recently UP had a car jump track and tore up the crossties realy bad but then the derailed car took out 1 of the control boxes and defect detector on the side
of the tracks i wander if the detector saw this comin or was it caught by suprise
[:0][:0][:0][xx(] what ever the case why hasnt up repaird it yet
and KCS has some bad tacks in Shreveport as well every time it rain they flood out how hard could it be to redo the road bed theres two main tracks the other is in need of leveling but is about 12-16 inches higher than the other track
they could at least put gravel down and raise the tracks about 3 inches
doble stacks clear this bridge by a foot[?]
Busy (and windy) day yesterday. Out runnin’ stopped on the levy to take a break. Finshed stretching, heard a train comin’, thought I’d wait. 10 engines on the lead. The first 4 or 5 were BNSF dash 9 herritage II paint, and then another dash 9, NS. Somewhere in there were 3 SD40-2s: 2 in BNSF orange, 1 in ATSF blue/yellow. The very last one was ATSF red/silver dash 8. WOW! Followed by a consist of 78 cars, mostly well cars, all full, some flat cars had only the trailer chasis, no trailer or container. Kansas City/Chicago bound.
Next, BNSF ripped up a siding track in town. And the “rail-fan-confuser car” is back. It’s got a crane with it. Section track is built and set aside ready to be installed. Looks like the crossover track section.
Most recently I saw a 4 engine train a cp SD40-2F up AC4400 cp ac4400 and CP sd40-2 first time I ever saw a UP engine in Saskatchewan and trust me thats rare.
MoPac hoppers 582756 and 582403 unloading coal at Ft Drum, NY, along with several Soo, HLMX (some marked KCL/KCPL, or something like that), and AEPX hoppers. This doesn’t sound like VA/WV coal. Anybody have any idea where it’s from, based on the reporting marks?
CP train #183 with CEFX 1009, CEFX 123, and CP ??? passing the Grayland Metra station in Chicago. Earlier at work i saw GCFX 3072, a silver SD40 with “Alstom” in big letters on the side. It was the third unit on a UP intermodal.
Tonight I saw what I thought were 2 N S units. After considerable driving and trying to get another look at them determined they were not NS units but units from a leasing company. One did look like an ex NS unit while the other one had the blue and white of Conrail on it. I just couldn’t get close enough to get the correct names or numbers. [:(]
The mix of foreign power continues in our area. It is kind of nice to see other power though. When you are used to seeing only “your” local railroad power then see such a mix as now is happening it takes some getting used to. Foreign power used to be an oddity, now it is a daily occurance. [:p]
I have also noticed several ballast trains around here lately. I don’t know where they were going. They were yarded when I saw them so I don’t know which direction they might have been going. [B)]
That was all the numbers I could write down quickly, the dog kept blocking my view. [:(] Will see if she gets to go railfanning with me anymore. [}:)] [:p] [;)]
This past Thursday afternoon, 4/1/04, while driving through Woodbury, NJ, I got lucky and saw a train coming up the CSAO line heading toward Camden. Naturally I pulled off the road to watch the train go by.
I got even luckier when I saw what was pulling the train.
The first loco was UP 4801 with a flag. Second unit was NS 8343.
First time I’ve seen a UP flag unit.
Too bad I didn’t have my camera with me.
Can someone tell me what kind of loco the 4801 is?
I’m not too familiar with UP locos.
Thanks.