Eastern Railroad Discussion > Trip: Cumberland to Connelsville

Headed out with my friend Adam from Cleveland today to Cumberland and worked our way west to Connelsville...

Here's some select shots of what we were able to see today:

1. A Chessie unit at Cumberland, taken behind the fence.

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CSX 4617 on L415 heading out of Mexico at East End Cumberland.

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Q139 gittin-r-done at Mexico.

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My Hyndman shot is below in the derailment post, so here's an eastbound grain train at Fairhope Foamer Post.

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A dead curve at Mance.

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No trains at Meyersdale.

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CPL still standing at Rockwood...taken from a public crossing.

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CP Sodom (where'd they get that name?) in Connelsville with 5 orbitals remaining and a trailer train apparently working!

Enjoy!
Tony

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Man I really liked your 1st and 2nd shots because of the Chessie unit and the Chessie CSX patched unit. Thank you for your post.

Good to see you found a bunch of CPLs, get 'em while you can!

-Wade

When is CSX going to pick up them old ties. Someone could start a fire with them old ties?

I think they are owned by a contractor.

Some good pics there...I am heading out to Cresson for a week at end of month and will set aside a day, as I usually do, for Cumberland and Sand Patch...I never feel quite at ease on that overpass at Mexico, always looking over my shoulder..its a busy road with alot of truck traffic...Dave W.

I was there last weekend and the pile has definatly grown since then...

Ster2Block Wrote:
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> CP Sodom (where'd they get that name?) in
> Connelsville with 5 orbitals remaining and a
> trailer train apparently working!
>
> Enjoy!
> Tony


For the love of all things sacred Tony, at least while the CPL's are still around can you kindly call the "orbitals" by their proper names, marker or pilot lights? Orbitals makes it sound like they are something from outer space and makes you sound like you are from some remote part of eastern Ohio...oh wait, you are from some remote part of eastern Ohio! ;-)


CG

The signal nitpicker and equally remote to about everything.

CGTower Wrote:
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> For the love of all things sacred Tony, at least
> while the CPL's are still around can you kindly
> call the "orbitals" by their proper names, marker
> or pilot lights? Orbitals makes it sound like
> they are something from outer space and makes you
> sound like you are from some remote part of
> eastern Ohio...oh wait, you are from some remote
> part of eastern Ohio! ;-)
>
>
> CG
>
> The signal nitpicker and equally remote to about
> everything.

You say you don't mind when I call them orbitals? Sure man, I'll continue to do so :) :)

Tony

Ster2Block Wrote:
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> CGTower Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> >
> >
> > For the love of all things sacred Tony, at
> least
> > while the CPL's are still around can you
> kindly
> > call the "orbitals" by their proper names,
> marker
> > or pilot lights? Orbitals makes it sound
> like
> > they are something from outer space and makes
> you
> > sound like you are from some remote part of
> > eastern Ohio...oh wait, you are from some
> remote
> > part of eastern Ohio! ;-)
> >
> >
> > CG
> >
> > The signal nitpicker and equally remote to
> about
> > everything.
>
> You say you don't mind when I call them orbitals?
> Sure man, I'll continue to do so :) :)
>
> Tony


Wait a minute.... I thought they were called "Lunar"....

IU_Tower Wrote:
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> Wait a minute.... I thought they were called
> "Lunar"....

"Lunar" refers to the bluish white lights that form the "restricting" aspect (lights at 10 and 4 o clock). The lights Ster2 calls orbitals are "usually" refered to as pilot lights. These can be white and dark yellow/orange. I believe he calls them orbitals as they "orbit" the main signal head. Marker lights is another less known/used name...

Al Moran,
The SD80MACKing

csx6574 Wrote:
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> IU_Tower Wrote:
> -
> >
> > Wait a minute.... I thought they were called
> > "Lunar"....
>
> "Lunar" refers to the bluish white lights that
> form the "restricting" aspect (lights at 10 and 4
> o clock). The lights Ster2 calls orbitals are
> "usually" refered to as pilot lights. These can be
> white and dark yellow/orange. I believe he calls
> them orbitals as they "orbit" the main signal
> head. Marker lights is another less known/used
> name...
>
> Al Moran,
> The SD80MACKing


Sigh, no, they are not lunars either. Lunar, as Al said, is a color.

Orbitals makes it sound like they are from outer space. Which Ster2 apparently is from! ;-)

I think the terms differ between T&E crews and signal crews. The terms used in the signal standards books are "markers". So less known or used or not, that's where the origin of that term comes from.

CG

Sometimes its good to be a stickler for terminology, but sometimes a term comes up that is just head and shoulders above previous methods of description. Because most people are not signal buffs and couldn't tell a CPL from an PCL, the term Orbital does a far better job describing just what exactly those little do-dads are than "pilot light" and I will continue to use this term and encourage others to do so.

Language evolves....deal with it.