I think it would have to go all the way to Florida and see Night train to get any farther from home!
We are taking it to Costal Terminal…anyone got a clue who bought it?
And they sure don’t want to miss much up there…look at the headlights!
Ever hit a moose?
Yep .
In fact there are about 6 carcasses between the Jct. and the boundry. First time I ever seen a bald eagle was last week , saw 15 of them feasting on moose !!!
My first road trip in my career we hit and killed six moose AND derailed the train on one of the carcasses. Quite an introduction to railroading.
S. Hadid
Moose?
Now PEETA will be storming up to Northern Maine. Oh wait, maybe since a large percent of the membership is female…?
Moose (noun): Hairy four-legged brainless critter that makes a singularly impressive bang when struck by the plow pilot at 49 mph.
You really shouldn’t talk about F…oh, you mean the one with antlers?
I did notice the serious curve to the snow plow…
I thought the plural of Moose was Meese?
Keep in mind that Maine moose are somewhat smaller than Alaska moose. As kids, we were always told that the moose would run down the center of the tracks, because the crust on the snowbanks would cut up their ankles. The front of Alaskan trains didn’t have cow-catchers. They had moose-goosers.
More like moose obliterators. It’s quite an experience to stand on the front platform of a GP40 as it catches a moose and watch it disappear through the one inch space between the bottom of the snowplow and the hard ice between the rails.
The wildlife biologists I’ve read state that the moose run down the track instead of getting off the track because they instinctually avoid deep snow where they are vulnerable to wolves. Moose brains apparently consist of a kernel of awareness in a bushelful of instinct.
S. Hadid
A Møøse once bit my sister …
No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse
with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given
her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and
star of many Norwegian møvies: “The Høt Hands of an Oslo
Dentist”, “Fillings of Passion”, “The Huge Mølars of Horst
Nordfink”.
(Sorry…couldn’t resist.)
Think of a moose like this it is a near sighted pi$$ed off oversized rat. They weigh about 2500lbs or better in Maine up in Alsaske up to 4000 lbs or more is possible. I saw a film of 2 bulls that decided to see what they could do to a semi-truck they tore it to pieces by they time they were done with it. The brain of a Bull Moose in the Rut has one thing on its mind and if anything at all gets in its way of that it will either run it over or go thru it to get it.
In Susan Butcher’s book, she recalled how she surprised a cow moose on her first Iditarod. It killed many of her dogs. Luckily another musher, Swenson I believe, was following and had a rifle.
It must have been bought by a railroad in a Central or South American county on the Atlantic Coast. Perhaps the railroad in Panama owned by KCS. That is an interesting modification that has been made to the front steps.
The front steps are not stock – the GP49s came from the factory with standard EMD steps, and were replaced with the ladder when ARR installed the snowplow shortly after delivery in order to gain clearance for the plow (and retain the stock drawbar). I don’t think they made but a few revenue trips with the stock front steps.
S. Hadid
This unit and sister unit 2804 were sold to Chile by Helm- reports have them being made into C-C SD type units- much like some ex-CSX GP40s that were sent south a few years ago.
Perhaps you mean NRE. I have spotted 2804 at NRE in Dixmoor and have a picture of 2801 at Clearing that I shot on March 17.
No I do mean Helm- they were the only two picked up by Helm when the units were put up for sale by the Alaska- the units were just stored at NRE until Helm could find a buyer for them.
Super catch!