A Northern Trespasser!!

[wheeler1963]

CSX doing a little maintenance on the line leading into Ft. Bragg this morning. Had a tamper and regulator working at the switch to our railheader.

 

[wheeler1963]

And today a real northern'er invader. Lol

 

[Bruette]

Sitting in my office today, heard the horn blowing, figured no biggie, another CSX local dropping off flats to Ft. Bragg. Well to my surprise when I turned around to look. A pumpkin!! Must be on loan to be this far south. View attachment 36528

Must have take a wrong turn at Albuquerque...

 

[montanan]

My club is at the old Northern Pacific depot in Livingston, MT nad I have seen locomotives from all over the country pass through. NS, CSX, CN, and many other pass through.

 

[tootnkumin]

My club is at the old Northern Pacific depot in Livingston, MT nad I have seen locomotives from all over the country pass through. NS, CSX, CN, and many other pass through.

I could definitely do with a greater variety of Locos.

 

[wheeler1963]

My club is at the old Northern Pacific depot in Livingston, MT nad I have seen locomotives from all over the country pass through. NS, CSX, CN, and many other pass through.

Chet, I can understand having many different roads on a mainline. But this is a dead end line that goes onto Ft. Bragg. Seeing anything other than CSX is a treat for me.

 

[wheeler1963]

And the Sperry truck is back today. Look back, he was here 8 Aug. 2019.

 

[Alcomotive]

My view coming into work this morning. This crossing is the only way that I can get to the office. Do you think CSX is going to pay my wages? LOL Not an engine in sight. 2 hours later, they moved it.
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What are these flat cars actual name/termed as? I can't remember....


Nevermind... flat cars for non-intermodal service ranging in length from 60 to 89 feet, with loading capacities of 70 to 100 tons, and gross rail capacities of 220,000 to 286,000 lb.

 

[MikeGTW]

Jerome pretty sure that is the truck that looks for broken rails talk about a cushy job and two rooftop air cond
I hated those tampers and the rail grinders had to follow them cause they would take off bond wires and cut the track wires

 

[Alcomotive]

Jerome pretty sure that is the truck that looks for broken rails talk about a cushy job and two rooftop air cond

Yup, It actually detects or searches for "shelling" of the rails. This is a common issues with old steel rails where the steel within the the rail rust from inside out. So they do GPR/X-ray using various signals with magnetism & electric currents etc to verify the density of the steel.

 

[NP2626]

What Ft. Bragg are we talking about?

 

[wheeler1963]

Fort Bragg, NC