Distributed Power At Broad Bottom
On our return trip from Peach Creek, we had dropped by Goff in an attempt to spot a loaded train that had been up there earlier that morning. When we turned up empty handed, we had come back down to Pikeville where we heard C501 over the scanner. After judging the job briefing, we knew that todays C501 had doubled up the Goff train we had been looking for with a train from Scotts Branch and was clear to head towards Russell. We decided to venture down the Broad Bottom (for the first time) and shoot the train rolling past. Take note of the difference between the coal loads before and after the DP's. Can you spot which came from where? Being a double batch loading system, loads from Goff are humped twice while Scotts Branch loads are nice and even all the way across. Funnily enough, as the DP's passed us, the 415 unit died out, rolling the train to a stop on ahead at Harold. What a day.
Distributed Power At Broad Bottom
On our return trip from Peach Creek, we had dropped by Goff in an attempt to spot a loaded train that had been up there earlier that morning. When we turned up empty handed, we had come back down to Pikeville where we heard C501 over the scanner. After judging the job briefing, we knew that todays C501 had doubled up the Goff train we had been looking for with a train from Scotts Branch and was clear to head towards Russell. We decided to venture down the Broad Bottom (for the first time) and shoot the train rolling past. Take note of the difference between the coal loads before and after the DP's. Can you spot which came from where? Being a double batch loading system, loads from Goff are humped twice while Scotts Branch loads are nice and even all the way across. Funnily enough, as the DP's passed us, the 415 unit died out, rolling the train to a stop on ahead at Harold. What a day.