to allow for > that? > > Thanks for sharing the video here with us. Train heading south, then yes most of the cars were in fact loads. Date: 11/19/20 18:49 Re: Screaming 15's on Delmarva Author: Pumbaamd What kind of loads would they be, heading to Harrington, Salisbury, Georgetown? Perdue and other poultry plants? Thanks.
Date: 11/19/20 19:08 Re: Screaming 15's on Delmarva Author: tomstp Looking at the truck springs there were a lot of empty cars in that train. Still, a hell of a hual for 2 small engines and they sounded great. Thanks for posting.
Date: 11/19/20 19:52 Re: Screaming 15's on Delmarva Author: cr2581 tomstp wrote:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Looking at the truck springs there were a lot of empty cars in that train. Still, a hell of a haul for 2 small engines and they sounded great. Thanks for posting. Believe me when I tell you, all 64 were loads. Delmarva (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia) is a huge agricultural area with farms everywhere. To answer two other questions posed above, the cars are filled with corn, soy cake, fertilizer, propane, and plastic pellets. The stone loads on the head end go to Pennsy Supply in Felton. The same two units took 74 empties north earlier in the day. Delaware may appear to be flat but like many midwestern states, it is anything but. The units are notched out because they are making a run for the hill at this location. You can see the train slow down a bit when the bulk of it hits the top. Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 11/20/20 05:30 by cr2581. Date: 11/20/20 00:43 Re: Screaming 15's on Delmarva Author: ClubCar Thanks for the information and the great video from the Delmarva area. I am surprised that this railroad operates with those small engines. They have to be maxed out to haul that many loaded cars. I would have thought that they would be using some larger power.
John in White Marsh, Maryland Date: 11/20/20 05:24 Re: Screaming 15's on Delmarva Author: cr2581 ClubCar Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >I am surprised that this railroad operates with those small engines. HA-1 normally operates with a pair of SD40s. The use of MP15s is standard practice once per week when power for the Dover local is exchanged with a fresh set. It avoids making a separate deadhead move with an additional crew. Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/20/20 05:25 by cr2581. Date: 11/20/20 08:14 Re: Screaming 15's on Delmarva Author: AVR3001 Sure keeps the MP15AC exhaust manifolds clean!
Date: 11/20/20 11:47 Re: Screaming 15's on Delmarva Author: dcorreia Some of the tank cars are empty going to Perdue in Salisbury for Soybean Oil loading. All of the covered hoppers are loads coming in with chicken feed, etc. Who gets plastic pellets on the shore?
Date: 11/20/20 12:52 Re: Screaming 15's on Delmarva Author: VaCentralRy Plastic pellets for turning into shrink wrap to package all of that chicken. Then there's all of those red Solo cups.
Date: 11/20/20 15:58 Re: Screaming 15's on Delmarva Author: dschlegel Awesome sound! I remember when I was probably about 10 and my brother would’ve been 7, the old man took us to Valley Junction in the Trading PA area. As soon as we parked and started walking to see if any signals were lit for trains below on the Belt Line, the roar of 5 or 6 Conrail Switchers got real loud as a ballast train roared below us headed west probably from Birdsboro. I stood there looking down in awe, and my little brother got scared and ran over to hide behind a cement casket in the yard of the casket factory next door!
Dan Posted from iPhone Date: 11/20/20 18:13 Re: Screaming 15's on Delmarva Author: atsf121 Fantastic video
Posted from iPhone Date: 11/20/20 20:38 Re: Screaming 15's on Delmarva Author: The-late-EMD Don'the be fooled by those sw's. I once saw one SW1500 pull 105 loads on a oakland, CA transfer job. It topped out at 25mph.
Posted from Android Date: 11/21/20 07:23 Re: Screaming 15's on Delmarva Author: JUTower If you look at the specs, these units are only a few thousand pounds lighter than GP38-2’s. The difference in horsepower would be much more evident at higher speeds, but at slow speed - and given that these units have the UP-style traction control system - they are really good pullers.
Posted from iPhone Date: 11/21/20 15:19 Re: Screaming 15's on Delmarva Author: ChrisCampi The-late-EMD Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Don'the be fooled by those sw's. I once saw one > SW1500 pull 105 loads on a oakland, CA transfer > job. It topped out at 25mph. > > Posted from Android Saw something similar running under interstate 80 toward the Emeryville station and it was just screaming. First thing I though of while viewing this video. |