Eastern Railroad Discussion > NS 196 up the hill (just for the sound)

With the leaves mostly off the trees, the headlights of trains on the CNO&TP can now be seen from the house.  The heavy trains also sound really good as they're coming up hill, and can be heard for a pretty far distance.  Listening to this 196 last night, I'm pretty sure that I heard them from before they came up through the tunnels at Nemo.  I started this recording after they called the signals at Lancing, which is right about 2 miles before they get to me, and I stopped recording as the head end passed my house.  That works out to a bit under 15 mph.  I'm fairly certain that the squawk on the scanner was the defect detector in Lancing, which helps to give an idea how long this train was.  I do know that I was clearly hearing this train for at least 20 minutes before they got to me.  So while this is a "video", I hope you are ok with it not really showing much besides the occasional glimpse of headlights through the woods, and just enjoy the sound of the train fighting the hill.

Dan

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