You had me hooked with a Conrail GP38 notching up in the beginning. Miss those old GP's they were very cool. Very different from the usual stuff we get today.
Love the old stealth C40-8s. Hard to believe they're all gone now and many of the SD40-2's they were built to replace are still cranking out the miles. Great video! Thanks!
Looks like lots of driving and expense went into making this vid. Worth it, far as I'm concerned. You did a super job editing and captured a wide variety of freights - locals with mainly 4-axle power, a work train and lots of coal. Also, SD40-2 beauties heading up these trains and you don't see that as often, since many of these now old units have been downgraded to local and switching service And, General Electric U23Bs, C30-7s, C40-8s and 9-44Cs, plus lots of GP40-2s, many still in gorgeous Chessie System paint. Love it! I long since subscribed, maybe close to a year ago. The tracks are in top condition, too. These trains barrelled through there!
2:15 South end of Watkins yard coming around the "C&O" 3:30 South of Ashville milepost N682.2 on NS (NW) 7:00 Just south of Marion Diamond 7:40 Kenova 21:55 Chillicothe (milepost 654, paint creek bridge) 24:40 Crossing the C&O bridge at Sciotoville
There were several people that I knew who spent a lot of time on the old OD. Knowing that it's time was short. the problem is, during that era rail lines everywhere in Ohio were getting the axe.
What the X stand for CSX Louisville KY Nashville CV main should stay v as CSV so shut down if in for seaboard u would had a way to N S, X don't make C®S consolidated RR coming back strong enough and for the the seaboard
I developed my love for trains and railroads at a very early age, as my family lived directly beside a spur of what is known now as the Toledo Branch Subdivision line currently owned by CSX. Conrail is a huge part of my childhood memories! My most vivid memory is that we had a derailment that happened literally 2 minutes after my sister and I went inside one evening. Thankfully it didn’t derail towards our house and nobody on the train crew was injured! Thanks for keeping the memories alive for us!
