Monongahela Railway. First run of the B23-7R GE Demo units. May 1989
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- This is the first run of the GE Super-7R Demo locomotives on the Monongahela Railway.
We catch them leaving Waynesburg, PA. for a run to Bailey Mine up on the Manor branch. . The second location is at Sycamore on the Manor Branch. The 3rd scene is near the village of Time. Super-7R, B23-S7 2001-2002 join MGA 2000-2002 for a run up to Baily Mine. Two locomotives numbered 2002. The MGA's GP38 where the heavyest GP38 ever built, and where order that way from EMD for heavy coal hauling. Video clip was shot on May 17, 1989. Thanks for watching, jackmp294...
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1st visit to Monongahela was 1977, saw lots of GP7s.
In 1979, we saw the 2002 bicentennial GP38.
early 1990s, went back and saw all those rebuilt GEs.
BTW, these GEs were rebuilt WP U30Bs,,,,which ran on traded in F unit trucks from WP F units. this is why these GEs run on EMD trucks.
This is amazing! Love those vintage GEs and those heavy GP38s, and that was cool to see them on a maiden voyage! Great locations too!
Thanks, Glad you ejoyed it. Just hit it lucky. Didn't even know that they were on the property jet. Then we heard the dispater talk to them, and we made our move. Thanks for watching. BTW, all those locations are now all grown up.
I didn’t even know Monongahela lasted into the Dash 7 era
Yah, they hung on for a good bit, thank goodness. Thanks for watching...
Wow. You have records from three decades ago.This is a classic railway chronicles. This is history. You are a great fellow. Regards from Russia. Good luck Jack.
Thanks so much. I have been taking video's for a long time. I have videos posted from 1976 up until today. So there is a great mix of old school and new railroading. I do prefer the old stuff, and wished I had done more. Thanks again, and regards from the States, and thanks for watching...
Man would I wanna own a Ex monongahela RS3L. Nice video to!
I wouldn't mind having one myself. I could put it on my 1985 Mack Superliner. That would get attention. LOL. Thanks for watching...
Very nice, Jack ....... thanks so much for sharing! Mike
Thank you Mike. I'm so glad I can share this stuff. I sure do miss the old times. Thanks for watching...
Yet another awesome video. I grew up close to the area, and my dad would sometimes take me (as a young teenager) down on weekends to see the construction of the Manor branch in the early 1980's. He remarked that "This may be the only major railroad construction project that you get to see." and so far he's been right! I remember seeing the new bridges being built, the hills being dug away, and some big schoolbuses painted conrail blue with the logo on them. :)
That was big time building that railroad. Everything was heavy duty and top notch. I watched them build that several times when I was down there, and always thought, this is going to be a great piece of railroad. Saddly, I never took any pictures of them building it. I have gotten several cab rides on that line. My son works for NS now, and he runs up to Bailey to load coal all the time. Most of the places I photographed are all grown up now. But its neat to see. Thanks for watching...
@@1jackdk Very cool that you had cab rides there and that your son now runs there on the railroad!
One of the other things that I remember about the Manor branch was a few years later during the coal miner's strike, the railroad had armed guards positioned at each end of the bridges! There were apparently some concerns about what might happen....
I also remember seeing the Manor branch during the traditional summer mine shutdown week and the MOW forces would descend on the line with seemingly hundreds of MOW crew and equipment.
I remember them guards. I guess they where afraid someone would blow up a train. Since all the guys a road with are now retired. I may have to get those cab ride videos up, if there is an interest in them.
Trains were more interesting back before everything merged in the 90's. Always a pleasure to see these little slices of what it was like back in the day. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks WORV. Yes it was interesting back then. We have lost so much since the 90's, and everything looks the same now a days. I hardly go out anymore at all because of that. Thanks for watching.
Great video! love those DASH units
Thanks Tny. Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for watching..
wonderful recorded friend Jack!
Thank you my friend, happy you enjoyed it. Hope your doing well my brother, and thanks for watching. God Bless
Beautiful video! A real treat to watch. I can only assume they had to put the mighty EMD GP's on the consist so they could make it back when the GE -7's failed. He He!!!!
LOL, a little EMD protection. Thanks for watching, and glad you enjoyed it...
Very nice Jack!!!!
Thanks Jeff, and thanks for watching...
Your welcome!!
Thumbs up. The Monongahela Railway is not to be confused with the former Monon Railroad that ran across Indiana from Chicago to Louisville.
Thanks DS. You are correct. Two complete different railroads and locations. The Monongahela was almost 100% coal hauling railroad in southwestern corner of PA. and part of northern WV. Thanks for watching...
@@1jackdk My grandfather was from Italy and settled in Fairmont, West Virginia in 1910. He and my grandma raised 10 kids and 2 grand children and he worked over 45 years on the Monongahela Railroad. He passed in 1960 at age 75 who I never saw being born the same year and my grandma in 1968 at age 78. They were both hard working people and this video reminds of what they went through in life. Fairmont home of the original Pepperoni Rolls - Country Club Bakery! The Monongahela Railroad was a spur line that ran from Fairmont, WV to Pittsburgh. My brother has an official Monongahela Railroad heavy duty train weight shovel too which my dad had.Thank you for sharing your video.
Can certainly tell which engines are brand new and which ones aren't. GP38's are smoking it up.
For sure. Once the new GE's came on the property, the GP38's didn't last to long. I have very few video of the GE and 38's working together. The GP38's did find their way to other railroads to work several more years. Thanks for watching...
Does the Monongahela still exist?
No they don't Thomas, sorry to say. They where taken over by Conrail, and now NS. CSX does run on it as well. My son runs on that line now for NS. Thanks for watching...
Jack..... have u got any videos on d latest locomotives in d US? Would appreciate d uploads if u ve any. Tq
I do have soom video of newer locomotives. But there isn't much of an interest in that stuff. Seems like the old school railroading is what most people want to see. Thanks for watching...
Is the weight of the GP38s known or is the fact they're the heaviest just passed by ear?
It’s known, it’s right here:
www.thedieselshop.us/Data%20EMD%20GP38-2.HTML
And
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_GP38-2
Monongahela ordered GP38s with thicker frames to increase adhesive weight. Being the only railroad to do so, they definitely have to be the heaviest. I recall seeing their exact weight somewhere a few years ago, but now I'm not able to find it.
@@RestrictedProceed If you come across it make sure to tell.
@@ijarika7534 My search is unsuccessful so far, maybe I've never seen it and I just recall that wrong. I'm pretty sure that the weight was in 250,000 to 288,000 lb range though.