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Cold Cyclops
It's 4:30 in the morning and the temperature is a bone chilling 5 degrees. We are in the old NYC yard at 63rd Street, also known as Park Manor on standby.
When temperatures are this cold, railroading gets much slower. The car department is having a difficult time finishing their initial terminal inspection of our train due to snow and ice.
My second unit of three today is a former Burlington Northern SD60. I thought these units looked great wearing the BN paint scheme. I also liked them in Soo Line colors.
Not long after we departed Chicago, the arctic weather killed the lead unit in our consist. In order to get the train to Elkhart, we had to switch out the power and make this unit the new leader. That was a very cold, nasty job!
This was my first time behind the throttle of a cyclops. Gotta say that she ran like a champ!
Cold Cyclops
It's 4:30 in the morning and the temperature is a bone chilling 5 degrees. We are in the old NYC yard at 63rd Street, also known as Park Manor on standby.
When temperatures are this cold, railroading gets much slower. The car department is having a difficult time finishing their initial terminal inspection of our train due to snow and ice.
My second unit of three today is a former Burlington Northern SD60. I thought these units looked great wearing the BN paint scheme. I also liked them in Soo Line colors.
Not long after we departed Chicago, the arctic weather killed the lead unit in our consist. In order to get the train to Elkhart, we had to switch out the power and make this unit the new leader. That was a very cold, nasty job!
This was my first time behind the throttle of a cyclops. Gotta say that she ran like a champ!