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60M's, Bs, Dash-8s, Oh my!

Author: BN Oly

Date: 03-24-2020 - 21:03

Lots of strange power through Auburn, WA mid day today. Northbound empty garbage train with a GP60M, a 60B and a SD60M for power... I haven't seen odd stuff on the garbage trains since maybe 5-6 years ago when they were running sets of SD75s on it... no 4 axle power on the garbage trains since... the 90s?

Then following that, Crew 8(i think?) came through right on schedule with a SD60M, a GP38-2 and a CN Dash-9..... The CN Dash-9 was certainly odd

After that, a SB Canadian oil train with a early 4-Window CN Dash-9, all CN power

Then, Longview Junction- Everett (great for weird junk power) came through with a SD60M, GP60B, GP38-2, Dash-8 40BW #505 and 5-6 Dash-9s and GEVO's isolated....

Lots of activity, and a lot of old power running around. I figured traffic levels being depressed, all the old crap would be parked by now but it seems more active than usual. I'm loving it.

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60M's, Bs, Dash-8s, Oh my!	BN Oly	03-24-2020 - 21:03
Re: 60M's, Bs, Dash-8s, Oh my!	Pdxrailtransit	03-25-2020 - 11:36

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BN Oly Wrote:
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> Lots of strange power through Auburn, WA mid day
> today. Northbound empty garbage train with a
> GP60M, a 60B and a SD60M for power... I haven't
> seen odd stuff on the garbage trains since maybe
> 5-6 years ago when they were running sets of SD75s
> on it... no 4 axle power on the garbage trains
> since... the 90s?  
> 
> Then following that, Crew 8(i think?) came through
> right on schedule with a SD60M, a GP38-2 and a CN
> Dash-9..... The CN Dash-9 was certainly odd
> 
> After that, a SB Canadian oil train with a early
> 4-Window CN Dash-9, all CN power
> 
> Then, Longview Junction- Everett (great for weird
> junk power) came through with a SD60M, GP60B,
> GP38-2, Dash-8 40BW #505 and 5-6 Dash-9s and
> GEVO's isolated....
> 
> Lots of activity, and a lot of old power running
> around.  I figured traffic levels being depressed,
> all the old crap would be parked by now but it
> seems more active than usual.  I'm loving it.

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