Eastern Railroad Discussion > MSE with 6 axle power

Have recived a report that the MSE
has recieved two possible three 6 axle units........
Anybody some insight to why upgrade in power ??????

Thanks

 

Frisco1971 Wrote:
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> Have received a report that the MSE
> has received two possible three 6 axle
> units........
> Anybody some insight to why upgrade in power
> ??????
>
> Thanks
What is MSE?  Why can't you take the time to put the name of the railroad on here instead of wasting our time trying to guess?  Geeze.
John in White Marsh, Maryland

Mississippi Export RR. This guy always complains when ppl use RR reporting marks. WTF?? We all know them. Get with the program. If you are that far behind, I guess it's time you brush up on things. Constant complaining by a cranky antique really gets tiresome. You can google the rr marks faster than you can type your trivial complaint.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/13/25 23:02 by baltimore.

The MSE wiki page says they have 2 SD40-2's, but IDK if that is old data or what.

That is good info on the Wiki. The MSE got their first SD40-2 about 6 months ago and now a second is on the way. The first (MSE 71) is a standard SD40-2. The second is an SD45 rebuilt to SD40-2 specifications by Western Rail, Inc. It is MSE 72 ex MRL 330.

As to why 6-axle power now I don't know for certain. Two things that come to mind for modern shortline operations-- Cars are much heavier than they used to be and 4-axles don't pull what they used to. The other is cost. Good 4-axle units are in high demand and are often more expensive than 6-axle units.

Mike Derrick

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I,ve been in the railroad industry 50+ years and did not know what MSE was.  I agree with John Marsh.  Lazy reporting?

Baltimore Wrote:
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> Mississippi Export RR. This guy always complains
> when ppl use RR reporting marks. WTF?? We all know
> them. Get with the program. If you are that far
> behind, I guess it's time you brush up on things.
> Constant complaining by a cranky antique really
> gets tiresome. You can google the rr marks faster
> than you can type your trivial complaint.
Yea, but I feel that some people are just too lazy to spell it out.  It only takes a couple of seconds to type out the information.  Sorry, but I do not bother to look up all the railroad reporting marks.  I am not trying to hurt anyone's feelings, it's just that I was taught differently about how to write stories and how to use proper English, something that many people today do not know.  So, take the few seconds to spell it out.  I know many others, even though they may not say so, who feel as I do, and it is a legitimate complaint.
John in White Marsh, Maryland

AVR3001 Wrote:
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> I,ve been in the railroad industry 50+ years and
> did not know what MSE was.  I agree with John
> Marsh.  Lazy reporting?
Thank you AVR3001.  I do appreciate your comment.
John in White Marsh, Maryland

ClubCar Wrote:
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> AVR3001 Wrote:
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> > I,ve been in the railroad industry 50+ years
> and
> > did not know what MSE was.  I agree with John
> > Marsh.  Lazy reporting?
> Thank you AVR3001.  I do appreciate your
> comment.
> John in White Marsh, Maryland

God help us all if it's now unacceptable to use an official ARR reporting mark in a railroad discussion forum.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/14/25 07:31 by DutchDragon.

Agreed. I've asked questions which are local, need a local's response and some guy from like New Jersey
blasts me for not puttting up a page of details for his edification. With the plethora of new shortline operations
it can be a bit tough to keep up and I've found a couple that didn't even Google. But by looking things up you
can gain much other knowledge, worth the effort.

Out 

MSE is a rather obscure rail operation to probably most readers on this forum, far from common reporting marks such as NS or CSX,
just lazy writing.
Gonut

It’s just as bad on the railroad Facebook groups.

For some reason, people insistently want to post that train such and such Is at mile post and such and can’t post the name of the town or sometimes even what line it’s on.

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Doug Wetherhold
Macungie, PA

Gonut1 Wrote:
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> MSE is a rather obscure rail operation to probably
> most readers on this forum, far from common
> reporting marks such as NS or CSX,
> just lazy writing.
> Gonut

Agreed, been a railfan all my life and know lots of reporting marks, or can figure them out. Not MSE, I too wondered what the heck that was. People can post whatever they want here, but you'll find folks are a lot more helpful and/or interested if you provide as much info as possible. You could even be teaching us something, which Google is not always reliable at. If you're easily irritated by people then TO is not a good place for you...

JG

ClubCar Wrote:
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> Frisco1971 Wrote:
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> > Have received a report that the MSE
> > has received two possible three 6 axle
> > units........
> > Anybody some insight to why upgrade in power
> > ??????
> >
> > Thanks
> What is MSE?  Why can't you take the time to put
> the name of the railroad on here instead of
> wasting our time trying to guess?  Geeze.
> John in White Marsh, Maryland

Agreed, if you have the time to put half a dozen full stops and question marks you can take the time to be a bit more informative...

Not everyone knows every reporting mark. To assume that everyone knows everyone knows makes you look like the first 3 letters or what your are assuming. 
 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/14/25 10:27 by chapmaja.

I too need to know. We all are not familiar with every set of reporting marks!

And you gentlemen don't have the time to do a little research?

Out 

MSE - Michigan Southeastern

MSE - Montana Southeastern

MSE - Maine Southeastern

MSE - Mississippi Southeastern

MSE - Mass Southeastern

These are my guesses........

 

As a poster, it would be a common courtesy,  COURTESY,  not to mention informative, to note the name of a rather obscure RR, rather than just the reporting marks. 
The purpose of the forum is to impart information  to others,   Not to talk to yourself.

I realize that some ppl here have difficulty in communicating, but everyone should at least try to be informative, and not just live in their own little world.

IMHO

callum_out Wrote:
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> And you gentlemen don't have the time to do a
> little research?
>

Yes but it's not unlimited, hence why most people think that a poster should at least make some effort.