11-18-2013, 08:03 PM
A frosty foggy morning for Lincoln's Birthday in 1977. The low temperature was only 20 degrees, quite a relief from the 20 degree below zero F temps of January and early February.
The three locomotives are from a following train that have had to cut away to assist a westbound that has stalled on the slight grade going west out of East Palestine.
Due to track conditions the speed had been reduced to 10 MPH and if you didn't have a little run you had better have lots of power. The dispatcher had asked them if they could make the grade if they got a run for it....At 10 MPH the answer was no.
This slow order lasted all winter, and spring finally brought some major track rebuilding to the early Conrail Plant
Trains would outlaw eastbound frequently around East Palestine.
We are only 30miles by rail from Conway, but during these bad winters and the poor condition of Conrail power, we even had trains outlawing westbound, only 30 miles out of the terminal.
The three locomotives are from a following train that have had to cut away to assist a westbound that has stalled on the slight grade going west out of East Palestine.
Due to track conditions the speed had been reduced to 10 MPH and if you didn't have a little run you had better have lots of power. The dispatcher had asked them if they could make the grade if they got a run for it....At 10 MPH the answer was no.
This slow order lasted all winter, and spring finally brought some major track rebuilding to the early Conrail Plant
Trains would outlaw eastbound frequently around East Palestine.
We are only 30miles by rail from Conway, but during these bad winters and the poor condition of Conrail power, we even had trains outlawing westbound, only 30 miles out of the terminal.