It went fine, and they seem to be decent locomotives.David Collins wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:36 pmCSX apparently threw one of the new SD23T4’s on the front of a loaded coal train. Results are not known…but I’ve heard they’re absolute piles of garbage, so it probably didn’t go well.
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- Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:42 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: The port of monroe-containers?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1726
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:00 pm
- Forum: Railfanning Information
- Topic: CSX Locomotive Roster News, Updates & Information Thread
- Replies: 1398
- Views: 1511852
Re: CSX Locomotive Roster News, Updates & Information Thread
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 1:54 pm
- Forum: Illinois Talk
- Topic: Metra buying battery-powered trainsets
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2567
Re: Metra buying battery-powered trainsets
always get a laugh when people point out how reliable the brightline units are compared to the amtrak midwest units. not much cold and snow in florida. Always get a laugh when people think cold or snow factor that much into a properly maintained locomotive. I also get a laugh when people forget tha...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:32 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Future of the Plymouth Sub/Grand Rapids Sub
- Replies: 156
- Views: 1741420
Re: Future of the Plymouth Sub/Grand Rapids Sub
I think something important to note is that CPKC hasn’t confirmed they want to purchase the Plymouth sub, I do think it is highly plausible but for right now the only reason they are mandating CSX to fix the Plymouth sub is so if they do buy it is in good condition. Sorry if someone already said th...
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 9:49 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Carleton, MI
- Replies: 30
- Views: 36526
Re: Carleton, MI
I’d take fewer trains in a spot like Carleton full of history and endless potential photo angles than a busy few hours in another boring double track mainline location along the Water Level Route or B&O in Ohio any day! If you enjoy birdwatching with a train thrown in every couple of hours, it soun...
- Thu Dec 28, 2023 5:22 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Carleton, MI
- Replies: 30
- Views: 36526
Re: Carleton, MI
That sounds like just about anywhere in Michigan when it comes to railroading.David Collins wrote: ↑Thu Dec 28, 2023 3:48 pmGood luck, Carleton is so incredibly dead that you’ll be looking at tracks and signals for hours.
- Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:38 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Plymouth & GR sub-div Work
- Replies: 106
- Views: 24524
- Thu Nov 16, 2023 9:21 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Plymouth & GR sub-div Work
- Replies: 106
- Views: 24524
Re: Plymouth & GR sub-div Work
Same with the dwarf on the GRE interchange up at Fuller. When I first started going up there in 1999ish, we called Tammy the Dispatcher one fine afternoon. She had no knowledge of that signal, wasn't on her board. From then on...fagetaboud it. We had permission to leave the switch open, do our work...
- Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:12 am
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: CSX Train Location Updates - November 2023
- Replies: 790
- Views: 148596
Re: CSX Train Location Updates - November 2023
M51001 has several cars on the ground at Wick Road.
- Mon Oct 09, 2023 12:18 pm
- Forum: Indiana Talk
- Topic: Garrett Yard
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12502
Re: Garrett Yard
Garrett yard, Lafayette yard, and Wyoming yard are the ones I know of that recently lost their on-site yard masters and were remoted. Garrett yard is in service there is multiple grain trains originating from Garrett and a local the originates and terminates in Garrett along with a few mixed freigh...
- Mon Sep 25, 2023 3:20 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Hamilton Northwestern Railroad Co.
- Replies: 217
- Views: 2114870
Re: Hamilton Northwestern Railroad Co.
Since I am not local, your welcome.
- Thu Sep 14, 2023 7:05 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Future of the Plymouth Sub/Grand Rapids Sub
- Replies: 156
- Views: 1741420
Re: Future of the Plymouth Sub/Grand Rapids Sub
[ My bet is CSX will take a page out of the NS Michigan Line playbook, and let the GR Sub go to seed once Consumers is done, until the state buys it for Amtrak service. It would be more financially responsible to reroute the Pere Marquette via Kalamazoo and terminate at Holland, and abandon the GR ...
- Fri Jun 16, 2023 7:04 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: CSX's Plymouth Subdivision
- Replies: 37
- Views: 30560
- Fri Jun 16, 2023 7:00 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: CSX's Plymouth Subdivision
- Replies: 37
- Views: 30560
Re: CSX's Plymouth Subdivision
as well as many, many other things one may not think about. Short sidings, crappy signal system, up and down profile, and little online buisness don't help. Add in the fact that CSX will no doubt would keep east of Plymouth, means the CP would not control either end of the railroad. https://media.t...
- Thu Jun 01, 2023 4:15 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: W080 Work Train in MI
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1199
Re: W080 Work Train in MI
It is supposed to dump between CG 63 and CG 85.
- Wed Mar 08, 2023 3:15 pm
- Forum: National / Other States Talk
- Topic: Los Angeles to Las Vegas - Brightline
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3371
Re: Los Angeles to Las Vegas - Brightline
Brightline bought land south of the strip to use as their station. It is about 3 miles south of Mandalay Bay. No where near the Monorail, and will need some sort of ground transportation to get anywhere worth going. https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/jul/06/brightline-land-las-vegas-high-speed-rail-s...
- Wed Mar 08, 2023 12:00 pm
- Forum: Ohio Talk
- Topic: East Palestine, Ohio Major NS Derailment
- Replies: 141
- Views: 51699
Re: East Palestine, Ohio Major NS Derailment
They have been in the room. Now we have the political appointees trying to look like they are doing something in the room.
- Sun Mar 05, 2023 8:08 pm
- Forum: Ohio Talk
- Topic: Derailment in Springfield, OH Today.
- Replies: 30
- Views: 10662
Re: Derailment in Springfield, OH Today.
In my opinion, the FRA needs to shut NS' operations down until they can make new safety practices that the FRA can agree upon, and if the regulator doesn't like it, nothing moves on that railroad until the regulator is satisfied. Here's why: NS at this point is a threat to public safety with all of...
- Thu Feb 23, 2023 11:00 am
- Forum: Ohio Talk
- Topic: East Palestine, Ohio Major NS Derailment
- Replies: 141
- Views: 51699
Re: East Palestine, Ohio Major NS Derailment
Tell me you have never worked for a railroad without saying you never worked for a railroad. The only way to have a crew ignore a detector is if it is out of service.
- Fri Oct 14, 2022 1:35 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: A new absolute signal on the holly sub...?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10657
Re: A new absolute signal on the holly sub...?
Those signals at Opdyke don't just come on when a train is a block or two away but are turned on by the dispatcher when he routes the train, Dispatchers don't "turn on" signals. They can do two things to absolute signals, they can code it to stop, or request a more favorable signal than stop. That ...