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CSX Q437 w/ LOUD ASS DPU's @ The Caboose [Bancroft, MA]

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Channel: AliceInChains243 · 2009 · Autos & Vehicles

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6/6/09: At around 3:30PM, the NB Selkirk Dispatcher informed track foreman DiPietro that a westbound Q437 was shoving out of Worcester, and that the Q437 would and Amtrak would be his only trains for the next hour or so. Worcester is located at MP 48 on the Boston Sub, and it took this train about an hour to cover 90 miles to lead him past my location at QB 130, absolutely BLASTING uphill with new generation GEVO's and a classic GP40-2. When the DS said he was "shoving" out of Worcester...he wasn't kidding, as a louder than loud GE ES44AH assisted the Q437 up Washington Hill, the sounds could be heard thundering through the Berkshires for 15+ minutes...

If the economy is down and is taking trains off the line and resulting in combined trains that require helpers on Washington Hill...lets just say I think I'll be able to make due with one less set of manifests if they all sound like this!! This is what the Hill was ALWAYS meant to sound like.

Q437-06
Road Power: ES44AH 943 (Yn3) / GP40-2 6221(Yn3)
Helper: ES44AH 701(Yn3)

The Caboose
QB 130.5 - Bancroft, MA
CSX Berkshire Subdivision

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