Yup, same track ... Hyndman, PA and Mance Curve 4-2-86

[400exNick]

Nice video! 

[DaCaptain924]

wow, p3 horn on that 2nd chessie train. that's rare. nice stuff. :-)

[McClain808]

anything with Chessie is cool by me, great video

[troy12n]

Something is very wrong here with these 2 trains operating in the same block. I would like to hear a rational explaination from a railroader on how this was possible. I know this line and at the time, it was dispatched by train orders and ABS signals and those trains should not have been able to occupy the same block like that.

[yankinga]

@troy12n Grade signal: A permissive signal used along a steep climb and identified by both a number plate and a plate with the letter "G." The governing rule is usually that a full-tonnage train climbing the grade may pass a grade signal indicating stop without stopping. Grade signals are used to keep heavy trains moving under conditions where the stopping distance is greatly reduced by the hill and restarting would be difficult.

[rager522]

@yankinga yes but it also requires restricted speed and I'd say thats a little bit faster LOL!

[Runkleforskin]

@troy12n why dont you build a time machine, go back in time and fire the engineer of that following train then you nut sucker.

[meccaturbo]

Can't understand how and why they'd allow two trains that close together.

[cheechchongfan97]

What a nice K5LA on that Chessie train!

[Nbuilder1]

Now that's a nice syncronicity.

[gaycowboy31]

I would have loved to have seen that I was 11 years old when this video was made I would have been seeing th MoPac and MKT here in my hometown

[RollThunProd]

Oh, wow! Amazing horn on that F40PH

[BTCRAIL101FILMS]

the 1985 - late 90s had the best sounding air horns, suck as these Amtrak and Chessie System locomotives!!!

[trainmanjosair]

Now thats how u move trains back 2 back. I've never seen that before in my life and wish i could c that nowdays.

[griffix01]

Pure awesome! I've never seen anything like it.

[yankinga]

@griffix01 I still remember my dad's comments at the moment when the second train rounded the curve and came into view: "Holy crap! Look at these cowboys!" Pretty much sums it up.

[shekkythebastard]

just awesome! watching this brings back memories-if that's the st louis trailer jet, i watched many of them go through my hometown.

[U2rocksKEN]

I used to live along that line and I've never seen one follow that close either. I had to play it again also to make sure "he" was on the same track. Listening to the vid it sounds like they had to "get out" of the throttle a little...which would really be a momentum buster pulling that grade...col. Thanks for posting;

[bpbpcoc]

Before I saw you wrote "Yup, same track" I watched the video about 5 times expecting to see that train on the opposite track.... WOW, impressive. I've never seen that happen, at least not at that speed.

[EMDFAN1988]

Very nice! Awesome Chessie clips right there!

[NJT4111]

That's fantastic! Classic railroading that, if happened today, people would be out of jobs. Thanks for sharring!