Thanks for posting your video, just wish it was longer. My grandfather was engineer in Norfolk for CNW in the 40's and 50's back when steam was being replaced by deisel .
@BNSFrailfan Once Ben Heinneman and competent successors took over the leadership, the C&NW became the UP's gateway to the East and the competition to the BN for Powder River coal. Marginal-or-worse operations such as Norfolk-west deservedly were abandoned or sold.
Nice video! Why so slow? If any length, he is holding up traffic. What was the flange rubbing at 10:14? A little late sounding the horn for non-signaled crossings.
@BNSFrailfan The Cowboy Line was 406 miles of very little business. No business, including a railroad, can last for long losing money. During the abandonment process, no one made a plausible offer to operated the Cowboy Line except for a short line at the west end - Merriman to Chadron, which failed anyway despite actually having some customers. Once the C&NW decided to ship coal east on the UP to avoid the cost of rebuilding its own track, the Cowboy line became irrelevant.
Thanks for posting your video, just wish it was longer. My grandfather was engineer in Norfolk for CNW in the 40's and 50's back when steam was being replaced by deisel .
I love that horn. That 567 sounds even better
That horn sounds awesome!
He was going around the curve, which causes the flange to scrape up against the side of the rail.
those people at the crossings were racing the gate!
Norfolk Nebraska where Johnny Carson was from until late 50s
@BNSFrailfan Once Ben Heinneman and competent successors took over the leadership, the C&NW became the UP's gateway to the East and the competition to the BN for Powder River coal. Marginal-or-worse operations such as Norfolk-west deservedly were abandoned or sold.
for a minute i thought the driver at 6:57 wasnt gonna stop
Nice video!
Why so slow?
If any length, he is holding up traffic.
What was the flange rubbing at 10:14?
A little late sounding the horn for non-signaled crossings.
@BNSFrailfan The Cowboy Line was 406 miles of very little business. No business, including a railroad, can last for long losing money. During the abandonment process, no one made a plausible offer to operated the Cowboy Line except for a short line at the west end - Merriman to Chadron, which failed anyway despite actually having some customers. Once the C&NW decided to ship coal east on the UP to avoid the cost of rebuilding its own track, the Cowboy line became irrelevant.
I wouldn't call it a dead beat railroad.