Well that sucked! Did you catch the engineer throwing litter out the window @39 into the video? I can't stand people who trash up our beautiful landscape! Cool video though, thanks for sharing.
a lot of fallow flags SP is now part of Union Pacific Railroads Conrail is now part of Norfolk Southern and all of its northern lines are part of CSX Transport and Santa Fe is now BNSF.
@geomodelrailroader The Interstate Commerce Commission will allow a merger as long as two independent railroads end up serving the area. Thus there has been a lot of consolidation over the past few years. It's nationwide networks competing with the same. There are very few regional railroads today.
@jpkazarian LOL that's what happens in railroading if a railroad is to survive they need to merge with another line or land up getting liquidated. that's what happened to Conrail they got liquidated and CSX and NS carved Conrail up like a turkey. SP almost got bought by BNSF but ICC desolved the merger and gave it and Rio Grande to UP resulting in Soldier Summit and Tehachapi being given to both UP and BNSF
Whoa, that was such an awesome meet! But I have a question: on that day, was there something different about the first (downhill) oil can train? I didn't know they were short enough to fit inside Walong. I've always thought those unit trains were longer, what with all those tankers and big six-axle units.
@alladinmoua The downhill trains are shorter because they don't have mid-train helpers. The loop itself is 4,000 feet in circumference. However eyeballing the map at fifteen seconds into the video shows the length of the siding leading up to the loop is about as long, for a total of about 8,000 feet.
@BNSFME Those are train orders. Occasionally an engineer will notice railfans and throw expired orders from the previous crew out the window. Search Wikipedia for an article on train order operation to learn more.
Well that sucked! Did you catch the engineer throwing litter out the window @39 into the video? I can't stand people who trash up our beautiful landscape! Cool video though, thanks for sharing.
walkerbelle 6 months ago
Holy Moly a CONRAIL in the middle of nowhere in the west !!!!
TheSterlingLoopTroop 7 months ago
That noise the cars make at exactly 6:07, howcome you dont hear that these days anymore?
grapeape16 8 months ago
@grapeape16 Well, you would if a train of that length and weight stopped at the same place on the line.
jpkazarian 8 months ago
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zekecycle 3 months ago
WHOA!!!! ATSF HAD B's AWESOME!!!
MilwaukeeSDman 8 months ago
a lot of fallow flags SP is now part of Union Pacific Railroads Conrail is now part of Norfolk Southern and all of its northern lines are part of CSX Transport and Santa Fe is now BNSF.
geomodelrailroader 8 months ago
@geomodelrailroader The Interstate Commerce Commission will allow a merger as long as two independent railroads end up serving the area. Thus there has been a lot of consolidation over the past few years. It's nationwide networks competing with the same. There are very few regional railroads today.
jpkazarian 8 months ago
@jpkazarian LOL that's what happens in railroading if a railroad is to survive they need to merge with another line or land up getting liquidated. that's what happened to Conrail they got liquidated and CSX and NS carved Conrail up like a turkey. SP almost got bought by BNSF but ICC desolved the merger and gave it and Rio Grande to UP resulting in Soldier Summit and Tehachapi being given to both UP and BNSF
geomodelrailroader 8 months ago
Whoa, that was such an awesome meet! But I have a question: on that day, was there something different about the first (downhill) oil can train? I didn't know they were short enough to fit inside Walong. I've always thought those unit trains were longer, what with all those tankers and big six-axle units.
alladinmoua 8 months ago
@alladinmoua The downhill trains are shorter because they don't have mid-train helpers. The loop itself is 4,000 feet in circumference. However eyeballing the map at fifteen seconds into the video shows the length of the siding leading up to the loop is about as long, for a total of about 8,000 feet.
jpkazarian 8 months ago
what did he throw out of the cab
BNSFME 8 months ago
@BNSFME Those are train orders. Occasionally an engineer will notice railfans and throw expired orders from the previous crew out the window. Search Wikipedia for an article on train order operation to learn more.
jpkazarian 8 months ago
@jpkazarian i know what they are i just was wondering what it was cause down here they throw us water and stuff
BNSFME 8 months ago