NS SW1001's Working on Home Rails Along the C&F Secondary

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In July of 2018, a pair of NS SW1001's found its way onto H90, a local originating at Chapmans Yard to work industries along the former Catasauqua and Fogelsville. Norfolk Southern had 6 SW1001 engines numbered from 2100 to 2105, but as of 2020 three were sold off, two are assigned as shop switchers, and one is in storage so it's now very unlikely to get one in revenue service again.
NS H90
NS 2105 SW1001 Leslie S31 Ex-RDG 2615
NS 2104 SW1001 Leslie S25 Ex-RDG 2614
All videos were taken in Fogelsville and Chapman Yard

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@JT-ng7je 4 года назад

Used to catch the 2100-2102, 2107 and 2110 on the H25. They were all assigned to Abrams about 15 years ago. Now they're all gone and so is the H25.

@Henry5623 3 года назад

Not sure if anyone else noticed it but you can see axle number one on #2104 momentarily slip at 1:54 in the video right as it notches up. Though it isn't surprising. Light weight units notching up pushing hard is bound to generate wheel slip if you're not careful. Being right on top of a crossing isn't helping either as dust and other road grime is likely fowling the rails a bit too.

@pootispiker2866 Год назад

The control system is meant to deal with slips. It figured itself out.

@stanley4006 3 года назад

I love the video. This is close to my house, I love seeing the switchers working on the C&F. I grew up in Alburtis and would watch conrail all the time switching out cars for the C&F 👍🏻👍🏻

@lnproductions3227 4 года назад

Very nice catch on that local! I saw an SD40-2 on a local recently with a good P5 Horn on it. She was a beauty being NS 3304. Hearing old Six axles on locals is one of the most cool things you can ask for from NS in 2020 with PSR.

@crosstiespike 4 года назад

Wow, videoing the dinosaurs and the astroid is up overhead. Thank You. Really like that tugboat sounding horn.

@AndreiTupolev 4 года назад

Um?

@orangecactusproductions2144 4 года назад

@@AndreiTupolev He means it's a rare sight to see these locomotives & they'll likely be gone soon.

@ULRailfan 4 года назад

this is amazing!

@jefftherailroadenthusiast8889 4 года назад

I heard the Delmarva central railroad is getting a locomotive from NS and numbering it 2105.

@michelleblink1730 3 года назад

It would be highly unlikely for these three to get PTC installed, so you are mostly likely correct that they will probably never lead a mainline job again.

@Norfolk7130 3 года назад

especially since they're all retired or designated shop switchers

@AndreiTupolev 4 года назад

I like the instruction at 1:05 : "Do not hammer on car ". Obviously they've had problems with that

@crosstiespike 4 года назад

When they say hammer is the translation front-end loads and skid steers?

@lnproductions3227 4 года назад

What does "Do Not Hammer On Car" mean in Railroading? I've heard it before but don't understand it very well.

@AndreiTupolev 4 года назад

@@lnproductions3227 I presume it means hammering on it to dislodge the contents

@Henry5623 3 года назад

The "do not hammer on car" stenciling you are seeing is sometimes used especially on covered hoppers that carry commodities such as sugar, fertilizer, ext... that can draw moisture and consequently clump together when the car is being emptied. The "do not hammer on car" is there to ensure that hammering or other abusive measures aren't taken to dislodge clumped materials from the car when it's being unloaded. It's not uncommon to see cars placed on top of vibrating platforms when being emptied to ensure the car fully empties as well as to keep clumped product from potentially causing the bay doors on the bottom of the car to not fully close after being emptied. Hopefully that clarifies things. -Almost two decades working for UP.

@kylebass4635 4 года назад

Had no idea N&S still had these. I used to see them all the time at the yard in South Norfolk.

@Henry5623 3 года назад

Only three remain if I'm not mistaken. None of them are used in revenue service anymore though sadly. On the bright side two of them are still active with a third likely being a parts source. All three are kept at the Juniata locomotive shop in Altoona, Pennsylvania and used as shop switchers. Their revenue days are long over on Class-1's as FRA rule sets and liability/insurance reasons alone would keep these units off of regular revenue work these days. But the fact that any power from their era of railroading exists at all in any capacity on a Class-1 these days is kind of amazing. On a related yet odd side note, one of them actually has had it's ditch lights replaced with LED's. Kind of funny in a weird way seeing a locomotive from the 1970's with LED ditch lights when units 40+ years newer then it don't have them. I've worked for UP for almost two decades now and this industry is, and always has been, a weird one at times lol...