Folkston railfanning 3-9-07 part one

the first part of the video from the evening and night of 3-9-07. the video begins with the Silver meteor (star?) passing the fernandina rocket stopped at Martin Street. The rocket after waiting for the amtrak to clear accelerates out of town. after that two pairs of northbound coal trains make an apperance. pictures can be found here http://rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=20676

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• CSX
• Folkston
• Georgia
• Railfanning
• Amtrak
• train
• railroad
• SD70MAC
• GEVO
• B36-7
• Coal

[pengapop12]

VERY NICE K5H

[NS6641]

The CSX Freight train that was departing had a really NICE K5H Horn! 5* and fav.

[AmtrakSilverMeteor]

Nice! GEorgia is GE country!

[CSXSD70MAC]

I'm sure everybody thinking lets live there

[CSXTransportation]

If the train has stopped over the circuit trip about 1/3-1/4 of a mile up the tracks, the signals will go back up until it starts moving. However, it takes a while to relize the train is moving until the signals go down also. Also, with most newer systems, the signals go down according to the train's speed. The slower it goes the longer it will take the crossing to go down and vice versa.

Hope this clears up your question!

[deanernet]

Why was the second train so close to the crossing without the lights and signal working?

[rapcsx]

Awesome Videos.

[BobWeaver112]

That Amtrak was indeed the Silver Meteor. The Silver Star passes through Folkston later at night, usually around 8:45-9 PM. Also, the Silver Star northbound only caries 2 sleepers.