saltyant Posted March 4 Report Posted March 4 Train derailment flyover in Beth'lum. The tiny green dots are workers. Not sure what that yellow line thing is. Maybe some train experts can weigh in like @toast21602 or @toastman 5 1 Quote
AirheadD8 Posted March 5 Report Posted March 5 21 hours ago, saltyant said: Train derailment flyover in Beth'lum. The tiny green dots are workers. Not sure what that yellow line thing is. Maybe some train experts can weigh in like @toast21602 or @toastman Probably a fuel containment barrier. 1 1 Quote
saltyant Posted March 5 Report Posted March 5 (edited) 2 minutes ago, AirheadD8 said: Probably a fuel containment barrier. That's what I have also concluded after checking some video footage from the ground. Looks like they cleaned up quite a bit by yesterday and pulled the choo-choos out of the river. That must be a logistical nightmare. Edited March 5 by saltyant Quote
JFskiDan Posted March 5 Report Posted March 5 11 hours ago, AirheadD8 said: Probably a fuel containment barrier. Nailed it. 1 1 Quote
AirheadD8 Posted March 5 Report Posted March 5 34 minutes ago, JFskiDan said: Nailed it. Yikes, 😳that had to be a scary ride for the conductor . Luckily the cab wasn’t any further into the water. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted March 5 Author Report Posted March 5 (edited) 4 minutes ago, AirheadD8 said: Yikes, 😳that had to be a scary ride for the conductor . Luckily the cab wasn’t any further into the water. It’s bananas Edited March 5 by GrilledSteezeSandwich Quote
indiggio Posted March 5 Report Posted March 5 7 minutes ago, AirheadD8 said: Yikes, 😳that had to be a scary ride for the conductor . Luckily the cab wasn’t any further into the water. And not the engineer? Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted March 5 Author Report Posted March 5 Id be hanging with @theprogram4 in the cafe car..drinking soda and playing War. Quote
AirheadD8 Posted March 5 Report Posted March 5 13 minutes ago, indiggio said: And not the engineer? I’m not train savvy. How many people does it take to operate? My wife and I had a discussion the other night about there being two locomotives. Is the second one connected electronically or is there a separate crew? 1 Quote
toast21602 Posted March 5 Report Posted March 5 4 minutes ago, AirheadD8 said: I’m not train savvy. How many people does it take to operate? My wife and I had a discussion the other night about there being two locomotives. Is the second one connected electronically or is there a separate crew? They have been running with minimal crews lately because of increased technology. usually a minimum of two but it depends and the load, the length, and destination usually. There are not specific crews for each engine. 2 1 Quote
Schif Posted March 5 Report Posted March 5 My understanding is that one crew of two people can run just about any train now. Even if there are two locomotives they are hooked up so that they are controlled by the first one. There's also a new trend of putting two locomotives in the middle of a mile plus long train that are controlled by the one in the front as well. So in that situation there could be a crew of two running 4 engines, two of which are 3/4 of a mile behind them. 2 1 Quote
indiggio Posted March 5 Report Posted March 5 Yes, a friend works for NS as a conductor and one of the biggest issues between the union and management is that the companies are trying to whittle crews down to just 1 person and eventually 0 because of all the automation. The unions keep fighting these reductions claiming fully automated trains are too unsafe. Quote
enjoralas Posted March 5 Report Posted March 5 32 minutes ago, indiggio said: The unions keep fighting these reductions claiming fully automated trains are too unsafe. As 3 trains (presumably) with 2 man crews collide . . . 1 Quote
indiggio Posted March 5 Report Posted March 5 46 minutes ago, enjoralas said: As 3 trains (presumably) with 2 man crews collide . . . Indeed! Quote
theprogram4 Posted December 11 Report Posted December 11 3 hours ago, Shadows said: Im on a train. Smell the cig Which train, nj transit maybe? 2 Quote
Johnny Law Posted December 11 Report Posted December 11 1 hour ago, theprogram4 said: Which train, nj transit maybe? Gotta be, the only other one I know that looks like that is the train that runs from Midway to Chicago but it's blue not beige/white. 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted December 11 Author Report Posted December 11 1 hour ago, theprogram4 said: Which train, nj transit maybe? I was thinking NJ Transit. Been a long time since I’ve been on that. I used to take it from Princeton Junction to NYC with my ex. There’s even a little 2-3 mile long line from downtown Princeton to Princeton junction called the Dinky 1 Quote
Johnny Law Posted December 11 Report Posted December 11 (edited) 24 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: I was thinking NJ Transit. Been a long time since I’ve been on that. I used to take it from Princeton Junction to NYC with my ex. There’s even a little 2-3 mile long line from downtown Princeton to Princeton junction called the Dinky NYC gets weird because they all go to Penn Station, the NEC is two level standard amtrak but unless I'm smoking crack the new trains have blue covers where only the older ones have the brown leather covers. I would say it's an older train not from Secacus Junction and maybe headed south. Edit: it's a Arrow https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_(railcar) This is interesting as all other NJ/NYC traffic has unpowered cars unless I'm mistaken. Edited December 11 by Johnny Law Quote
EdBacon Posted December 11 Report Posted December 11 The Arrow IIIs are almost the same units as the Silverliner IVs. Different pantograph. Different seating arrangement because the doors are different. Can't remember. Either the Arrow of the Silverliner has the provision for the center door and the other doesn't. Both manufactured by GE in the 1970s. Quote
Johnny Law Posted December 11 Report Posted December 11 2 hours ago, EdBacon said: The Arrow IIIs are almost the same units as the Silverliner IVs. Different pantograph. Different seating arrangement because the doors are different. Can't remember. Either the Arrow of the Silverliner has the provision for the center door and the other doesn't. Both manufactured by GE in the 1970s. Arrows have the doors, Septa which is Silverliners does not at least if my memory is correct. Septa was allegedly getting new multilevel bombardier cars like amtrak but they broke soooooo..........still I dream to ride the rails from reading. 1 Quote
Shadows Posted December 11 Report Posted December 11 It's nj transit. Richest county in jersey has the crappiest trains. Acelia got them seats 2 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted December 11 Author Report Posted December 11 16 minutes ago, Shadows said: It's nj transit. Richest county in jersey has the crappiest trains. Acelia got them seats What are you doing in Jersey? Quote
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