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What are the biggest, longest freight trains you have watched ?
Somwhere in the 1980's: A ConRail eastbound on the Bergen Line with four B23-7s and 124 cars.
Eric Member # 674
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Grain, merchandise, and mixed freights seem to be very long through my area on the BNSF. Some of the longest have had about 10-12 units on the point, and somewhere between 80-110 cars. A grain train I saw had three Dash-9's up front, about 40 cars, three more units, another 40 or so cars, and then two units at the end.
Stevepel3372 Member # 1484
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Hey BigBlue,
This is Steve P. I think we should tell Joe, Norb, Tom and all the rest to come over here since the Railroad.net is still down.
TTYl, steve
Jesse Member # 486
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The biggest freight trains I've seen is the Union Pacific Big Boy and Challenger locomotives pulling over 150 cars through the mountain states. You hear and feel em coming up the line...more like a small earthquake...
AC/DC Member # 1640
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Are big freights a thing of the past? No way! It is a common sight on CSX to see 145 car, 19,000 ton frieghts with nothing more than 2 GE AC4400s on the point with no helpers.
Ferroequus Member # 1787
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When I rode Q452 back from Miami, we had 3 engines and 120 cars. Nearing Lakeland, our two GE's quit on us...but the SD60 kept right on chugging along. We never slowed to below 10 MPH, just goes to show who makes the better locomotives (and who always did for that matter), go EMD!
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Harvey Henkelman-Certified Ferroequinologist
atsf3751 Member # 1538
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Big trains are still very much around. Out here on BNSF's "transcon," intermodals regularly exceed 7,000ft in length. If you're talking tonnage, I've also seen some very long stack trains that have 120+ wells and use helpers right out of Los Angeles.
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