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@@Random_Sh9945 Yeah that 4544 on the engineer’s side was cheaply written on there! On the conductor’s side the unit # is weathered pretty bad too. Thanks for watching.

@@joshpack7330 Thanks Josh.

@@LetsGoChaseThatTrain Thanks!

@@joshpack7330 It all comes down to corporate greed, Josh! Save money on fuel and equipment, cut employee pay, save save save EVERY penny wherever possible for these gosh dang shareholders. If upper management (executives) do this, then that means they get rewarded with bonuses! There’s no accountability anymore, and this is corporatism in full effect. It’s not just the railroads that are being affected by it in this country. Our people in power just do NOTHING about it bc they’re right there in cahoots with ‘em!

@anscrailfanner6812 So they'd rather take bonuses rather than trying to run a railroad decently? SMH... I was seriously hoping NS would improve, but it's just being downgraded and being worse every year. I feel sorry for the employees who work for this company. It won't be long until NS gets so caught up in this cooperate greed, the outcome will be hard to get out of. Same for the ones who keep letting this even happen. I don't know when that outcome happens, but I do know it's going to happen eventually.

@@joshpack7330 Yep, this is the sad state of the business world now. It’s always been about the investors behind closed doors but, now it’s just so blatantly obvious to everyone.

@@joshpack7330 Thanks Josh. Sure you know by now, but we’ve finally gotten non-C6M power on the auto train rotation again with 8162.

@anscrailfanner6812 Yeah. I hope it lasts and survives during the Christmas shut down of the Greer trains!

@@frankym274 Thanks!

@@Random_Sh9945 Thanks, and I wouldn’t really be able to answer that question, ever.

@@csxrailfanfoamer8118 Thanks for watching and commenting. You’ll find that info. in the description.

@@Random_Sh9945 Thanks for watching and commenting. A UP GEVO DID trail on 242 by Branchville early in the morning behind an SD70ACC. As for what you heard, that was NS AC44C6M #4107 leading 297. It has a nice K3LA, which is the horn typically found on the Class 1 RRs out west.

@@prorailfan8582 Cool to hear. Thanks for watching.

@@scandncarearailfanner4886 Pretty sure any railfan would, definitely.

@@joshpack7330 Thanks Josh. I’ve been enjoying these longer 243s.

@@MarcelosalivaTRENESArg Thanks for watching and subbing!

Those are my 12 best heritage unit shots for this year. I can donate the photography. It would have to be a print on demand type thing with drop shipping. I don't want to handle any money on this. I can provide the photos. So if you're interested, this is what I can do to help

The link to my photography website got deleted.

I put my photography site in the 'description' of my channel. Hopefully you can find the link there.

@@CarolinaRailFanRoadTripper I appreciate the offer. I’m not actually the one who’s trying to get the Greenville area radio feed started up, as it’s more so a group of volunteers who have their own site, taking care of that. I’m just donating a bit each month to contribute. Here’s their link: carolinarailfanning.com/about

@@barbaraklischer5152 Take a peek at the description of the video and you’ll find out.

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Thanks for watching, Josh. No train got abolished that day, as this was merely just a block of freight tacked onto 237. It happened maybe a few times. I primarily miss the uni-level auto racks that always used to be up front.

Thanks Josh. I don’t think 243 will ever grow in size until the completion of this intermodal rail terminal in Charleston. It’s being built on an old navy base, and supposedly CSX will have access as well. Right now it’s slated to open some time mid to late next year.

@anscrailfanner6812 You're welcome. I'm hoping that will be the case for 242 as well. Don't you think that's a bit weird 243 was a good size back in the day, and now it has to rely on a new terminal to get back to normal again?

@@joshpack7330 It’s a variety of things contributing to 243’s reduction in size, but the main things I believe are PSR and our leaders we’ve had in office as of late. Both political parties haven’t been good for anyone. Neither has truly been FOR the people, as they’re just catering to big business aka “the rich.”

@@anscrailfanner6812 Agreed. I'm really not that certain if that new terminal will increase the size, but we shall see.

@@joshpack7330 Thanks for watching Josh. The train size was very good, absolutely. Only thing that needs to be different is the power, and I’d be truly satisfied! Hate this auto control on these C6Ms.

@anscrailfanner6812 Yep. Crazy how modernizing the Dash 9s turns them slower.

@@joshpack7330 Thanks Josh. I’m glad to have the BNSF power back. That 282 has even been getting the run-thru BNSF power as well.

​@@anscrailfanner6812That's awesome!

@@garbagetruckandtrainfilmer Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@@joshpack7330 Thanks Josh. Honestly, I’m not sure on that myself. 283 train-wise is still a nice looking intermodal train with the variety of containers, so losing the BNSF run-thru power isn’t too detrimental. 283 is definitely more enjoyable than 24X and 28R, at least in my book.

@@anscrailfanner6812 I agree. I don't mind 28R, since it sometimes has racks. It's definitely not as much as 243 (on good days), but it's still quite unique in a way.

@@sonjahardy3557 Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@Calebs_Media Cool to hear. Thanks for watching!

@@anscrailfanner6812 No problem!

Yes. All locomotives have them.

@@joshpack7330 Thanks as always Josh. I hate that 1053 has since been taken off the 18/19D rotation. Maybe we’ll get lucky and they’ll put it back on 18D next week.

@@anscrailfanner6812 I sure hope so.

@@joshpack7330 Thanks Josh!

@@gaffneyrailroading1982 Cool to hear. Thanks for watching.

@@Random_Sh9945 Thanks for watching. As for rareness of racks, I’ve never thought about it. Perhaps it is, perhaps it’s not. Racks from other Class 1s and predecessor RRs are roaming all over the rail network.

I haven't seen any GT rolling stock in years. Grand Trunk is basically only a corporation on paper now.

@@Random_Sh9945 Thanks for watching and commenting. You probably just heard a horn typically found on UP locomotives. No foreign power has been through on the W & SC-Lines in quite a while.

@@anscrailfanner6812 yea I caught some interesting power long time ago 1. Was actually really rare for me seeing CP coming from orangeburg and heading to Charleston 2. I saw penn central with a EX-csx ac6000cw trailing behind 3. Then a 238 with three BNSF in the lead my first time seeing them come thro Branchville area

@@joshpack7330 Thanks Josh. Whenever I have time, I will definitely be trying to get these lashups without C6Ms present. That auto control has really gotten on my nerves. My excitement when watching trains has always came from fast speed. In the modern day that’s unfortunately uncommon on NS, at least in this part of their system, which irritates me!

@@anscrailfanner6812 Me too. It would be nice seeing the eastbound trains arrive earlier than 45 minutes. Trains that go over that time, I expect there to be an issue, maintenance happening somewhere on the W, or a heat speed restriction. But slow EVERY day? Come on now!

@@joshpack7330 Thanks for watching, Josh. Yeah np. That’s what we railfans have to do here in the modern day. Updates when trackside are crucial, especially on lines that are not 100% signaled like ours.

@@joshpack7330 Thanks Josh. The AC44C6M, which is supposed to be a “modern” upgraded dash 9W, is nothing more than a junker. They shake and rattle terribly, and this auto control is horrible. It makes trains run so unbearably slow. If ONLY shippers knew the BS NS has been pulling.

@@anscrailfanner6812 How I wish. Oh how I wish...

@@scandncarearailfanner4886 It simply comes down to the fact that more is shipped out from the north. More cargo, likely of higher quality as well, comes down from the north to the south. That’s a big reason why 27A typically hauls more tonnage than 28R.

Fr I really don’t see to many DC’s where I’m at, it’s just 6m’s and rarely see any black head dash-9s anymore

It's looking like we won't be seeing anything for the foreseeable future.

@@scandncarearailfanner4886 Eh, perhaps. Very sick of this auto control altogether. Gotten very boring on the mainline these days. I stick to the W-Line more often.