Extreme Trains (1 Viewer)

[Leadmen]

I see the History Channel is starting a new eight part series on Railroading. The show starts Tue. at 10:00pm Eastern Time. This might be an interesting series.

I enjoyed Crab boat fishing and Ice Road Truckers on the History Channel but I watched some AX men shows but did not keep watching that series. Tomorrow they will start with coal trains. In my thirty years of railroading I found coal trains a real challenge. I use to get nervous when called for a coal train but once you get use to them they are fun to run and with new technology like controlling pusher engines the hills and grades are easier to climb. Every train handles differently. Some trains take miles to stop with heavy tonnage and others handle like a passenger train. Newer locomotives with more horsepower allow for much longer trains then in the past. One hundred to one hundred and fifty cars are common. Leadmen

 

[binder001]

Where did you railroad Leadmen? As well as being a "military nut" I am a "train nut". I live near the BNSF mainline and model the Union Pacific. Powder River Basin coal trains are very common through Nebraska and have been interesting to watch evolve over the years.

I'm not much into the current crop of "reality" shows, but I'll have to check out this one.

Gary

 

[Leadmen]

I worked for Grand Trunk/ Canadian National Railroad. In fact today is RR coffee day. We use to be about five retirees who met for coffee on Tue. mornings. Now our group is about 30 guys or more with the ladies at separate tables. There are clerks, officials, conductors, brakemen, enginemen and others from age fifty to 91 years old. They bring in old RR stuff and plenty of stories. If the group gets any larger we will need a banquet hall. We still got room for more. Leadmen