91/92 long delay HAM/CAM?

[Phil S]

Anyone know what happened? Found nothing in TO, no news stories that I could find. 91 sat for nearly 10 hrs.

 

[jis]

A 300 car freight with two diesels stalled, broke several knuckles and everything had to wait until repairs were made and two additional diesels brought in to clear the track before both 91(2) and 92(2) could move. This is from TO.

 

[Phil S]

Thanks and good catch. Even knowing it's on TO, I still don't see it :blink:

 

[J Smith]

What's TO?

 

[Acela150]

300 car freight train??

 

[jis]

trainorders.com

Look at: the thread titled "S Line Question" under the Passenger Board.

 

[NE933]

And what neuron and synapse brain cluster at CSX came up with this beauty....

 

[Phil S]

What's TO?

Click on it -- see what happens. I think you only need a subscription in order to post or see the pictures and vids.

But back to CSX - wow, just wow.

 

[VentureForth]

300 car freight train??

Reading through the TO thread, I'm quite amazed at that myself. South of Savannah where there really is little grade, I don't think I've ever counted more than 120 cars.

 

[Bob Dylan]

Sounds like the coal trains and the looooooong freights CN runs in Canada!!

I thought there was a limit on freight lengths in this country on most Routes excepting coal trains????

 

[Carolyn Jane]

I've counted up to 150 on trains running through Walthourville. Not often, though. CJ

 

[Train2104]

What's surprising me about this isn't the 300 car freight train, it's that it had only two engines and no DPU's!

 

[jis]

The whole thing is a bit weird IMHO. Very CSX-esque.

 

[Anderson]

The whole thing is a bit weird IMHO. Very CSX-esque.

Yeah, this definitely feels like something that only CSX could pull off. I'm glad to finally know what happened this weekend, though...you can imagine my surprise on arriving at Winter Park and hearing that both 91 and 92 were expected within ten minutes of one another!

 

[VentureForth]

At that point, you might as well piggyback the trains in Savannah (let the Star make that extra stop in Jesup) and run them elephant style all the way to Orlando.

 

[jis]

That would be another trick worthy of CSX, since 91 and 92 travel in opposite directions

 

[VentureForth]

DOH. I hadn't had my 2nd cup of coffee yet this morning. I was thinking 91/97. Ooops.

 

[jis]

DOH. I hadn't had my 2nd cup of coffee yet this morning. I was thinking 91/97. Ooops.

Don't worry. I had just finished my first 12 ounce mug of some good Darjeeling Tea when I came across this one But I still thought that CSX could try to do something like that anyway. :help: