This next video could be in a separate Post entitled Unit Trains, but because the trains are Postwar, I'll keep it here.
Living in the NYC metro area, I don't get to see freight trains very much. However, about 2 years ago, I did. My wife and I went to West Point, where our granddaughter was a cheer leader for a Pop Warner football game. We sat in bleachers where we could not only see the game and cheer leading, but we also had a beautiful view of the Hudson River and railroad tracks on the west side of the river.
Suddenly, we could hear the roar of a diesel freight train, and for the next few minutes, we had the thrill of seeing what seemed to be endless oil tanker cars pass by.
I enjoy running unit trains because they seem more realistic to me than mixed freight, though there are also real mixed freight trains. I think runit trains are more common in the real world.
The video below shows a Postwar Lackawanna FM Trainmaster hauling Postwar oil tankers through a passing siding on my layout:
Arnold
