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    Amtrak to get new locomotives

    I'm going off the statement of one of the gentlemen who went to meet with the folks at GE, but you might have a better source...
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    Amtrak to get new locomotives

    Word on the street is they are for Auto Train.
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    Route Autotrain superliners take to go to Beach Grove shops

    Because the bag cars have the tubular type diaphragms also.
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    Route Autotrain superliners take to go to Beach Grove shops

    PV's are required to have tubular type diaphragms so they can be hauled with Superliners without a transition car.
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    What Is A 10-6 Sleeper doing on The Cardinal?

    10405 is the Pacific Terrace.
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    Train 30 Lead Engine Tonight (4/19)

    Yes. P42 #146 has been filling in temporarily on the Flagship.
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    Lynchburger today?

    Broken frog. Deadhead equipment left northbound from Lynchburg at 345p.
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    amtrak GE dash 8s

    1000 horsepower less. That's why this engineer dislikes them. They ride fine. Just takes forever to get to speed.
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    Who Decides Which Train Goes (off NEC)?

    TR7, Wow! I didn't even look at the dates on this thread before responding!
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    Who Decides Which Train Goes (off NEC)?

    Between Boylan(Raleigh) and Fetner(Cary) the RR is dispatched by the CSX FD Dispatcher in Florence. When 76 and 91 are due at the same time, 76 goes first. Being a State train, they give it preferential treatment. In the morning when 92 is running late and is due in the same time as 80, CNOC...
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    Unannounced Track Work On The RF&P? Richmond?

    Cutting in the double track between Reams and Carson and associated signal suspension on the North End Sub. CSX has a 6am-6pm curfew Friday and Saturday to cut in both interlockings.
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    What Happened to 91(11/9/2016)?

    Lol! For some reason we can't get it to load?!
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    What Happened to 91(11/9/2016)?

    Air compressor died on E/89. CSX added E/932 at Rocky Mount.
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    AMTRAK train leaving Charlottesville today (10/24) around 520 pm?

    They won't allow us to use the connection.
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    AMTRAK train leaving Charlottesville today (10/24) around 520 pm?

    The train proceeds to Orange on the BB and onto the double track Southern mainline. The power is cut and run lite to the north end of the double track at Rapidan. The engineer switches ends and the power proceeds south to clear the interlocking at Orange. They then shove back and couple to the...
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    Sunday liquor?

    Blue Laws
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    What Happened to 79(10/22/2016)?

    Hit a tree at mp H87.7 on single track. Then E/44 had unrecoverable air brake computer issues. Decision was made by the powers at be to have 91 couple to and shove 79 to Raleigh where RNCX F59 1869 was added and both trains went about their merry way.
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    What Happened to 91 (10/19/2016)?

    5 mile radius evacuation. Train was held at South Micro (milepost A157.9) until released.
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    What Happened to 80(14)

    E/CSX772 added after E/39 kept grounding out traction motors. E/772 then developed air brake computer issues.
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    Harper's Ferry

    62012 and 62043(phase 3) fresh from Beech Grove.
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