Mikado463
Audioholic Spartan
NS Intermodal train puts 'em in the ditch..........
about 34 seconds in you can hear the train go into emergency
about 34 seconds in you can hear the train go into emergency
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Out-Of-Phase
Audioholic Field Marshall
Bummer. Terrible.
Mikado463
Audioholic Spartan
As I've stated numerous times, my love for Narrow Gauge railroading is near the top. Here is a superb video of my beloved Durango & Silverton(ex D&RGW) leaving Durango this past Fri on a Valentines Day special. I have ridden those rails many times, but never in the snow. Great 'stack talk' on the recently converted(coal > oil) locomotives.
hemiram
Full Audioholic
I came home from the hospital 3 days after I was born and became hooked on trains almost instantly. Our house was next to the now gone Toledo Terminal RR branch that ran from Rossford, Oh to Glanzman Rd in Toledo. There was a bridge (Named the Upper River bridge) that eventually was removed a few years ago, it had deteriorated to the point it was a safety hazard. My poor mother was driven to a breakdown due to two things, first, I was a nightowl from day one, I wanted to sleep all day and stay up all night. Her second problem was the trains. She would try every trick that she knew to get me to fall asleep and just as she thought she got me out, here comes a train. She couldn't hear them like I could, and I would babble "Tain!", and she would try to convince me, "No honey, there's no train!", but soon, she would hear it and she said after about a year and a half of that, she felt like she was going to die. One day, they took her in an ambulance to the hospital for exhaustion. It's one of my earliest memories. She solved the problem simply by telling me to call my dad when I needed something, and she was able to finally sleep. I wish I could have. Every morning, I wanted to sleep, but had to get up for school or whatever, and it was a nightmare. I was sick all the time.
I'm an old man now, but still watch trains, in person, and online. I subbed to Virtual Railfan pretty soon after it went online, and I go to the rail park in Holland, Oh a couple of times a week to watch the NS Chicago line. I liked it better when it was Conrail. I used to take my dogs with me, and a couple of them really loved going there. My dog Gus, gone over 25 years now, would be pretty steamed when we didn't go for whatever reason. Starting about 2am on my nights off work, he would have a hair trigger, all I needed to do was creak my chair and he would be on his feet. If I told him, "No, we're staying home!", dirty looks and a lot of sighing would happen. Like this, the wrinkles on his forehead were the tell he wasn't happy with me. And all the sighing.
All I needed to do to make him happy was say, "Ok, choo-choos!", and he would start bouncing off the walls. A lot of the train crews knew him by name, and he was kind of a local celebrity, due to his abilty to eat a large ice cream cone in one shot. He got a lot of free ice cream over his 14+ years by doing that trick. Stick the whole thing into his mouth, ice cream end first, and he would get it down, with almost no drips. That big head was good for more than just chewing on stuff. If I could bring one of my dogs back to life, it would be him, housebreaking and chewing stuff up and all his many fears(he was scared of almost everything), he was my favorite of them all.
I'm an old man now, but still watch trains, in person, and online. I subbed to Virtual Railfan pretty soon after it went online, and I go to the rail park in Holland, Oh a couple of times a week to watch the NS Chicago line. I liked it better when it was Conrail. I used to take my dogs with me, and a couple of them really loved going there. My dog Gus, gone over 25 years now, would be pretty steamed when we didn't go for whatever reason. Starting about 2am on my nights off work, he would have a hair trigger, all I needed to do was creak my chair and he would be on his feet. If I told him, "No, we're staying home!", dirty looks and a lot of sighing would happen. Like this, the wrinkles on his forehead were the tell he wasn't happy with me. And all the sighing.
All I needed to do to make him happy was say, "Ok, choo-choos!", and he would start bouncing off the walls. A lot of the train crews knew him by name, and he was kind of a local celebrity, due to his abilty to eat a large ice cream cone in one shot. He got a lot of free ice cream over his 14+ years by doing that trick. Stick the whole thing into his mouth, ice cream end first, and he would get it down, with almost no drips. That big head was good for more than just chewing on stuff. If I could bring one of my dogs back to life, it would be him, housebreaking and chewing stuff up and all his many fears(he was scared of almost everything), he was my favorite of them all.
Mikado463
Audioholic Spartan
Great story hemiran !
Teetertotter?
Audioholic Chief
I still haven't gotten our my videos from the 90's. I had my Sony Beta camcorder and then eventually transferred to DVD. Three of us would take off for various locations and yards, up to 1-1/2 hour drive or so. We were able to get inside some facilities for recording and pictures. I was the guy with the cameras, PR person, and driver. I knew nothing about trains, but my 2 friends were well versed. I do watch trains on my 55" TV, Via You Tube, every so often. Couple high lights were inside the Chicago BNSF and UP Yards. The 3 of us worked for the same company. I was in Purchasing, another engineering design, and the other, Field Service. Those were some good times on some Saturdays or Sundays.
hemiram
Full Audioholic
There used to be about 8 or cars with at least a dozen people on them watching on weekends in Holland, Oh, back in the last days of Conrail. There are only two of us left, and the other guy rarely watches anymore. I don't know what made him stop. There are several young guys and one girl who come out once in a while, but generally it seems that train watching is an old, dying off thing in the Toledo area.
hemiram
Full Audioholic
We had several guys in the late 80's to about 2000 who recorded all the time. One of them was named Kurt. Dogs hated Kurt. Some like Gus were sort of subdued about their hatred of Kurt, some like King would get enraged just seeing him, to the point of trying to jump out of the window to get him. Kurt was from Michigan and worked for GM for many years. He was out taping in Holland a lot, and he never failed to set off almost any dog that was in one of the cars parked at the railpark parking lot. Dogs that lived in the area would start barking as soon as he got out of the car. After Kurt retired, he moved to Arizona, and I didn't see him for a very long time. In 2010, almost exactly 10 years after I last saw him, he appeared. I went to the PNC bank to meet a friend's wife who had picked up something from Sam's Club for me. King was with me. He was able to fall asleep almost instantly(I used to call him my sleep hero, as I have never slept well), and the bright sunshine that winter morning made him barely able to keep his eyes open. He was about 12 years old at that point, and hadn't seen Kurt in 10 years. I was looking at King fight to stay awake, and then the bank door opened, and even before it hit me that I was looking at a now much older appearing Kurt, King was standing with his front legs on the dash of my car, snarling. For a second, I wondered why he went off the deep end, and then I realized it was Kurt, he was in Toledo settling his sister's estate. Somehow, King knew within about 2 seconds that it was Kurt. As Kurt came over to my car, King came over to my side and stuck his head out the window sideways, shooting foam out of his mouth, and totally enraged at just seeing Kurt. "He still hates me!", Kurt yelled over King's snarling. I nodded, and until Kurt got into his car, King was ready to take Kurt out. The only reaction a dog of mine that compared to King's rage at seeing Kurt was Gus and his arch enemy Logan, a yellow Lab who attacked him when Gus was about 6 months old. Gus didn't forget, and didn't forgive, he wanted Logan dead, and that's what would have happened if they had ever gotten into it after that first time. Just seeing each other while riding in the car would make them have a look on their face that was kind of a "This guy needs to die!". A few times over the years, they would end up about a foot apart during walks, and one time with a door in between them, and they would both be foaming at the mouth angry within a second. If Logan and Gus hated each other at a 10 out of 10 level, King's hatred of Kurt was at least a 9.
Mikado463
Audioholic Spartan
There are quite a few 'rail fan facilities' at various location throughout the country as see on VRF (Virtual RailFan). I've been to several, Folkston, Ga was one of the first. Seeing that I spent the early days of my railroad career in Rochester, NY the Fairport, NY location is one of my favorites. Lots of trains(CSX), a nice pavilion to keep you out of the weather, plenty of amenities near by including free EV charging !
GO-NAD!
Audioholic Warlord
Hopefully, this announcement won't go the way of previous proposals.
High-speed rail line with 300 km/h trains will run between Toronto and Quebec City, Trudeau announces | CBC News
High-speed rail line with 300 km/h trains will run between Toronto and Quebec City, Trudeau announces | CBC News
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Seriously, I have no life.
There's enough demand for this to work, financially? It's not a long distance and $3.9B just for design....
Eppie
Audioholic Ninja
My sister-in-law was working on land acquisition for this project before she got moved onto another project. That's one of the biggest hurdles to overcome in a highly populated area.
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Seriously, I have no life.
I checked the map of the area- that's gonna be expensive- not only the properties, the infrastructure replacement will be huge. Is this planned as an elevated system?
GO-NAD!
Audioholic Warlord
Mikado463
Audioholic Spartan
Having ridden that corridor several times along with all the long distance passenger trains in Canada save the Winnepeg-Churchill route, I can attest to Canada's (VIA Rail)superior passenger operation vs Amtrak here in the States.
GO-NAD!
Audioholic Warlord
Really? I only hear complaints about VIA. Amtrack must be pretty bad.
Mikado463
Audioholic Spartan
Understand my travel in Canada was for pleasure.
the single biggest issue in both our countries is that for the most part passenger trains travel over the rails of their Class 1 providers(freight) and though there are priorities and guidelines in place, $hit happens ....
Money is in freight, not hauling people !
Teetertotter?
Audioholic Chief
To add: Train watching and being up close to the Yards, came to a halt after 911. Around 1998, one of our companions sought a new job and left us with just us 2. We did not go out much after he left, to repeat train watching spots.
Mikado463
Audioholic Spartan
True, trespassing, while never the right thing to do became more enforced post 911
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Seriously, I have no life.
Bargain? It's all up front- what's the projected total, with inflation?
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