May 10, 2011 was a beautiful Spring evening. It also played out to be an interesting evening too, with interesting power, consists, and movements, so let's begin!
3:52 PM -
SEPTA 6358 heads east for West Trenton with Silverliner II's 262 and 206, plus SL II 236.
6358 - Philadelphia, PA - West Trenton, NJ
4:09 PM -
Q706-14 rounds the curve eastbound with CSX SD40-2 8237 in Notch 8.
Q706 - Philadelphia, PA - Oak Island, NJ Trash Empties
4:17 PM -
A bit of a surprise occurs next, A 66Z that was believed to have came in Monday night called Medium Clear at West Lang, and it was surprise time, with seconds to spare. Apparently it tied down on the Dale Secondary in Norristown. Anyway, 66Z heads east with NS C40-8 8311 and BNSF SD60M 8133 in BN Whiteface paint for power.
66Z - Sharon, PA - Fairless, PA Empty Slabs
5:17 PM -
A 600 Axle Q439-10 roars west with CSX ES40DC 5259, CSX ES40DC 5400, CSX SD50-2 8641, and CSX SD40-2 8250 for power. Only the 5259 and 5400 were online.
Q439 - Selkirk, NY - Hamlet, NC Manifest
5:29 PM -
SEPTA 2372 heads east with SL III's 238 and 221 sandwiching SL II's 9012 and 9005.
2372 - Philadelphia, PA - West Trenton, NJ
5:47 PM -
SEPTA 6374 heads east with Comet I 2461 and ALP-44 2308.
6374 - Philadelphia, PA - West Trenton, NJ
6:06 PM -
Q174-09 heads east with the same power from Q174-06, with CSX ES40DC 5360, CSX CW40-8 7813, and CSX SD60M 8777 for power.
Q174 - Jacksonville, FL - North Bergen, NJ Intermodal
6:35 PM -
NS 17G throttles up west out of Morrisville with NS CW40-9 9433 and NS SD60 5579. That was Adam's (CSX6000) RS3L that you hear at about 12:56 in.
17G - Morrisville, PA - Conway, PA Manifest
7:37 PM -
By now, SEPTA was having issues. SEPTA 6378 broke down at Langhorne, due to the AEM-7 dying. At Woodbourne, the Crossing Gates also started malfunctioning, going up and down for about two hours. Trains were instructed to flag the crossing if the gates were up. We see Q702-10 get moving east after taking it easy through Woodbourne, with CSX ES40DC 5344 and CSX SD40-2 8857 for power. Shortly after, a delayed 383 heads west with SL II's 207, 219, 9009, and 9016, plus SL III 226.
Q702 - Richmond, VA -Selkirk, NY Trash Empties
383 - West Trenton, NJ - Elwyn, PA
7:46 PM -
A mostly empty Q191-10 chugs east up the Wood Connecting Track with CSX ES40DC 5245 and CSX ES40DC 5313 for power.
Q191 - South Kearney, NJ - Philadelphia, PA Intermodal
8:54 PM -
The broken down 6378 trainset gets shoved east up Track 2, with conductor in Cab Car 2407, blowing the horn for Woodbourne Road, and the broken down AEM-7 2304, with SEPTA RL1A 60 shoving on the rear. They then get moving west down number one track with 60 leading.
9:35 PM -
Ending the night is Q301-10 headed west with the power from the Tuesday before, with CSX AC44CW 8 and CSX SD50-2 8630.
Q301 - Oak Island, NJ -Philadelphia, PA Manifest
Thanks for watching!
Nice job! I was the signal maintainer flagging the crossing for the rescue move. After they cleared out of there, they broke down again on account of an air leak on the AEM-7 leaving Bellevue Ave. in Langhorne stuck down. What a night!
limeking 9 months ago
@limeking Thanks man, and were you? Couldn't imagine how bad it must have been for you, and I thought it was bad watching the gates go up and down for who knows how long!
trainutjob 9 months ago
Real nice video. Very cool to have the train info on there as well!!
Stormerevets 9 months ago
@Stormerevets Thanks man!
trainutjob 9 months ago
nice catches dude! nice NS with BN power! nice power on the 2nd csx train! nice septa power- especially that switcher!
Southerntreatment 9 months ago
@Southerntreatment Thanks, Joe, and I was surprised at the decent trains from this night.
trainutjob 9 months ago