Interesting Consist Discussion for the South Side

[The EGE]

Couple of interesting ones on the Worcester Line today (I was located near Yawkey). Around 3:00 a work loco headed westbound trailing a tank car, a flatcar with work equipment, and a single-level coach. About 3:30, #805 (plus a flat and a geep) headed eastbound, presumably coming from the GJ.

[ck4049]

The 1070 was on a rail washer train that looked like the consist you were talking about.

[GP40MC1118]

That was the Southside Terminal Switcher with GP40MC 1116 lite engine to BET...Picked up
two coaches.

The 1070 was on the Northside Power Wash Train today.

D

[MBTA F40PH-2C 1050]

904 had the honors yesterday for the Southside washtrain and a 15**, passed them heading outbound at Natick around 4pm

[ns3010]

Another Coach extra to Davisville today...OD 830AM...Two coaches (378 & 607) for
"wrapping". They should be picking up four coaches (325,361,1625 & 1632).

D

Who is the contractor that is doing the wrapping? Any particular reason that it's not being done at BET (too many cars to do, perhaps?)?

[sery2831]

There is a thread on the wrap program somewhere. But the short is, the work was being done at BET but was moved to the Seaview RR recently.

[MBTA F40PH-2C 1050]

GEO train making the rounds around the Southside these coming days. This morning, did the Old Colony lines, had the 1052, ***, ***, geo car, 1522 bringing up the tail end...tmmw is the branch lines of the MBTA

[MBTA1016]

When should I expect them on the Franklin line?

[MBTA F40PH-2C 1050]

some point today, they were on duty @ 7am IIRC

[Diverging Route]

11/22 Train 844 (Attleboro short turn) N-2Ks-3Fs-1K-engine-S. The leading K is the 1703.

[MBTA F40PH-2C 1050]

consist operating Southside, 11/25 with a locomotive on each end

also 20 psgr cars OOS in Readville for various problems, needed calendar day tests, etc.

[Diverging Route]

Spotted this morning around 10am at South Station, a real mixed bag:

F40R-810-800-6xx-2xx-9xx-17xx

[MBTA F40PH-2C 1050]

Spotted this morning around 10am at South Station, a real mixed bag:

F40R-810-800-6xx-2xx-9xx-17xx

many of these odd sets running around lately...K's/R's on either end and the flats occupying the middle of the consist

[MBTA1016]

Not really an interesting consist but u didn't want to start a thread with my question. Yesterday around 4:30 I saw 1067 pushing an inbound train and a red bag over the coupler of the locos nose caught my attention. Why was the bag over the coupler and why are they only on the locos?

[Diverging Route]

Not really an interesting consist but u didn't want to start a thread with my question. Yesterday around 4:30 I saw 1067 pushing an inbound train and a red bag over the coupler of the locos nose caught my attention. Why was the bag over the coupler and why are they only on the locos?

It's a "shower cap," and keeps snow and ice out of the coupler.