Really brings back memories from when I used to live there. Watching CSX and NS trains roll by Pittsburgh avenue in 2004-2007 is what got me into trains in the first place
wow, i’m blown away! awesome video!!! crazy how boring it’s gotten, i say the early 2000s we’re one of the best times to watch trains. unfortunately i didn’t start till 2006 (i was 7 at the time) and didn’t take pics NEARLY as much as i should’ve, i’m beyond tired of csx engines 3000-3474 now that’s literally all you see. BIG THUMBS UP!!
I remember back when I lived in erie from 2005-2007, all the colorful Conrail, Santa Fe, BNSF, UP and CSX/NS LASHUPS coming by Pittsburgh Avenue, and the trains of stored cars coming by the original NS Main line crossing at Pittsburgh Avenue
The GE plant in Erie,PA is where the new locomotives are built for the major railroads ,the way the engines are delivered is interesting, say for example Union Pacific (UP) ordered 100 locomotives and GE has 4 ready to be shipped,the locomotives are placed on the ready track CSX and NS has their mainline tracks right by the plant, CSX meanwhile has lease locos to return to GE,the lease power is coupled to a west bound train (NY to Chicago) and when they get to the plant the lease power is removed and switched to the tracks leading to the plant,the new UP locos (CSX crewed) are moved to be coupled to the WB train and continues to Chicago to be delivered to the UP or used as pool power,I'm not sure but the lease payments don't start for UP until the locos are actually on UP's home rails,It's a win-win for both UP and CSX, UP doesn't have to pay the cost of shipping the locos to them and CSX uses the new locos instead of their own to power their train.
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Great footage! Things have changed a lot in 17 years. It's cool seeing all the Conrails, Geeps, and even freshly-painted H2 BNSFs
Nice video! I was born a few months later in 2000. Neat stuff, interesting to see how much changed in a relatively short time period
Really brings back memories from when I used to live there. Watching CSX and NS trains roll by Pittsburgh avenue in 2004-2007 is what got me into trains in the first place
wow, i’m blown away! awesome video!!! crazy how boring it’s gotten, i say the early 2000s we’re one of the best times to watch trains. unfortunately i didn’t start till 2006 (i was 7 at the time) and didn’t take pics NEARLY as much as i should’ve, i’m beyond tired of csx engines 3000-3474 now that’s literally all you see. BIG THUMBS UP!!
If you liked variety the 2000s were the best! Even Conrail in the 90s had a variety of power, even if it was all painted the same.
That RS3L in the first clip is a monster! It might be a Prime 920 actually, as it sounds similar to 6936’s Prime horn.
More than likely an RS3LRF
how come?
So cool to these those conrail locomotives. This was a great video. Thanks for posting!
I remember back when I lived in erie from 2005-2007, all the colorful Conrail, Santa Fe, BNSF, UP and CSX/NS LASHUPS coming by Pittsburgh Avenue, and the trains of stored cars coming by the original NS Main line crossing at Pittsburgh Avenue
Those were fun times, CSX was really crazy in the early 2000s
Capturing the Rails yep and now it’s just ES44ACs and AC44CWs pretty much
It has gotten quite boring!!
the c40-8w units were until recently the go-to engines for lightning fast freight
Any idea what the location at 12:37 was?
I don't remember exactly, but it was east of North East, PA...going by maps it looks like it may be the Remington Road grade crossing.
@@lappdawg27videosI was gonna say, I think it looks more like the smedley street crossing, now thinking back, I used to go there as a kid
@@Pgh412aviation That may be. It's so long ago it's hard to remember. I do remember going past the museum so it's for sure that direction.
Beautiful footage at 9:37, it's nice to see the world at night before it was ruined by LED lights.
I was only a year and a half old when this footage was shot. Crazy to think a lot of the power in this video is gone.
The way it's been going lately, some of the power from 5 years ago isn't around anymore either!
The GE plant in Erie,PA is where the new locomotives are built for the major railroads ,the way the engines are delivered is interesting, say for example Union Pacific (UP) ordered 100 locomotives and GE has 4 ready to be shipped,the locomotives are placed on the ready track CSX and NS has their mainline tracks right by the plant, CSX meanwhile has lease locos to return to GE,the lease power is coupled to a west bound train (NY to Chicago) and when they get to the plant the lease power is removed and switched to the tracks leading to the plant,the new UP locos (CSX crewed) are moved to be coupled to the WB train and continues to Chicago to be delivered to the UP or used as pool power,I'm not sure but the lease payments don't start for UP until the locos are actually on UP's home rails,It's a win-win for both UP and CSX, UP doesn't have to pay the cost of shipping the locos to them and CSX uses the new locos instead of their own to power their train.
awesome train video
Nice! Some good 'ole power in there!
13:06 old cast p5a
See THIS is the golden age right here. Now you don’t see stuff like this anymore with that dreadful PSR going on.
Totally agree with you...class 1 railroading is pretty boring (to me) nowadays.
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