If they don't want to return 1822 and 182 to operation, then they should at least give them to somebody else who could at least cosmetically restore them. That or just, you know. . .give 1822, 182, and 4241 to GVT/Delaware-Lackawanna to either put back into service or use as part sources to keep other ALCO and MLWs in action. My worry is that if the other ALCO hood units are slowly going away, then how much longer does the 365 have to live? Hopefully it's not going away any time soon, seeing as this thing survived the wrath of the Indiana Hi-Rail and lived to tell the story. Also, I believe the 365 is ex-L&N and I believe it's also ex-Monon; we can scrap CPR and CN ALCOs 'til the cows come home, but if we scrap a Monon ALCO this late in the game, somebody is losing a hand.
They already sold 1822, 4241, and 182 to LTEX, and it is up to LTEX with what they want to do with them, whether it’s scrap them or rebuild them. And yeah, I agree I hope 365 stays (along with them eventually acquiring more hood units), I don’t want to only see FPA-4s. For me having mostly one locomotive type is boring, I liked there being more variation (1822 and 4241 were also my favorites so there was that too)
Also 365 doesn’t have major mechanical faults unlike the other three that were sold. 4241 probably never would have ran again, but 1822 probably could have, though idk how much work was needed
@@rcsrailfaningproductions1225 1822 was built in 1958 and I love diesel engines built in the 50s. 182 the blue diesel looks like a GP7 or GP9 and would do great in their roster. By all means, 4241 needs to be sold for money in order to purchase more engines. A railroad is not a railroad without engines to pull the cars. 182 needs to be put in the roster and 4241 needs to be replaced
@kyletroknya2419 it would be nice, but I stand corrected, as both engines are on their way to LTEX. 1822 & 4241 have major mechanical faults and will not run anytime soon. 182 is an RS-11 high hood and has a hydro locked engine. So in other words, that won’t be happening. 6773 is already up and running and there are more F’s on their way. So in other words, they’ve got 365, 6777, 6771, 6773, 6780, and potentially more
@@rcsrailfaningproductions1225 So 1822 and 4241 will no longer be part of the roster? What will happen to those diesels? Have they been sold to another company? I hope they get F7s or F9s in the future if it’s possible. Those are my favorite diesels from EMD.
@kyletroknya2419 yeah, they’re at LTEX. Might be repaired, but most likely scrapped. As I said, ALCO FPA’s are going to be their primary power. I doubt the CVSR will ever see EMD’s
do you have any explanation why the short hood loco at first is running long end first for the first part of the video and then around 5 and a half minutes in the video its suddenly running short end first pulling the same cars except the two tank cars are reversed with the white car in the rear instead of the black tank car as in the first part of the video? curious.
Yeah. So the mainline runs for 40 miles from Lockport - Brockport, NY, with Medina, NY in the middle. The train ran out of Lockport with 2 tanks & boxcars. He switched the tanks out in Medina & the boxcars out in Brockport at the end of the line. So the boxcars were different on the train back but the tanks were the same. But basically the line ends and the power had to run around the train to head back westbound towards Lockport. Does that make any sense? I know from experience that it is hard to figure out operations on a railroad you’ve never seen before
Great idea to run the excursion train with some revenue freight. I'm sure a lot of the passengers don't mind riding along for a little switching either! I wouldn't mind!
It’s not exactly revenue freight… Alec & Mark chartered the railroad for a day for a “photocharter” event. They then sold tickets for it and the railroad put this consist together. There was no revenue freight on this trip, just cars for a photo shoot. But it does look like that though, and I do know that the oil creek & Titusville does that!
@@rcsrailfaningproductions1225 Ah...thanks for clarifying that. It might have been explained in the video but I couldn't watch with the sound on and forget about switching on the CC button sometimes.
