Another croak in the chorus...l don't get it either. Hope l find this post again when it is explained. ....duh!
Really, no one else saw the GP-9 painted on this engine?
@GregM posted:Really, no one else saw the GP-9 painted on this engine?
Mystery solved! While I did notice it! I thought the parking lot sign was humorous. Now everyone can sleep tonight including the moderators. LOL.
@GregM posted:Really, no one else saw the GP-9 painted on this engine?
There's nothing unusual about that.
Some roads had ( like the CB&Q) EMD model plates on their locomotives. BNSF has model designations stenciled on their frames near the front steps.
Rusty
@GregM posted:Really, no one else saw the GP-9 painted on this engine?
Sorry but, since it should correctly be "GP9", i.e. without the "-" dash, I didn't think the mistake was "funny". Oh well.
Okay, mods, just delete this thread. I will refrain from sharing something that I found funny ever again if it causes this much angst.
@GregM posted:Okay, mods, just delete this thread. I will refrain from sharing something that I found funny ever again if it causes this much angst.
I sure didn't see no "angst"!!!!!
@GregM posted:Okay, mods, just delete this thread. I will refrain from sharing something that I found funny ever again if it causes this much angst.
Say what!?
Anyone that starts a thread that gets this much attention in just a few hours should be proud!
@GregM posted:Okay, mods, just delete this thread. I will refrain from sharing something that I found funny ever again if it causes this much angst.
I need to find someone like you to tell my "Dad's jokes" to. My kids just roll their eyes when I tell them.
@GregM posted:Really, no one else saw the GP-9 painted on this engine?
I noticed that, and also that there was no "F" on the front. Also noted there was a bell over the rear light, which leads me to believe perhaps the engine was designed to run long hood forward.
@breezinup posted:I noticed that, and also that there was no "F" on the front. Also noted there was a bell over the rear light, which leads me to believe perhaps the engine was designed to run long hood forward.
Yep, the "F" is on the long hood end.
Rusty
Familiar with this location in East Lansing. This was a New York Central line back in the day. Also near end of the video the red brick building with the arches to the left of the engine was a NYC passenger station. A small station that survived.
Hey GregM - I thought it was pretty cool / love that GP-9 - thanks for posting
The bystander behind the engine at 1:39 seems scared of it. Other than that, interesting video on a railroad's SOP.
I thought the humor was the fact that it was just the engine. Where was the revenue?
Ron
I liked the video. It's always refreshing to see a largely unmodified first generation geep, well-kept and in service. And the employees properly flagged the crossing.
However, the tall fellow who was standing in the center of the end platform in the direction of movement, in the cross-over gap of the handrail (which did not have a chain across it), as the engine was moving toward the crossing, caused me to wonder if he regularly does that. I've been retired for 13 years, but I can't stop looking out for the safety of others.
Exempt crossings do not require passenger buses or trucks carrying hazardous cargo to stop before crossing. As a result, flagging is normally required. There is some benefit to the railroad to petition the state to declare certain seldom-used crossings exempt.
It's interesting that they used a street light post as the mast for the crossbuck. Also, it's mildly surprising that they would name of a Michigan parking lot in honor of Caesar Chavez, whom I associate with migrant farm workers using short-handled hoes in the central valley of California.
Looking up this engine, it's an ex-C&O unit. The Adrian & Blissfield NYC lightning stripe livery may well be a nod to the NYC, which used to be a major presence at Adrian (MI), and used the station there. As rrgeorge mentioned in his interesting post, this particular track used to be a NYC line.
What is the title of the video?
Can an engine alone generate revenue for a railroad?
@Moonman posted:What is the title of the video?
Can an engine alone generate revenue for a railroad?
Not in any way that I can see. However the light engine may have been part of a round trip on the spur.
Maybe the engine had previously moved a couple of cars in the opposite direction and spotted them for unloading. (?)
I'm skeptical about the allegation that the track had not been used for a long time. Usually weeds take over when track is unused for long periods. They could have run a weed sprayer, though, if there was still a customer who was paying for his track connection.
I like "click bait". LOL!
