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Waiting at The Willows
As ED9 finishes it's duties up working the automotive facility, the 3-string of locomotives pulls it's full slab of cars out to end up putting the entire train on the mainline, to then undergo brake testing and have the conductor walk the whole length of the train from back to front.
After, the power would latch off of the string of racks that have been brought out, to be wyed at Ayer and that hitch onto the other side of the string. This is in order to comply with MBTA's ACSES/PTC system, which is only compatible in Norfolk Southern's SD60E rebuilds, and a few other oddball locomotives that have had this specific system installed. So, no other Pan Am Southern trains are permitted to run without the ACSES/PTC system that Keolis has integrated into their trackage.
This means it's almost always an SD60E leading as they are the only locomotives in Norfolk Southern's fleet that have consistently been installed with this unique system.
Waiting at The Willows
As ED9 finishes it's duties up working the automotive facility, the 3-string of locomotives pulls it's full slab of cars out to end up putting the entire train on the mainline, to then undergo brake testing and have the conductor walk the whole length of the train from back to front.
After, the power would latch off of the string of racks that have been brought out, to be wyed at Ayer and that hitch onto the other side of the string. This is in order to comply with MBTA's ACSES/PTC system, which is only compatible in Norfolk Southern's SD60E rebuilds, and a few other oddball locomotives that have had this specific system installed. So, no other Pan Am Southern trains are permitted to run without the ACSES/PTC system that Keolis has integrated into their trackage.
This means it's almost always an SD60E leading as they are the only locomotives in Norfolk Southern's fleet that have consistently been installed with this unique system.