• Very long ethanol train headed west.

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  by 25Hz
 
Just spotted about a 100 car ethanol train pass langhorne at probably 65 mph. Had 2 foreign/leased power units on front, one was marked as CP, both were worn paint & red. Will post video later this evening when I get home.

It sounded like only a few cars had anything in them.
  by Railjunkie
 
65mph? That crew would be OOS and fired if the tapes were pulled, so I highly doubt your claim of speed. Most likely 50mph. 60 is the max and its only for TOFC/COFC.
  by 25Hz
 
Railjunkie wrote:65mph? That crew would be OOS and fired if the tapes were pulled, so I highly doubt your claim of speed. Most likely 50mph. 60 is the max and its only for TOFC/COFC.
Just a rough estimate, not a "claim"!
  by poppyl
 
Could have been a unit oil train, too, particularly with CP power.

Poppyl
  by charlie6017
 
Let's try not to "estimate" speeds on here..........no one knows who reads what on here, so we don't
need to potentially create hard-ships for anyone.

Just saying,

Charlie