Neat. That’s a great article and I enjoyed all those pictures. Did you also take notes - your memory is a lot better than mine if you didn’t!
You need to add your first post here to the article. I think that just makes such a nice story and provides the reason for the trip.
Well done.
Excellent Jon!!!
I was wondering the same as Bruce…did you take notes or all from memory?
Either way great opportunity and excellent documentation,
Thanks! The article was written from memory, but I started as soon as I got home and a lot of the background information I already knew from studying the line for over 8 years.
And there’s video too. A little shaky, but interesting. I’ll probably post on Vimeo this weekend. Might try and put one here on LSC Video.
EDIT: Video Posted on LSC
Congrats and nice job reporting Jon. What a great way to end 2009. Always enjoy seeing the way the big boys do it.
Question, not for criticism purposes, but did they make any mistakes and have to back up to throw the turn out the other way or fail to couple? I was just hoping some of the mistakes we/I make could be considered prototypical. 
Hi Ric -
Failure to couple is quite routine. I’ve seen it happen often and it did happen once twice on this run. The pins get rusty and don’t drop, or the coupler wasn’t lined up quite right. They will either hit it again or push “on the pin” to get it to drop. No instances of switch throw errors. I think that’s more of a model railroad thing, but I did wonder why they did some of the moves the way they did.
I told them that I suffer frozen switch problem on my outdoor railroad. They were surprised that I run in the winter.
Bruce Chandler said:
Neat. That's a great article and I enjoyed all those pictures. Did you also take notes - your memory is a lot better than mine if you didn't!You need to add your first post here to the article. I think that just makes such a nice story and provides the reason for the trip.
Well done.
You need some SEA LEGS for the video
WOW, now that beats the Snot outta my cab ride at Tweetise
Thanks for sharing!
C. Nelson said:
WOW, now that beats the Snot outta my cab ride at Tweetise :)Thanks for sharing!
Great story, Jon. I enjoyed every minute reading that. (You lucky
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, you!!!)
Jon - A very healthy & happy New Year to you! Thanks for sharing your good fortune in pictures and words.
Al
I missed the video at first. It sure shows what the track was like. I’ve got a couple of EBT videos that are like that.
David Russell said:You need sea legs to ride that section of track pulling loads. It wasn't so bad going South with empties, but going North with loads and many more cars it was all I could do to stay in my seat.
You need some SEA LEGS for the video :)
This section of track is way overdue for lots of new ties and leveling. It;s been slow-ordered for quite a few years.
Ric - I added the video with an edit as you were posting - that’s why you missed it.
That whole story rules…
This type of documentation will prevail 50 yrs from now! Could be troublesome finding someway to play Cd’s / DVD’s in that era!
However the “Rooster” may still exist and own that technology… Not to mention… capable of whippin your great grandchildren’s hind end’s with a hickory stick while resting in my beat up old growth wooden rocker on the front porch.
