wm7449
Obsession Starter
RBMN NRHT, a train that I've always really liked for it's unique purpose, serving one customer that only gets 3-4 cars a week. After the NS East Palestine wreck, Reading and Northern started the NRHT service which would run north out of Reading to Hometown to serve a plant there that gets chemical filled tank cars. The train, when loaded, is set to a 25 mile per hour speed restriction. A caboose and ample buffer cars make this train pretty much immune to such disaster that was seen in East Palestine. This train almost harks back to the Reading Company's "Bee Line Service" Where customers would call the railroad with a couple hour notice saying they needed served and a train would be dispatched to switch the customer. This was for direct competition with trucks in it's day on Readings very centralized and cramped system. However today's rendition is more of a safety precaution.
When I first shot the train 2 years ago they were using a patched caboose and an SD50. Tomorrow I'll be going after them with the same caboose but painted and likely nothing more than a geep. Always something neat happening on this railroad in an age of disappointment with class ones...
REUPLOAD/REEDIT
Obsession Starter
RBMN NRHT, a train that I've always really liked for it's unique purpose, serving one customer that only gets 3-4 cars a week. After the NS East Palestine wreck, Reading and Northern started the NRHT service which would run north out of Reading to Hometown to serve a plant there that gets chemical filled tank cars. The train, when loaded, is set to a 25 mile per hour speed restriction. A caboose and ample buffer cars make this train pretty much immune to such disaster that was seen in East Palestine. This train almost harks back to the Reading Company's "Bee Line Service" Where customers would call the railroad with a couple hour notice saying they needed served and a train would be dispatched to switch the customer. This was for direct competition with trucks in it's day on Readings very centralized and cramped system. However today's rendition is more of a safety precaution.
When I first shot the train 2 years ago they were using a patched caboose and an SD50. Tomorrow I'll be going after them with the same caboose but painted and likely nothing more than a geep. Always something neat happening on this railroad in an age of disappointment with class ones...
REUPLOAD/REEDIT