@@AcelaRailfanning I think so too, and some will definitely be preserved for Railroad Museums. And you know Amtrak will cling to the units in better shape for some time as backup power
It’s due that CSX owns the track from Washington to Florida. It’s would have cost them lot of money to put electric wires up and may restrict the cargo need to carry.
Main reason why is because these lines aren’t owned by Amtrak, but owned by csx. If the lines gets electrified, csx would have to pay and then they cant run most freight like container stacks and auto carriers.
I didn't know the history of that formerly electrified line between Union Station and Potomac Yard - turns out that Potomac Yard is where PRR freights (which were often hauled by electric locomotives) exchanged with southeastern railroads (which were steam / diesel only). Once Conrail stopped running electric freight over the former Pennsy lines there was no need to maintain the catenary wires and they were removed (and hopefully recycled). Suppossedly there was no need to remove the pole structures as the clearence further up on the line negate running double-stacks regardless?
1:45 Damn, that's a long train 😂
@11:00 i love when engineers acknowledge and be friendly towards railfanners
Me too! Always seeing nice crews! More of that to come soon!
46 cars on the auto train if I counted correctly - mighty impressive!
The Auto Train is quite the beast!
i got 47
The Genesis locos are so good looking, going to miss them a bit
Me too! Although we definitely have some time before they go anywhere!
Wdym the Amtraks are still in my statw
@@AmtrakProductions-e2g Amtrak isn’t going anywhere but some of their P42DC locomotives that they have are starting to be phase out
@@AcelaRailfanning I think so too, and some will definitely be preserved for Railroad Museums. And you know Amtrak will cling to the units in better shape for some time as backup power
Thanks for covering this!!!
Oh my god that Auto Train was insanely long
Yep! Longest Passenger train in the world!
It’s the fucking Auto Train lol
Shame those lines in town are no longer electrified. The US clearly had better rail infrastructure in the '60s than it does now...
I believe it was electric until Potomac Yard which was in Alexandria Virginia but hopefully more lines will be electrified!
It’s due that CSX owns the track from Washington to Florida. It’s would have cost them lot of money to put electric wires up and may restrict the cargo need to carry.
They were never electrified past the Alexandria Potomac Yards, which back in the day were primarily used for turnaround and storage.
Main reason why is because these lines aren’t owned by Amtrak, but owned by csx. If the lines gets electrified, csx would have to pay and then they cant run most freight like container stacks and auto carriers.
I didn't know the history of that formerly electrified line between Union Station and Potomac Yard - turns out that Potomac Yard is where PRR freights (which were often hauled by electric locomotives) exchanged with southeastern railroads (which were steam / diesel only). Once Conrail stopped running electric freight over the former Pennsy lines there was no need to maintain the catenary wires and they were removed (and hopefully recycled). Suppossedly there was no need to remove the pole structures as the clearence further up on the line negate running double-stacks regardless?
awesome clips! lots of nice Genesis action
Glad you enjoyed!
77 I encountered in Newport News and Williamsburg yesterday
Nice!
Oh woah great capures
Thank you!
Did any of these trains come thru Lynchburg Va?
Yes the train at 3:47 , and 5:24 went past Lynchburg VA
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