Discussion relating to the operations of MTA MetroNorth Railroad including west of Hudson operations and discussion of CtDOT sponsored rail operations such as Shore Line East and the Springfield to New Haven Hartford Line

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  by Train2009
 
At 2:00 PM this afternoon #110 was running light long-hood Forward southbound thru Tarrytown from Croton-Harmon.
  by DutchRailnut
 
MNCR #110 was engine on AMMO this morning.
  by DutchRailnut
 
No its a traveling switcher, not a work train.
  by brettj22
 
115 on a 4 car bomb train parked in NWP
  by Train2009
 
#114 was traveling northbound towards Croton-Harmon at 1:45 PM this afternoon thru Philipse Manor with a 7 car dead Bomb train.
  by DutchRailnut
 
Train2009 wrote:#114 was traveling northbound towards Croton-Harmon at 1:45 PM this afternoon thru Philipse Manor with a 7 car dead Bomb train.
Did you not know that according to railfans that can't happen :-D :-D
  by brettj22
 
How much can they handle if HEP isn't required?
  by Train2009
 
Train2009 wrote:#114 was traveling northbound towards Croton-Harmon at 1:45 PM this afternoon thru Philipse Manor with a 7 car dead Bomb train.
here is the video of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM-IrGYNhwA
  by DutchRailnut
 
brettj22 wrote:How much can they handle if HEP isn't required?
one was used to pull Amtraks Lakeshore limited from Hastings to Poughkeepsie( one Genesis and about 9 cars), speed about 60. they were gone let it go to Renselear untill it was discovered the radio only had MNCR channels.
The hep is only for 4 cars max.
  by Train2009
 
This afternoon I saw #110 at North White Plains
  by FL9AC
 
CDOT 128 was sitting by itself in Brewster yard...the 115 was gone also.
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  by FL9AC
 
The 111 was also seen heading eastbound past Southport this morning.
  by brettj22
 
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Last edited by brettj22 on Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:04 am, edited 2 times in total.
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