Eastern Railroad Discussion > Recent Foamings

I've updated the site with pictures from the last two days, and the only surprise was the SD80MAC 811 on teh rear of Q398 today.

http://members.trainorders.com/dputz/misc/misc.html

Enjoy!

--Dan

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Dan , More great pics, couple q's though 1.whats the normal train speed through the tunnels ? 2. do trains ever meet in the tunnels or do they wait their turn ? thanks Ed

1) I'd say about 35mph...but Al knows for sure.

2) Yes, they meet in the tunnel.

--Dan


calsubd Wrote:
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> Dan , More great pics, couple q's though 1.whats
> the normal train speed through the tunnels ? 2. do
> trains ever meet in the tunnels or do they wait
> their turn ? thanks Ed

40 mph. Double stacks must reduce to 15 mph in the tunnel. We can and do meet other trains in there. I was on Q138 and passed Q137 there last year and we actually "kissed" each other. On the normal eastbound track (2 track), there is a switch in the tunnel that leads to the Shenandoah Subdivision. When I crossed this switch, we leaned into the Q137's second unit and hit it. It ripped my sun visor off, swung the mirror into the window which shattered the mirror and broke the window. I reported it to the DS and was told "yeah we know about it"...

Al Moran,
The SD80MACKing

I bet that was one of those "oh $h!t!!!" moments...

--Dan

Thanks for the insight Al, Heck it looks close from the outside, Ed