I believe i drove on that highway behind this bridge in my only time passing through Delaware. Oh wow you caught the whole pass through of the trains. 👏👍
Awesome view through the trees, Dave...incredible 'zoom out' views on the bridge...super filming of the fox...and you catch the train a second time...Cheers to you!
Seeing a train crossing that bridge reminded me of a fellow railfan I worked with for many years back in the 1960s and '70s at BG&E. When I first met him, he would tell me of some of his rail adventures along the B&O since he lived in Locust Point, Baltimore. He related riding a coal train across the Susquehanna Bridge on the end of a coal hopper car when in his teens. By the time I met his acquaintence in his 20s, the thought of what he did in younger years, riding over that long, high bridge on a freight car, sent chills down his spine. He said he didn't know whatever would have posessed him to attempt something like that. A kind railroad worker in Delaware warned him he had been spotted and the RR police were waiting for him farther up the line. He got off and hopped another freight heading back to Baltimore, and said he never tried doing that ever again. LOL I remember years ago seeing the northbound "Juice Train" on the NEC around Arbutus, MD. Of course, back then the cars, and all freight cars in general, were minus the graffiti.
Those SD 70 rebuilds are more like an upgrade more than a rebuild. Main things changed was the traction motor controls from Siemens to a Mitsubishi system. An electric icebox was also added. We are currently having fuel system problems since the fuel tanks weren’t completely cleaned out. Also having oil consumption problems and turbo gear train issues too.
Each and every one of those Tropicana reefers has a nice covering of graffiti. Keep up the good work as these videos provide useful prototypes for weathering my model trains.
Very happy to see CSX decided to rebuild some of their MACS I was worried they were gonna get rid of them. I wonder if they will start rebuilding the flaired radiator models that would be cool?
Before 2008-2009 we use to bring up 55-60 cars almost daily on the juice train. Now if you see 30 cars it's a lot and as most know no more dedicated juice train.
An interesting bridge design; I wonder the reason for inverting the thru- truss span, putting the low steel close to the water. Like how you follow the train at speed as it crosses the river. Looks like they’re going to be replacing some rail. Thanks for sharing!
MIEI CARI AMICI COMPLIMENTI CARI CON MIO CUORE PER IL INCANTEVOLE VIDEO PER I TRANSITI DEI BEI TRENI E PER INCANTEVOLE PONTE IN FERRO STUPENDO un caro saluto dalla sicilia giuseppe vostro amico caro
After looking at the video I noticed the train is an empty train returning cars. How I know this is because I saw alot of juice cars in the makeup of the train. CSX only runs complete juice trains with every car loaded with juice because the loads are dated. That is why you see a mixture of different cars.
@Aaron Hughes I would be lying if I assured you 100% but I have never heard of any tanker cars on CSX carrying milk. Most of the milk products are moved by tanker trucks because of the very short shelf life. But what I do know is that the juice trains run out of Tampa. CSX considers these trains hot trains and have priority over every train except Amtrak and intermodal.
@@BaltimoreAndOhioRRYou are more familar with this territory than I am. I have always seen the juice trains as a complete unit. But it makes sense if the TM had the cars switched to this train for final destination. I appreciate the correction.
Hello from Pennsylvania. The carriage of fresh milk in the US was moved to local trucking services in the 1920s, when local roads were improved and made usable year round, prompted by the explosion of automobile usage by Americans. There are no trains which carry whole fresh milk in the US. CAS.
Hello from Pennsylvania. American freight trains are generally longer and heavier than European freight, and thus require more horsepower in the locomotives. Thus each train requires two or more to move the train at posted or track speed. We then use two single-ended units at the head of the train, coupled back end to back end, to make a 9,000 to 10,000 horsepower “double-ended” unit. This practice results in lower capital costs per locomotive as each one has only one set of operator controls installed during the building of the locomotive. I hope that answers your question. Stay well. Happy train riding!!! CAS
@@charlesshivoder2887 Thank you Charles 👍 Freight trains in Germany have to be may only maximum 800 m long and have a speed limit of 120 km/h (75 mph) The German electric loco BR (Baureihe/Class) "145 Traxx" was constructed for passenger trains and freight trains. That loco has 5,600 kw/7,613hp
Thomas Stockfleth Hello again from Pennsylvania. Just for giggles, you might be interested to know that every railroad in North America now runs trains every day that are 2 miles or more long. Usually with 2 or 3 locomotives on the head end, to provide additional power, additional locomotives are inserted into the middle of the train. These units, called Distributed Power Units (DPUs), are unmanned, being controlled by the engineer in the leading locomotive. So, a common train consist might be 3 locomotives on the head end, 110 cars of any kind, 2 DPU locomotives, and perhaps 80 more cars behind the DPUs. Finally picture that this train is made up of double stacks, intermodal contains stacked 2 high on special cars, moving along at 60 miles per hour. It’s like a Great Wall of Train moving down the tracks. It’s quite impressive. A few years ago, Union Pacific ran a train 5 miles long from Los Angeles to Chicago, virtually non-stop, to test out the possibility of such mega-trains. It got there as planned. Enjoy. CAS.
@@charlesshivoder2887 Hello from Hamburg, Germany again 😉 2 miles = 1.6 km. German freight trains are only half as long. The maximum length of a German freight trains are 800m. The German freight trains are laughable compare to American freight trains. 😉
