Amazing Lashup

2008's Norfolk & Western Historical Society convention was held in Marion, Ohio on the weekend of June 14 and 15. But there was a railfan day on Thursday the 12th. I helped out the station group with hosting the event but mostly videotaped trains. This had a kick-ass lashup despite being overpowerd.

UP SD70M #5027
UP SD70M #4889
CSXT C40-8W #7308 (dud of the lashup)
CSXT C40-8 #7646
CSXT C40-8 #7597
CSXT SD40-2 #8047

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[ChaseTheSky]

I love your vids, but I am unable to understand much of the "railroad language".  So, a lashup is a string of several engines? Why is this lashup amazing? Why is the 7308 the "dud"? Was it not very powerful vs the others? Thanks for the answers, and thanks for subscribing to my channel!

[cbehr91]

A lashup is just simply the locomotives that pull a train. It could be 1 or 18.

The whole 'dud' thing is hard to understand for anyone other than a railbuff (no offense). It's that it's the most common of the locomotives in the lashup, meaning that when I'm out and about most trains have that, or a similar type of locomotive.

The two leading are from another railroad the doesn't own the line that this train's on (a term known as foreign) and the other ones are older and rarer.

[skinnyshit8888]

HOLY CRAP!!!!! GOOD ONE!

[ChaseTheSky]

Thanks for the info, cbehr91!

BTW, I lived in Worthington and attended BGSU in the 70's, so I drove past Marion on 23 many, many times.

I guess I'm not a true "railfan", since I no longer spend much of my time with "train activities", but as a kid my parents HAD TO drive me to tracks to wait for trains to go by, starting when I was about 3. When I got a bit older (8-ish), I "hopped" slow-moving trains a lot, riding them for 100 yards or so, for thrills. Enough for now, LOL.