Re: GDLK Operations
Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2019 3:03 pm
4009 has been repaired and is running again. Have stone trains began yet?
No NS in Wabash isn't ready yet, still signal work to be done. Switches have been installed in Gearhart and Wabash.Super Chief wrote:4009 has been repaired and is running again. Have stone trains began yet?
Not sure if this has been touched on already but is NS gonna run power thru on these trains or is it gonna be GDLK power?1TrackMind wrote:No NS in Wabash isn't ready yet, still signal work to be done. Switches have been installed in Gearhart and Wabash.Super Chief wrote:4009 has been repaired and is running again. Have stone trains began yet?
When did it loose it's turbocharger?Super Chief wrote:4009 has been repaired and is running again.
Change ends at Elkhart?GTW wrote:To answer your question NS power is to run thru along with DPU on the rear.
What is "Wabash"?1TrackMind wrote:No NS in Wabash isn't ready yet, still signal work to be done. Switches have been installed in Gearhart and Wabash.Super Chief wrote:4009 has been repaired and is running again. Have stone trains began yet?
My guess is Wabash, Indiana. I don't recall where these are coming from, but I wonder if they are coming from Illinois, across on NS to Wabash, then north to Elkhardt to the Grand Elk.Ben Higdon wrote:What is "Wabash"?1TrackMind wrote:No NS in Wabash isn't ready yet, still signal work to be done. Switches have been installed in Gearhart and Wabash.Super Chief wrote:4009 has been repaired and is running again. Have stone trains began yet?
There is a big stone yard in Wabash (Rich Valley). I only know this because that is where the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society is storing NKP 624.chapmaja wrote:My guess is Wabash, Indiana. I don't recall where these are coming from, but I wonder if they are coming from Illinois, across on NS to Wabash, then north to Elkhardt to the Grand Elk.
You can see it on Google maps a little west of town including part of the new sidings being installed.NS3322 wrote:There is a big stone yard in Wabash (Rich Valley). I only know this because that is where the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society is storing NKP 624.chapmaja wrote:My guess is Wabash, Indiana. I don't recall where these are coming from, but I wonder if they are coming from Illinois, across on NS to Wabash, then north to Elkhardt to the Grand Elk.
I assume the construction has moved along much further than shown on the Google Maps website (July 2018).KC8RBK wrote:You can see it on Google maps a little west of town including part of the new sidings being installed.
Generally trains run between Peru and Elkhart. The trains may continue west of Peru into Illinois. At the north end they can continue west to Whiting. The east-west line at Wabash is the NS Huntington District, north-south is the NS Marion Branch. Both are Lake Division. Peru to Elkhart (and Elkhart to Peru) is a well traveled route.Super Chief wrote:I notice also that a couple of NS lines diverge at Wabash so was wondering if anybody knew the routing to get to Elkhart as there are freights going between the two now?
On a side note I've heard the WSOR units are supposed to be painted this year and maybe the SD45 carbody unit.Super Chief wrote:Anybody able to confirm that the Elk may paint 2204 into WMU colors? Go Broncos.
Isn't the 2204 a lease unit? How could they paint that?MQT1223 wrote:On a side note I've heard the WSOR units are supposed to be painted this year and maybe the SD45 carbody unit.Super Chief wrote:Anybody able to confirm that the Elk may paint 2204 into WMU colors? Go Broncos.
You can buy out lease units. NS has bought and painted a ton of lease units over the years.NSSD60M wrote:
Isn't the 2204 a lease unit? How could they paint that?
The WSOR units look absolutely wretched compared to their sister units across the lake on the WSOR. They must not have been ever cleaned since being on GDLK property.
While that's certainly a feasible scenario, has it indeed happened with that unit or any other currently leased units to Watco?Ypsi wrote:You can buy out lease units. NS has bought and painted a ton of lease units over the years.NSSD60M wrote:
Isn't the 2204 a lease unit? How could they paint that?
The WSOR units look absolutely wretched compared to their sister units across the lake on the WSOR. They must not have been ever cleaned since being on GDLK property.