tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041552085657689520.post3601169599049239190..comments2024-02-27T20:49:36.377-08:00Comments on Milepost 154: A Train Blog: The Tale of UP 7783 East: A TRIPLE Train MeetMilepost 154http://www.blogger.com/profile/05844522510412100574noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041552085657689520.post-67728643641928611432019-02-06T07:44:12.838-08:002019-02-06T07:44:12.838-08:00This is what I want to know. Who did the maintenan...This is what I want to know. Who did the maintenance on UP5359 before the catastrophic derailment in Yoho on Feb. 4, 2019? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041552085657689520.post-9129129104613933792019-02-05T20:46:25.648-08:002019-02-05T20:46:25.648-08:00UP5359 derailed on the weekend in B.C. Canada, res...UP5359 derailed on the weekend in B.C. Canada, resulting in three fatalities.<br /><br />https://globalnews.ca/news/4922096/train-derailment-field-b-c/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041552085657689520.post-30540442187116373722011-11-03T16:57:37.501-07:002011-11-03T16:57:37.501-07:00Also, EMD and SP had an agreement some years ago c...Also, EMD and SP had an agreement some years ago called "Power By The Mile."<br /><br />Some units are owned outright by various railroads. Some units are leased from locomotive manufacturers or from leasing firms.<br /><br />And yes, they usually charge "by the mile."<br /><br />MP154Milepost 154https://www.blogger.com/profile/05844522510412100574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041552085657689520.post-48267039289428025632011-11-03T16:50:49.928-07:002011-11-03T16:50:49.928-07:00Greybeard:
Many lines have "agreements"...Greybeard:<br /><br />Many lines have "agreements" or MOUs (Memorandum Of Understanding) between rail carriers. For example, over Donner, BNSF can also run trains through the Roseville Subdivision if UP engineers run the trains.<br /><br />Likewise, there are also power agreements between different railroads. Most railroads do NOT want to use "outside" power but, when they do, it is easy to determine the hours and charges to be billed. Each locomotive not only contains its own "black box" for the NTSB, but each Class I locomotive has its own camera system and RFID tag.<br /><br />Technology.<br /><br />MP154Milepost 154https://www.blogger.com/profile/05844522510412100574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041552085657689520.post-18157303691131988292011-11-02T00:50:47.075-07:002011-11-02T00:50:47.075-07:00Okay my friend, you may be the one that can answer...Okay my friend, you may be the one that can answer a question I have had. Living 1/2 mile from a busy line, I've noticed strange engines in trains now and then and wondered-<br />How do they handle the costs from one owner to another? That CN locomotive was at work, so will UP pay CN on a per-hour or per mile basis, or will they simply take it out in trade?<br />And who does the maintenance on the thing while it is far, far from home?<br /><br />Interesting stuff. Thanks for the education.Greybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11919862790973521778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041552085657689520.post-62199932637608967352011-10-29T18:37:50.347-07:002011-10-29T18:37:50.347-07:00My apologies for not posting more frequently. I h...My apologies for not posting more frequently. I have a HUGE backlog of videos and photographs, but the files are so LARGE that it takes me, literally, a concentrated day or two to upload one post into YouTube and then back down into Blogger and thence into an individual post. <br /><br />I have dial-up at home and, therefore, can't make anything but the most basic of trainblog posts from there.<br /><br />At this point, I have over 50 Flip HD videos I'd LOVE to post with accompanying photographs of 10mp or larger.<br /><br />The reason I actually got THIS post up with its video and 10+ photos? I'm on vacation and have a fast wi-fi in the hotel room.<br /><br />MP154Milepost 154https://www.blogger.com/profile/05844522510412100574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041552085657689520.post-77149724078033047382011-10-29T18:29:22.022-07:002011-10-29T18:29:22.022-07:00WSF, what happened is this: when the train itself ...WSF, what happened is this: when the train itself was prepared in STOCKTON, whoever prepped the engines forgot to turn the switch on the back wall to RUN. It was as simple as that. Nobody noticed it until they ran up Donner Pass on a grade. THEN it became an issue. The loco was working just fine; it had simply been cut out of the consist. Lots of wasted fuel, no work provided.<br /><br />After a while, that can tend to get expensive at today's diesel prices though, of course, UP isn't paying $4 a gallon like passenger and commercial vehicles on the highway.<br /><br />MP154Milepost 154https://www.blogger.com/profile/05844522510412100574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041552085657689520.post-61487527469563179962011-10-28T20:02:11.661-07:002011-10-28T20:02:11.661-07:00Somebody, somewhere,is in line for an ass chewing....Somebody, somewhere,is in line for an ass chewing.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.com