On the occasions in the mid 90's that I saw ELFW and FWEL they had power on both ends of the train to facilitate the move to and from the Fort Wayne Line at Warsaw. The ELFW's in this video did not have power on the rear. Do you know how they made the move at Warsaw without the extra power?
They used the Winona Siding in Warsaw on the Pennsy to run the power around to the other end of the train. That was one of the main reasons Conrail kept that section of double-track after they single-tracked the line in 1985. The caboose helped with the shove around the wye. It's interesting because before the GR&I was abandoned, it ran via Kendallville and no reverse moves were needed.
Just a quick question if you don't mind. The SOO Line Railrunners had numbers similar to when I was a conductor on CSX out of Grand Rapids Michigan in the late 90s. 503 is an example. What were the routings of these Railrunners pre-Grand Rapids Subdivision, and are they indeed the same trains? Thanks for the great videos. I will be binge watching your content. These were such a great time in railroad history. There was variety. Now it's just GE widecabs or EMD widecabs on the mainline mostly.
Don't mind at all. Thanks for chiming in. The routing of 502/503 was Chicago-Deshler-Toledo-Plymouth (MI)-Detroit. During this time Soo Line was also running trains 500 & 501 via the Grand Rapids Sub. Soo Line removed 502/503 from the B&O in late 1988/early 1989, but kept operating the trains on the Grand Rapids Sub well into the 1990s. I'm thinking those are probably the trains that you mentioned. Both sets of Railrunners were similar looking trains - CP or SOO power, lots of CAST single-stack containers, boxcars, hoppers etc.
Man that was sweet as can be, would have loved to been there back then! (Dave).
Ahh yes. The good old days of rail fanning.
On the occasions in the mid 90's that I saw ELFW and FWEL they had power on both ends of the train to facilitate the move to and from the Fort Wayne Line at Warsaw. The ELFW's in this video did not have power on the rear. Do you know how they made the move at Warsaw without the extra power?
They used the Winona Siding in Warsaw on the Pennsy to run the power around to the other end of the train. That was one of the main reasons Conrail kept that section of double-track after they single-tracked the line in 1985. The caboose helped with the shove around the wye. It's interesting because before the GR&I was abandoned, it ran via Kendallville and no reverse moves were needed.
Great video!!
Nice hailstorm.
ELFW and FWEL used to run the old GR&I via Kville pre 1982.
Just a quick question if you don't mind. The SOO Line Railrunners had numbers similar to when I was a conductor on CSX out of Grand Rapids Michigan in the late 90s. 503 is an example. What were the routings of these Railrunners pre-Grand Rapids Subdivision, and are they indeed the same trains? Thanks for the great videos. I will be binge watching your content. These were such a great time in railroad history. There was variety. Now it's just GE widecabs or EMD widecabs on the mainline mostly.
Don't mind at all. Thanks for chiming in. The routing of 502/503 was Chicago-Deshler-Toledo-Plymouth (MI)-Detroit. During this time Soo Line was also running trains 500 & 501 via the Grand Rapids Sub. Soo Line removed 502/503 from the B&O in late 1988/early 1989, but kept operating the trains on the Grand Rapids Sub well into the 1990s. I'm thinking those are probably the trains that you mentioned. Both sets of Railrunners were similar looking trains - CP or SOO power, lots of CAST single-stack containers, boxcars, hoppers etc.