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Hey Phil…you returned to 524…”PH’s” train……didn’t you just love that 2100 leading >>?
LOL@snake.. no I am not back on 524
It was an extra trips as there were no engineers in Pt.Rob to bring the train to MAc Yrd. Urgh..i hate those unit..so uncomfortable and the trailing 2100 had an electrical fire and was shut down. Crappy units
Hey Phil…399 Friday evening…made a lift at Aldershot…middle unit was a freshly painted IC standard cab GP 40 3120. nice . seems bizarre seeing a standard cab GP40 ! Looked good.
Havent seem a DPU on this side for weeks now…have they stopped?
greg
Hi Greg, I hope you got a shot of 3120? It is indeed rare to see a standard cab these days on CN. I was lucky enought to have operated the 9300 class in both GO and CN service.
As for the DPU’s, the only train that you may see DPU’s on would be 421 and it operates after 130am. The odd train from Sarnia may be DPU but I have not seen one in months. The majority of DPU’s are on eastbound and northbound trains out of Mac Yrd.
Hey Phil – Halton Sub closed Wed PM…524 tie ing down at aldershot….do you know what has happened? Greg
Hey Greg, no idea about whats going on today. I am off right now but will let you know as soon as I hear anything.
Hi Phil – was a trespasser fatality at Silver.
heard you on Sat on “phils train” with the 1008 leading.
524=phils train.
LOL..yes that was me. They ordered a crew from Mac Yrd to come to Aldershot this evening to bring that 524 to Mac.
524=Phils train.
Cushy day job..
Phil was the IC leading on the way in today?
Hey Greg, no the IC unit was trailing. I ran lite power to the Dundas Sub then down the cowpath to Hamilton for my lift
Hi Phil…how was the train from hell today ???
What happened at Milbase? Greg.
Hey Greg, problems with the air today..had to put it in emergency, could have been a runaway, but got stopped before anything bad happened.
ahhhh Phil….you got a nice little engine today, eh?
Hey- ques for you..does 371 (the ghost of 393 ) run through the connecting track from Montreal? do you know where it terminates? tx Greg
@Greg..yes sir a brand spankin new ET44AC 3114! 371 originates in Toronto with traffic that connects from Montreal as far as I know. The 371 from Montreal normally consists of all auto traffic and changes off at Jane St and does not go into Mac Yrd. It heas west with a stop at Beechville. 371 that originates out of Mac is usually a mixed train (just like 393) with a head end set off at Beechville.
Hey phil…what have you been on lately…havent heard you around since I think a Saturday a month ago – 570 I think it was.
I have always wanted to know: which engines do crews prefer when it comes to choosing between different GEVOs, say an ET44AC or an SD70, like an SD70M-2?
I know that this is under quite some debate, but from what I have heard, EMDs in general, tend to live longer working lives and suffer from less mechanical difficulties. On the other hand, I quite often see GEs like C44-9s, ES44AC/DCs and even seen a relatively new ET44AC (CN 3074 in particular) which has smoldered and/or burned off paint on their engine doors that goes to prove that they have undergone engine fires.
Yet, so far I have not heard or seen any of these kinds of things going on with the SD70 family of engines. But what’s the main difference? And why are railroads these days switching entirely to GE power if EMDs, from what I have seen, tend to be more reliable?