Northbound Auto Train Passes Through Folkston, Georgia
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They go slow through Folkston because the dispatcher crosses him over from Track #2 to track 1 here due to it being a 45 mph switch while the one north of here at Burch is only a 25 mph switch.
Of course I've never seen the any Amtrak train go through Folkston faster than 25 mph.
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Correction on the engines. I meant 2 P-32s (Genesis locos).
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The longest (current day) Auto Trains have about 49-50 cars. The longest one I've seen had 49 cars with 16 Superliner cars and 33 autoracks. The shortest consist I've seen had 16 Superliner cars and 14 autoracks. I've also seen 3-engines used before (rarely). 2 GP-38/40s and 1 Dash-8.
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I've never noticed the little red and green lights near the doors. Does anyone know what they mean?
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i think that train could at least rate 1 SD80MAC, AC6000CW or SD90MACII and still go at 60-70 MPH
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Its short enough to have just 1 engine if thats all it could have. After all, they are 4,000 HP engines. It just would be longer to speed up.
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Long train, with just 2 locomotives. Good video
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Really not sure. The engineer could of had a restricted signal also, which would have slowed the train down.
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is that why its going so slow?
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36 cars, thats pretty short. Before, the consist averaged about 50, and they were different heights to accomadate the SUV and trucks. Very Impressive to see it now. But I kinda like it when there was a mixture of size and paint schemes. It add character to the totality of the image. We caught it pulling out of Sanford 20 minutes early. Really a sight to see. Thanks for the video.
attlevi 3 years ago