Cool vid, but why does the description say there's an "ex-Conrail" unit in the consist? That's SD50 #6705, and by the time the video was shot, Conrail was still an independent carrier, and all of their SD50/60s (aside from any wrecked units) were still active and working for CR. It'd be safe to say its still an active Conrail unit at the time this was shot...their power showed up a LOT on the SP in the 90s in SoCal.
Yep, don't see cabooses no more. Sad in a way but at the same time it's better. And now that they have FRED and mary it's not really needed. This was way we conductors can make sure the engineer ain't sleepin through reds
Well, at the time this was shot, a caboose was required at the end of the train under federal law. The Federal Railroad Commission laster modified the law to allow plugging a small computer into the last car that would monitor the air brake pressure and electronically signal the engineer if the pressure was lost.
Actually, by the time this was filmed (early-mid 90s, by the ditchlights on the lead unit), the caboose had been off mainline trains for at least 8 years. There were a few times they were run afterward, usually for SP/SSW Railroad Police.
Looking at that caboose, it looks like its road number is "white-lined", meaning its been retired. That and the fact it appears to be from an earlier class, and not from the C-50-7, 8, or 9 classes that hung on the longest, makes me think it's a retired caboose on the move to its next (and final) destination.
Epic shot with Conrail. :O :) Sweet shot!
TheADude213 1 year ago
Cool vid, but why does the description say there's an "ex-Conrail" unit in the consist? That's SD50 #6705, and by the time the video was shot, Conrail was still an independent carrier, and all of their SD50/60s (aside from any wrecked units) were still active and working for CR. It'd be safe to say its still an active Conrail unit at the time this was shot...their power showed up a LOT on the SP in the 90s in SoCal.
wastedapathy22 3 years ago 2
Is there narration on the DVD???
trainboy94 3 years ago
Nope. No sound besides what the train makes.
jpkazarian 3 years ago
@jpkazarian my kind of vid,I want to hear train noises,not people, or worst of all music!
trnfan1 8 months ago
@jpkazarian GOOD!
JamesTyreeII 7 months ago
Yep, don't see cabooses no more. Sad in a way but at the same time it's better. And now that they have FRED and mary it's not really needed. This was way we conductors can make sure the engineer ain't sleepin through reds
fordoffroad1987 3 years ago
Caboose lol
rannix18 4 years ago 2
Well, at the time this was shot, a caboose was required at the end of the train under federal law. The Federal Railroad Commission laster modified the law to allow plugging a small computer into the last car that would monitor the air brake pressure and electronically signal the engineer if the pressure was lost.
jpkazarian 4 years ago
Actually, by the time this was filmed (early-mid 90s, by the ditchlights on the lead unit), the caboose had been off mainline trains for at least 8 years. There were a few times they were run afterward, usually for SP/SSW Railroad Police.
silicon212 4 years ago
Looking at that caboose, it looks like its road number is "white-lined", meaning its been retired. That and the fact it appears to be from an earlier class, and not from the C-50-7, 8, or 9 classes that hung on the longest, makes me think it's a retired caboose on the move to its next (and final) destination.
wastedapathy22 3 years ago
I didnt know thats what a caboose was for
andersersand 3 years ago
That thing needed a bath!
Ranaldo20 4 years ago
Southern Pacific sure ran their cabooses longer than most other railroads, didn't they? Say, thats a nice lashup!
zartok35 4 years ago
Sweet SD40T-2 ; )
SD70MAC 4 years ago