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Power in the middle?

Pertaining to all railroading subjects, past and present, in the American Midwest, including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Kansas. For questions specific to a railroad company, please seek the appropriate forum.

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Power in the middle?

 #33798  by ToledoTerminalRy
 
I was out in the yard with my son this past weekend (saturday). Therewas a Autorack train parked on the CSX's Main (TT) #2 and another train was rolling on #1. Well as I sat out there I noticed there was a loud grumble as I looked there were 2 Engines in the middle if the coal train. I saw this once before a while ago (at least 15yrs ago). Why does CSX do this, just to help over the mountains down south? Why wouldnt they disconnect since in NW ohio there are NO mountains. I could not tell what the engines were although they did have 6 axles each.

Ryan

 #33926  by railohio
 
Probably just two trains stuck together for mechanical or crew problems.

 #35842  by Throttle_JCKY
 
DPU probably "Distributed Power" and so on.
Or it could have been a second section train that was used to help push the first section. Alot of things could have happened.
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