Saw a few odd train combos last few weeks

jackintosh11 wrote:Bay Head did previously, but no longer does. Hoboken, Raritan, and Atlantic City all have fuel pads.

They have worked out an agreement with the town to use trucks.

Love watching for those late-night Sunday equipment moves to Bay Head. Last night saw GP40-4203 pulling a Comet IV, and Comet V, a ML, and another Comet IV.

Is GP40-4300 the Long Branch protect unit? Aren't the 4300s geared for 100 mph running? I saw them working the rail trains a couple years ago. Isn't using the fast units kind of like using a thorobred race horse to pull a wagon?

Nice seeing a Geep coming down the line. The PL42s have a certain space shuttle look to them, but the dual-power machines have almost no styling. The Geeps have a traditional locomotive look to them. Newer power seems to be going to a generic no-frills look. Like auto designers seem to want every car to look like an egg.

I saw an equipment move the other night. There were two dual-power units in front of two Comet coaches. Do the dual-powers run on overhead wire until they get to Long Branch, or are they diesel the whole way?