Classic Standard Cab EMD Action on the Former Northeast D&H Mainlines
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- It is hard to believe a Class I railroad in 2011 employs so much SD40-2 and other relic EMD power to front line service! Witness CP, ICE, DME, Lease, and Heritage GP/SD units along the Canadian Pacific Northeast in New York and Pennsylvania. We visit a widespread of locations as well as catching an NS train on the Southern Tier and New York Susquehanna and Western on the return from Syracuse. We start out on May 9th along the Canadian Subdivision, which is battling flood waters along Lake Champlain resulting in many speed restrictions. Later that day, the line would be shut down due to water over the rails between CPC 79-80, just north of Whitehall, NY.
First up, we chase 252 south on its way to work at Whitehall Yard, then capture it one point south of there.
252 -- 5/9/11
CP SD40-2 5690
HLCX SD40-2 6206 (ex-BC Rail)
CP SD40-2 6054
69 -- Amtrak Adirondack
AMTK P42DC 54
While Amtrak pulled into Whitehall about 25 minutes late after receiving a plethora of 10 MPH speed restrictions, 252 snuck out of the yard and we had just enough time to beat it to Fort Ann. 69 was the last train to operate through the flood zones before the line shut down. I bet passengers were nervous crossing water-covered rails at 10 MPH!
643 -- 5/9/11
NREX SD40-2 5777
NREX SD40-2 6309
ICE SD40-2 6433
CP SD40-2 6021
Unfortunately, 643 (ethanol empties) got tied down in Whitehall Yard, barring us from chasing the train. However, we were able to catch another freight further south along Pan Am Southern's Freight Main Line District 3 where CP and PAS meet at XO tower in Mechanicville.
450 -- 5/9/11
CP GP40-2 4653 (ex-Boston and Maine)
CITX SD40-2 3177
DME SD40-2 6054
The next day was spent in the Binghamton area, where the CP Freight Subdivision, CP Sunbury Subdivision, and the NS Southern Tier, as well as the NYS&W all come together at one point.
The next day, we start off the morning at the Belden Tunnel with none other than an NS automotive / intermodal run through that travels from Chicago to Albany, NS 206 / CP 938.
938 -- 5/10/11
NS SD70M 2642
NS D9-40CW 9864
Then, over at the Sunbury Sub, a short all-intermodal CP 159 is about to enter Binghamton with an exBNSF lease on the point. The locomotive has a nice Leslie RS-3L!
159 -- 5/10/11
CITX SD40-2 3036
CP SD40-2 6043
Meanwhile, 12T left Binghamton bound for the NS Southern Tier. We caught up to the train at Owego thanks to an H88 (with two NS D9-40CW's) heading eastbound, causing 12T to stop on the siding. We catch 12T throttling up coming off the sighting at the 236 interlocking. The ex-Union Pacific lease leader still wears a clean shield on the nose! This locomotive ALSO has a nice Leslie RS-3L!
12T -- 5/10/11
HLCX SD60 5984
NS D9-40CW 9283
NS D9-40C 8772
Then we swing back over to the Belden Tunnel to catch 253 grinding up hill in full throttle, which is probably the best catch of the trip, with 5 classic EMD's in notch 8 with the sanders dumping...
253 -- 5/10/11
CP SD40-2 5698
CP SD40-2 6054
HLCX SD40-2 6206 (ex-BC Rail)
CEFX SD40-2 2797
STLH GP38-2 7308
Following right behind is an NS run-through freight 30T / 931 that travels from the NS system, over CP, and all the way onto the CN.
931 -- 5/10/11
NS D9-40CW 9648
NS D9-40CW 9945
NS ES40DC 7702
While waiting for 255 to depart, the yard local was making moves on the east end of the yard with two CP GP9u locomotives, 1651 and 1564.
Shortly thereafter, 255 / 39T got the okay to depart toward Buffalo. NY along the NS Southern Tier. The train sure was rocketing westward at 50 MPH, if not, faster than that!
255 / 39T -- 5/10/11
CP AC4400CW 9818
CITX SD40-2 3065
ICE SD40-2 6423
CP SD40-2 5677
On the way back to the CP yard to check the status of 258, NYSW BH-2 was on the return from Syracuse.
BH-2 -- 5/10/11
NYSW SD40T-2 3016
NYSW SD40-2 3018
NYSW SD45 3634
Unfortunately, a chase of 258 down the Sunbury Sub and Reading and Northern was not worthwhile given the train only had two widecab GE's and 3 cars, thus making it harder to chase without a heavy train. Also, train 158 was also slightly delayed due to problems near Dalton on the Sunbury Sub. We do catch 258 pulling out of Hop Bottom and heading past D11 yard power sitting at Taylor. Someone decided to conveniently park their truck-coincidentally a Delaware and Hudson truck-right in the way of the shot!
258 -- 5/10/11
CP AC4400CW 8572
CP AC4400CW 9532 - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
I grew up in Whitehall, right across the street from the track, on Broadway. It used to be double track north through the village. I imagine when CP bought D&H out in the early 90's is when they singled the track up.
During the 70's and 80's D&H had a huge presence in Whitehall.
Great production. I agree with you: the scene with 253 grinding uphill is the best part of the video! Simply incredible.
Love the standard cabs... that’s all I’m interested in.
I love up to the Standard SD 70 ... then my interests go away.
Thanks for the post!!!
It's so awesome that old bcol equipment is still being used
This was so cool. Seeing and hearing all of the SD40-2's made my day! The NYSW and D&H power was very nice.
At 21:23 OMG... That little PRIUS almost got owned by the beastly AC4400..... epic lulz alert!!
Nice SD40's, too.
Whitehall is my hometown. You can see the house I grew up in from the view of the Amtrak approaching the Whitehall stop. The Railroad (D&H was king back then) was big in Whitehall in the 70's and 80's. Our High School mascot was the "Railroaders".
thank you for making and putting up the videos
Dave Bolyard
Those containers carry Cummins or Caterpillar generators that power the refrigerated containers, most of which carry produce from South America and beyond.
@AliceInChains243
Thanks! I was only in Mechanicsville for about 25 minutes, I saw the Medium Clear and decided to wait, I was in a hurry to get to the hotel in Binghamton for the outing the next day. A PAS train had been through and was stopped a few miles up the line but it wasn't slated to move anytime soon. I have to say, the D&H in the Northeast has had an impressive year, I would recommend getting there soon before the ICE/DME and SOO and standard cab EMD's disappear!
Wow!!! Awesome engine sound and expansive horn sound starting at 15:20 !!!
Awesome video Eric, classic EMD power all the way!!!!!
YES YES YES! WOW, this video could not have been done any better, I've been itching to get back to D&H rails sooo bad. I guess it's no surprise that Pan Am didn't have a train for you to chase when you were in the Mechanicville area haha. That 253 at Belden was simply magical, I can't believe you nailed all the power that you did. Whenever I've been out on the Sunbury, it's been almost all widecabs beavers, I guess I gotta go up the the Freight Sub to get the goodies! Best upload to date BY FAR.
That is awesome! Love those horns too ....!
Thank you for posting this SUPER video!!!!
@derecco1
I will eventually be making a CP DVD, but that probably won't be until at least the summer of 2012. Other DVD's are in the works, just have to see if the hardware/software I have is capable of producing mass amounts of products.
The SD40-2s are common at the Bensenville yard here in Chicago due to the proximity of the former IC&E.
super le passage a 8:30 le bruit sourd des locos vraiment impressionnant et je parle pas des rames d'une longueur a faire bavé le fret Français.....
Nice trains.Nice horns.And nice Emd powers!5*
Great video as usual. That's a nice section of the country.
Owego is my favorite spot to railfan, I live 11 miles away from Owego, but its the best spot in the NS Southern Tier, including Binghamton.
@KyleVideoDesigns
Along the D&H between Saratoga Springs, NY and Rouses Point, NY sees trains mostly under the cover of darkness except Amtrak and ethanol trains which run as needed. It is very hard to pin-point daylight traffic, but the further noth you are, you will likely catch 253 and 252, as well as the 931 in daylight between Port Henry and Rouses Point. Ethanol trains like 666, 667, 642, and 643 can run whenever they are needed. You are likely to see both CP and PAS around Mechanicville.
Wonderful video man! Wonderful! Well, you know why isn't that hard to believe a class I railroad keeps these engines (SD40-2) running so well? Because they are just fine! We have to admit some of them are already needing some paint job and why not some rebuild. You can see Norfolk Southern and CSX repainting them and rebuilding some of their SD40-2, UP recently starts to do the same so, there is no bigger proofe, they do some good job at mai lines! Long life to the SD40-2's!!!
Regards!
Several PAS trains like MOAY/AYMO (NS run-throughs), MOED/EDMO, and others as well as a few daylight CP trains to/from Albany's Kenwood yard. You are likely to see daylight traffic in the Scranton area, and at this time I don't have the local schedule for D11, but there should be some variation of a local that runs Monday-Friday out of Taylor to points westward.
Nice Southern Tier action!!! I hope you get more Southern Tier action, cause there's really not a lot of videos about the Southern Tier.
This is awesome my friend!
You covered a lot of ground, what an excellent video! I have seen many of these locations although the Freight Subdivision is a new sounding one to me.
Fantastic catches.
Fantastic video, well done !!
THIS MUST BE HEAVEN 4 SD40-2's, no low rumble just hHIGH RPM PURRRRR!!!!
can somebody tell me why did CP get rid of the old D&H main lines I never found out why
That's an epic sound at 15:18 :]
I always wondered what those yard engines in the Conklin yard were, I never saw a low hood G P 9. I train watch often at that spot in Hop Bottom. I live 2 miles south of there. The old Glenwood switch is in front of my house.
12T has several Winchester & western hoppers! My fave RR
EMD, CLASSICS, D&H,SD40-2'S CP,BCRAIL, 5690 - ORG.6054, ONE OF THE LASTSD40-2, before the red BARN FIASCO!!!
great quality video!
Super, Danke.
Very nice video!!
Thanks for the info. I heard the Taylor yard area sees about 12-14 trains.
Wow, IT An't very often that we see the old CP multy MARK
Awesome work! Great job! Loving all the SD40 power! Amazing to see this many classics in this day and age!
How busy is this line? Looks like it may be worth a trip! And when does D-11 run!
Well done Jim in Australia
Ok don't know where all you guys are form that are commenting on this real long train but!
First of all I counted maybe two or three engines that were working the rest were being towed.
Several commenters talked about how very long the train was!
That is not a long train by far! I live in Toronto and go to the CNR line and my longest double stack train was 180 cars being pulled by two engines. It is very common to see CN pulling away over 100 cars with two engines.
awesome dude!
@nprsux
I believe all of them, except maybe the CEFX.
@o00o00ozy Well that's the story of Pan Am, NOTHING is slated to move anytime soon! Clearly you had a good day around Binghamton, much better than you most-likely would have had on the PAS West End. And I'll take your word for it, although I'm sure by the time I've got enough free time to set aside to take a ride up there for a weekend, I'm gonna get AC44-ed out! At least you nailed the area in it's prime, I'm sure I'll be going back to watch this one many times.
@kittycraft
I don't recall any.
great video,nice to see std cabs....
Damn dude! This is awesome. I need to go to this spot, how many trains does this area usually see?
how many trains could I see there in around 5 hours?
Re: SD 40-2's "If it aint Broke..."
Some of this is GMD power, not just EMD. The CP Rail units are GMD.
well done how many engines 253 were online?
Loaded
great video . did that tunnle have a door on it?
@o00o00ozy thanks for the help maybe if im near there I will swing by the tracks
DElaware Real Estate COmpany. (A cool nickmame)
Way to long