Layout Railfanning: BNSF Coal Train With Manned Helpers
Автор: railfan220
Загружено: 2023-12-16
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Please enjoy these clips I recorded while operating the coal train! This eastbound (EB) coal load represents a detoured CPKC coal train that loads out near Sparwood, BC and typically heads over Crowsnest Pass on its way east to the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (CSS). Due to flooding, the the CPKC 816/U-SWECKB crossed the Canadian border at Eastport, ID before getting handed off to BNSF at Sandpoint, ID. Now heading over Marias Pass, the coal train stops at Essex and tacks on manned helpers to assault the greater than 2% (1.86% on the prototype) grade to the summit of the pass. At a relatively short length of 118 (26 on the model) cars, 6 locomotives still only places this train right at the bare minimum HPT rating it needs to make the grade. First, the helpers have to make their way up to Essex after being parked at Columbia Falls from an earlier job. Once the coal train crests the grade, the helpers cut away on the fly as the coal train rounds the reverse loop. Shortly after, the helpers return to their base at Essex and wait for the next EB train.
0:00 Approaching Essex, MT
0:17 Helpers Depart Columbia Falls
1:07 Helpers Begin Shoving
1:23 Blacktail Siding
4:20 Helpers Cutting Off
6:02 Helpers Return to Essex
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