NS 36A Upgrade w/ a ROARING SD80MAC #7214 @ CP-W
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Uploaded by AliceInChains243 on Jul 31, 2009
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6/30/09: Once the 7205/08 faded to black and the "Era of the Blue MAC" was officially over, I honestly began losing interest in the SD80MAC's, the ones owned by NS anyway. I mean, they're almost exclusively restricted to local coal service on the South Fork Secondary, so one really doesn't get to see the 5000 HP giants all that much anymore, unless of course you live on the West Slope. BUT, some of them tend to...get LOST occasionally, and thats EXACTLY what we found here when the LAD got the call that the 36A had the 7214 as its leader...WHA WHATTTT!! My opinion on the MAC80's COMPLETELY changed once I heard this thing coming uphill from South Fork, 2 miles away from where we were situated at W, just west of the Summerhill signals. All I had to say was...those things are LOUD man!!!
36A
SD80MAC #7214
C40-9W's #'s 9837 / 9170
CP-W - Summerhill, PA
NS Pittsburgh Line - MP PT 264.6
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The Blessed Hellride
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Greatest catch ever!
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@Conrail2576 I work for CSX and I don't think we scrapped the 80s. They should all be in dark future with red marker lights. I was a conductor for NS and left because CSX treat their people a little better. I also got tired of running Catfish and wanted variety. NS totally destroyed ex-Conrail power by removing the classic marker lights and other Conrail features. Last I checked, we use the 80s system wide. We have no reason to scrap'em.
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We saw 2 80MAC's this past Saturday night at Perryville, MD on their way to Baltimore with a big ol' coal drag behind them. They are definitely a sight to behold, visually and audibly!
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@Conrail2576 CSX didnt scrap them btw and thats exactly why they are in the coalfields good on steep grades and can pull one helluva payload even though CSX recently released theirs from the coal fields NS doesn't you got lucky. But making them pull a traiin on flat terrain wouldn't make much sense when you have 5000HP
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@AliceInChains243 They have a lease on thses?
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@AliceInChains243 Still waiting for a reply on my text haha!!
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I saw 2 on the rear of an ns coal train in Cresson.
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Wow, I didn't know that SD80MAC #7214 was on an 36A and, plan head to Wilmington, Delaware!
But, that strange I caught 2 SD80MAC on 13G but were number was differently
Greatly footage, my friend Mike!
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awesojmew job my friend wish the sd80macs would just be free to roam llike cr did
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Are you fricking serious? the 80mac's are seriously on fucking lease to NS? Thats bullshit if NS does through with this, they'll for surely be making one BIG ASS mistake, even more if CSX buys them
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Awesome! Too bad it wasn't blue :)
BoxcarFrank 2 years ago
Yup, the blue MAC is NO MORE! Still don't understand why they painted them up so fast when they're most likely going to sell em off once their lease is up.
AliceInChains243 2 years ago
Dude...........awesome catch!!! I just wish NS never would have kept the macs down there just for coal. Should have also been used in freight service too like Conrail always did!! And what a shame CSX did by scrapping them!! SD80MACS rule!!!
Conrail2576 2 years ago
Yea dude I agree. I mean I cans see why they're DOING it because of their proximity to Juniata, but ahhhhhh they could be used ALL OVER!!! I mean give me a BREAK! 5,000 HP...EACH?!??!!
AliceInChains243 2 years ago
Awesome catch. I agree, would be sweet to see the MAC's on regular freights. But with their A/C traction, pulling heavy trains over the slopes west of Toon Town is what they do best, and what they were made for. But I agree, they looked best in CR blue! But then again, any locomotive looks better in CR blue! LOL
pahogger 2 years ago
Oh yea I know. I mean, I'm pretty sure the main reason they keep them there is because Juniata is LITERALLY right up the road and is the only place that's stocked with...big mac sauce!!!
AliceInChains243 2 years ago