Reply to "Let`s talk about "modern" stuff"

Don,

 

Been there done that even got the t-shirt!  LOL!

 

Originally Posted by d tuuri:

I like CSX and BNSF but I like CSX a little more.  But I always think about doing BNSF because there has been so much more of their equipment made so it's more available.  It's just easier to find older run locos I assume because so many more were made. 

Now all that being said, I am an idiot because at one point I had four CSX SD40s and a couple of MP15s when those first came out.  I sold them a while back.  So it's my own fault I have to find some to buy again.

Thanks

Don

 

Don,

I model CSX & am in Bremen,IN where CSX reinstalled their 2nd mainline in the '90s after the Conrail buyout. This left a shortage of trackage in the East,so in an effort to compensate for that loss,CSX decided to reinstall the 2nd mainline again. In 1965,the then B&O/C&O,tore up 8 miles of #2 mainline every 8 miles,leaving single track every 8 miles. In the Chessie era,this started to be a pain,then the Conrail buy out further increased the problems,now #2 main has been fully restored,not to mention triple trackage in yards as well as double ending sidings in major towns to further keep traffic moving. It's VERY IMPRESSIVE!

I'm looking for CSX GP38s &'40s for switching chores & am looking to add 'road diesels as money allows.

BNSF run a lot of trains through Bremen,mostly coal & Ethanol. Also see some Union Pacific trains.

I'm further wondering why Atlas hasn't run CSX in the HOW TOMORROW MOVES scheme,on their 5161 cvd hoppers. I live near the Cargill grain elevator & they run 65-105 car grain trains from this facility. There's another large Cargill elevator just 8 miles west in Lapaz,IN.

Al Hummel