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Anonymous Thu 11 Sep 2008 03:26:00 No.48335 View View Reply Original Report

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This runs through Ann Arbor, Michigan 6 times a day. This was the 6:51 (although it was really more like 7:04) westbound to Chicago. It has a locomotive on each end so I assume they run it both directions and while they mostly use the P40's shown in the picture, they ran one with an F40 on the front once.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 11 Sep 2008 03:28:00 No.48336 Report

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The back end of it.

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Anonymous Thu 11 Sep 2008 03:30:00 No.48337 Report

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Obligatory flattened penny.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 11 Sep 2008 03:54:00 No.48345 Report

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I used to pick up that train from K-zoo, because the one from Grand Rapids only leaves once a day. And at 7:40 AM wtf.

noko

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noko Thu 11 Sep 2008 03:56:00 No.48346 Report

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Are you guys serious?

This has to be the gayest, most boring thread on the internet

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 11 Sep 2008 05:00:00 No.48375 Report

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stupid idea running two engines for 4 fucking cars.

slamtrak sucks

Kartma !wvTgDQHyaM

Kartma !wvTgDQHyaM Thu 11 Sep 2008 05:21:00 No.48386 Report

Quoted By: >>48558

Actually, it's one Genesis locomotive, and one F40PH NPCU cab unit. One's the actual locomotive, the other is just a place where the engineer can drive when the train is going the other way.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 11 Sep 2008 07:12:00 No.48558 Report

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>>48375

What>>48386said may be relevant

Only the front engine was turned on, the rear one didn't have any smoke coming out it's exhaust vent.

Kartma !wvTgDQHyaM

Kartma !wvTgDQHyaM Thu 11 Sep 2008 07:47:00 No.48577 Report

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>>48558

That's because the rear one doesn't have an engine anymore. It was gutted out of the locomotive and the empty space serves as baggage storage.

The controls and instrumentation still work, and they act as a remote control when the "rear" locomotive is at the front.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 11 Sep 2008 07:49:00 No.48579 Report

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>>48335
You live in the People's Republic of Ann Arbor? Oh, how I pity you.

The Wolverine Express (It's called something like that, innit?) passes through Chelsea irregularly. No stop here, but the old depot's a good spot as any to watch locomotives pass by.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 11 Sep 2008 08:52:00 No.48591 Report

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>>48577
I like to call them "Cabbages" myself...

Cab + Baggage = Cabbage

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 11 Sep 2008 11:46:00 No.48672 Report

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do they make NPCU's of P40's now? otherwise I imagine the second loco in OP's pics was probably just being transported somewhere.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 11 Sep 2008 21:45:00 No.48737 Report

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Push-pull operation ftw. We do quite a bit of that in Britfagland, though we also have things like 2 engines 1 cup on nuclear flask trains for operational security (the rules say nuclear trains must *never* become stranded)

sage

sage Fri 12 Sep 2008 00:02:00 No.48750 Report

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/n/ - Personal Photo Blog

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2008 11:13:00 No.49398 Report

Quoted By: >>49411

Push Pull is safer than MetroLink it seems.

Kartma !wvTgDQHyaM

Kartma !wvTgDQHyaM Sun 14 Sep 2008 11:31:00 No.49411 Report

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>>49398

Metrolink is also push-pull.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2008 11:34:00 No.49412 Report

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So is the line up the central valley. Not very safe in my opinion.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2008 12:00:00 No.49427 Report

Quoted By: >>49433 >>49462

>>49411

Pity the crash wasn't in Push-Pull Mode. Otherwise there would've been less casualties.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2008 12:15:00 No.49433 Report

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>>49427
Instead of the Passenger engine telescoping the first car it would have been the fright engine.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2008 15:21:00 No.49462 Report

Quoted By: >>49495

>>49427

>Pity the crash wasn't in Push-Pull mode

Um, it was in Pull mode, the hit was locomotive to locomotive. I'd hate to think what it would have looked like if the UP units had hit one of those cab cars.

Kartma !wvTgDQHyaM

Kartma !wvTgDQHyaM Sun 14 Sep 2008 21:57:00 No.49495 Report

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>>49462

In the Metrolink wreck years ago where the train hit some asshole's SUV, it was in push mode. The cab end hit the SUV and the train derailed into another train. It was up until last Friday Metrolink's deadliest crash. It also caused a lot of concern about trains in push mode; especially using Bombardier bi-level cars.

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