SD80MAC Memories (Mini DVD Edition)

Описание: By 2005, the appearance of many of the SD80MACs had changed, but their assignments were still much the same as the early 2000s. CSXT SD80MACs continued working out of Benning, DC, and the Norfolk Southern SD80MACs were the only units that could lift a train off the South Fork Secondary with just four units instead of five.

Again, I was fortunate to often see the 20-cylinder, 5,000 horsepower monsters doing what they did best: lugging coal trains over hills in Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Enjoy the show and sounds of this unique part of railroading’s past.

00:00 - CSXT Pope’s Creek SD80MACs
00:05 - CSXT D742 on Barnesville Hill
05:28 - CSXT SD80MACs on Duley’s Hill
09:08 - Norfolk Southern South Fork SD80MACs
09:12 - Norfolk Southern SD80MACs loading coal at Shade Creek Mine
18:54 - Norfolk Southern SD80MACs shoving up Scalp Level grade
20:10 - Norfolk Southern SD80MACs stalled on Scalp Level grade
22:02 - Norfolk Southern SD80MACs on Scalp Level Grade (2nd attempt)
26:35 - Norfolk Southern 11A with Class Unit 7200 leading

Credit and thanks to Al Moran for making the CSXT MAC action happen and for being a wingman on so many of these trips.