Coal train on which line?
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atsf sp wrote:Coal train on which line?Pittsburgh
markyk wrote:I don't think it has left Conway yet.....It is supposed to be getting software installed before it gets assigned to any trainIt wasnt leading, or online. It could have been there in case they needed it. I dont know if it is in Conway, I havent heard anything about 8098 since late Sunday.
waldwickrailfan wrote:The coal will make it black, just like Chattanooga likes it. All ES44AC's will stay in the coal fields, esspecially the ones that arent black and white. The only engine we may see is Penn Central, maybe. NS has already proven that these things will be coal engines, good luck catching any of these elsewhere...Why would the PC unit be treated any differently? Aside from paint, it will be no different from any of the other SD70ACe's. IF (hypothetically speaking), NS wanted to get all of the engines dirty in coal service (and no railroad takes pride in dirty engines, especially ones that were specially painted as a PR move), the original color wouldn't stop them...
ns3010 wrote:I think they will travel the system, but they will never make it to NJ. All I see are Dash 9's and GP38-2's. except for good ol' CSX, they run everything on every line. Wish NS would do that more often... Anyway I heard a rumor that CR and Southern unit will be on 69Q (Chicago-Sewaren,NJ) next week. I hope this is true.waldwickrailfan wrote:The coal will make it black, just like Chattanooga likes it. All ES44AC's will stay in the coal fields, esspecially the ones that arent black and white. The only engine we may see is Penn Central, maybe. NS has already proven that these things will be coal engines, good luck catching any of these elsewhere...Why would the PC unit be treated any differently? Aside from paint, it will be no different from any of the other SD70ACe's. IF (hypothetically speaking), NS wanted to get all of the engines dirty in coal service (and no railroad takes pride in dirty engines, especially ones that were specially painted as a PR move), the original color wouldn't stop them...
Not to mention that NS has stated (on multiple occasions) that they plan to operate them systemwide. Yes, there's a possibility that they just said that, but I doubt it. Just because the first run of the first heritage unit was a coal run does not mean that they'll run as slaves in the coalfields never to see the light of day for the next ten years. While there may be "just a chance" that it'll escape to other parts of the system once or twice, there's also "just a chance" that it coincidentally made its first run on a coal train...
Back to the 8098... It seems there's already been a decent coverage from the railfan community. Can't wait till it comes out this way!
waldwickrailfan wrote:While you bring up a valid point on the Dash 9's, don't forget that they make up a massive portion of NS's road fleet, which is why we see such a high number of them proportionate to other road units. While the CW40-9's predominate, I have seen a fair share of EMD road power (including SD60's, SD70's, standard Dash 8's, etc.) in my limited Lehigh Line experiences. The Dash 9's are obviously the most common power, but there is plenty of other road power that comes out this way. Give it time, and you won't be disappointedns3010 wrote:I think they will travel the system, but they will never make it to NJ. All I see are Dash 9's and GP38-2's. except for good ol' CSX, they run everything on every line. Wish NS would do that more often... Anyway I heard a rumor that CR and Southern unit will be on 69Q (Chicago-Sewaren,NJ) next week. I hope this is true.waldwickrailfan wrote:The coal will make it black, just like Chattanooga likes it. All ES44AC's will stay in the coal fields, esspecially the ones that arent black and white. The only engine we may see is Penn Central, maybe. NS has already proven that these things will be coal engines, good luck catching any of these elsewhere...Why would the PC unit be treated any differently? Aside from paint, it will be no different from any of the other SD70ACe's. IF (hypothetically speaking), NS wanted to get all of the engines dirty in coal service (and no railroad takes pride in dirty engines, especially ones that were specially painted as a PR move), the original color wouldn't stop them...
Not to mention that NS has stated (on multiple occasions) that they plan to operate them systemwide. Yes, there's a possibility that they just said that, but I doubt it. Just because the first run of the first heritage unit was a coal run does not mean that they'll run as slaves in the coalfields never to see the light of day for the next ten years. While there may be "just a chance" that it'll escape to other parts of the system once or twice, there's also "just a chance" that it coincidentally made its first run on a coal train...
Back to the 8098... It seems there's already been a decent coverage from the railfan community. Can't wait till it comes out this way!