One of my fondest memories of CONRAIL occurred when I was in early high school visiting Altoona, PA in 1997. As a young rail videographer fascinated with documenting my favorite railroad, I struck gold. A west bound steel slab train thundered through Alto on Track 3 with its rear-end stopping right in front of me. I had a front row seat viewing of one of the most awesome displays of high-horsepower railroading I have witnessed to date. Two sets of SD40-2 helpers tied onto the rear to assist one of the heaviest trains that ply’s the East Slope of the Alleghenies. Wasting no time, the helpers communicated with the head end, performed a helper test, then quickly throttled up the four SD40-2 workhorses to run 8 with a combined 12,000hp.
*Special Note - This video was recorded on analogue DV equipment and is presented for historic enjoyment.
1 апр 2016
