Love those drop center beam lumber cars from up North @ 1:24
@jillreneegrant2103
Ай бұрын
Nice catch on the drop decks. Thank you for the MRL. Maybe next May I can get to the yard in Laurel MT.
@MillersRailfan
Ай бұрын
@@jillreneegrant2103 that would be so awesome; Jill
@paulbergen9114
Ай бұрын
Living near the Milwaukee Road CP Main I was truly surprised at the number of cars but as you mentioned some could be storm related. I think I found the retirement home for all those drop deck lumber cars plus it looks like a class reunion for all those old CSX 50 ft box cars. The power set was fantastic as that is not a notmal lashup on the road. When I saw this I couldn't help but think of a friend whose career included several years dispatching for the D&H before the partial spinoffs and formal takeover of the balance ICP. Over the course of time he only worked out of two locations that being the former Milwaukee Road station in Milwaukee and the old SOO Line building in Minneapolis. To this day it is still such a strange feeling of the times that I would visit him in Milwaukee has he had the whole second floor to himself and if he should have had a medical problem and keeled over their system ground to a halt. He worked on the second floor where all that was left were nipped off computer and phone lines and power extensions on the floor. First and second shifts worked as teams in each person worked a half of the line otherwise he sat at a desk with that dim blue light and all the clocks set for Eastern Time. From Montreal to Scranton he was the man. He later went on to work their desk out of the Twin Cities when it moved and finished his career working days on the former Milwaukee West through the commuter Zone to Western Illinois
@MillersRailfan
Ай бұрын
Paul this story is incredible Can you please give us this man’s opinion on how Timmy baby ran the D&H into the ground and wasted it before the CP bought it?
@paulbergen9114
Ай бұрын
@@MillersRailfan he's presently on a two-week trip but I'll ask him upon his return. Any comments on Timmy will probably be from people he worked with as he dealt with this only after it was a CP property. I do know one of his peeves was the disrepair of the signal system the bad radios and shortage of good signal and MOW people. He always said the guys he worked with we're pretty competent and tried hard to make do with what they had. He always felt bad for the guys that had to try to keep the Ice Flow inside the tunnels from covering the rails. Depending upon the Temps sometimes it was twice a day
@MillersRailfan
Ай бұрын
@@paulbergen9114 how ironic; Paul To the very LAST DAY that scumbag owned pan am; those EXACT SAME problem areas plagued the entire system Pan Am’s motto: 10 mph is good enough for us
@kbros65
Ай бұрын
Very nice memory Paul. Thank you!!
@theodorejones6549
Ай бұрын
Thank for all selkirk video's sure a lot of traffic. Hope that was a safe place on the bridge . Be safe.
@MillersRailfan
Ай бұрын
@@theodorejones6549 thank you Ted
@woodnewf3847
Ай бұрын
151 cars on a monster manifest. Love the gorgeous CP power set. I was thinking this was the same smaller consist lashed together 4 or 5 times. There was definitely a pattern of cars. Likely linked to the Vermont situation. Lots of drop deck centerbeams. Those appear to be "skylights" on the roofs of some of the CP boxcars. Awesome video
@MillersRailfan
Ай бұрын
Thank you Mike Clueless as to why they would put skylights in boxcars
@woodnewf3847
Ай бұрын
@@MillersRailfan to improve visibility for loading and unloading
@briansaxby5357
Ай бұрын
Not only huge, but looks very heavy
@MillersRailfan
Ай бұрын
93 loads
@Longdongsilver53
Ай бұрын
You did some homework to find this location. Keep up the good work
@MillersRailfan
Ай бұрын
@@Longdongsilver53 thank you so very very much
@rickbrander1665
Ай бұрын
Nice catch of a BIG train! Do you think Those cement cars are coming down/over from Quebec? Thanks for posting!
@MillersRailfan
Ай бұрын
@@rickbrander1665 thank you Rick!!! Yes they are Most of this train is
@glenngrinter6818
Ай бұрын
Former secret service director turned down to become crossing guard this fall at Our Lady Of Perpetual Ineptitude Day School. 😳
@glenngrinter6818
Ай бұрын
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@MillersRailfan
Ай бұрын
@@glenngrinter6818 it’s still up
@MillersRailfan
Ай бұрын
@@glenngrinter6818 they closed all those schools to pay the legal fees
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