Well I’m glad you see where the appetite comes from. Even though I don’t feel good after. I guess…yeah. It’s a pity it ain’t…wasn’t for my wallet either. (My back is literally killing me)

Likewise, it continues to blow me away. Then again, there’s no saying whether any one piece was there since 1903, or was manufactured in 1900, before sitting in a shed for 90 years and replacing a broken piece in 2003 or something. We are reaching a point, though, that the museum really needs to consider replacing the rail. As good of shape as it’s still in, it only has so much life left. An upgrade to even 100lb for the main line would drastically increase lifespan and ease maintenance. Alas, we’ll see what management comes to decide, and I’ll keep swinging the hammer for the time being. Best wishes amigo, and a Merry Christmas to you and yours!

@@kotabeaner Thanks Dakota, same to you and yours and viva la FRRM.

Absolutely my friend, I greatly appreciate that. If ever we’re actually replacing ties or doing a heavy job, there’s usually two or three of us on the track at once. This though, was pretty light work (for me at least) that didn’t take terribly long, and if this work wasn’t necessary, I’d have just been running the track end to end for inspection to check it off for the week. There just happened to be these couple things I found that needed quick correction. Actually didn’t have any other problems with or within the track for the rest of the season after this. What are the dates/location(s) of the RPCA deal? I might see if I can make a trip just for the sake.

Jan 15-20 Pueblo, CO. Just check the Railroad Passenger Car Alliance website. Usually see your Paul Chapman (think I got the name right!) there.

I imagined you had a hand in that. Wild how different some of those areas look in comparison to just that seemingly short time ago. Always appreciate the assistance, brother - glad you found your calling up north.

That might be an interesting home project. We have a handful of CSX ones in the shop… just kinda grab and go most of the time.

It’s in the job description amigo🥶

It’s impressive to me also when I consider how much I knew even just a year ago. Thanks much for watching my friend.

Don’t we all? Make it a very merry one!

Mele Kalikimaka, I suppose we say to you, from our land where palm trees sway!

Thank you very much friend… that took me a good minute to prep and get done. I’m extremely proud and equally surprised that it held up the entire time. Not to mention the month or so I had to spend beforehand clearing trees on that side of the rail, so that they wouldn’t get snagged or torn off anywhere… nuts.

@@kotabeaner Well, it was worth it. Looked great! Merry Christmas to you and yours. PS Saw Christian's vid last night of you heading the excursion to the North Pole.👍

Much appreciated my friend. We would love to have you. We start operations again on the 4th of January. Merry Christmas to you and your family!

@ you to dude & I hope you got to watch some of the episodes of when I went to Folkston Georgia because while I was there I got to see Pride in Service Locomotive 3194 on I025. Anyway see you out there on the Sunshine State Rails👍

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i started in 2021-2022 and the yn2s are still here.

Csx didnt sell the dash 9s to pam am.

All of the footage of that trip that I’ll upload is in my latest video - “When Natural Disaster strikes the railroad” - there wasn’t a whole lot captured on that trip, so most of the footage made it into that one.

I do remember this. Wow, what a time it’s been. Hope y’all are doing well, and I thank you again for your early acquaintance.

@@kotabeanerwhat are the odds you can repost it? I can’t seem to find it

Not all, Bnsf is doing things with their Mac’s, up is slowly rebuilding their dash 9s, Ns too and same with cn, Csx doesn’t care except for the Mac’s like their dash 9s could easily be rebuilt :( Bnsf only rebuilt 20 and has no plans at this time, up sd70ms are returning to life, bnsf B40-8Ws that are switching are still around and will be around for another decade or 2, Up is rebuilding their AC44s and AC60s which is kinda cool to see, CN is also rebuilding their SD60Is which is nice to see. So we still get to see old stuff but it’s slowly getting rebuilt. Csx it’s the worst class 1 almost.

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@@railyardfilms6491 Bnsf should start rebuilding their dash 9s soon if they plan to, lots of the units are active still. Csx sent up 4 dash 8s to Pam am trackage while the C40-8s are struggling, CN is scrapping their dash 8s right now, Ns been scrapped all theirs, and all ups dash 8s are scrapped except 1 B40-8 donated to a museum and a few UP C40-8Ws in peru and a couple stored in yards in the us.

Thank you sir. It’s rather interesting to see all of those locos strung together by chance.

Thank you! I appreciate that greatly.

Nailed it my friend. Thank you very much.

@kotabeaner you bet

Much appreciated my friend. Always good to hear from you.

@ no problem man anytime 💯💪🏾

What a nice fact.

That sounds about right. That was the general story behind the 2020 scare. They all seemed to jump back out when CSX ran “short on power”. I don’t imagine they’ll face a similar dilemma anytime soon.

I’d have to agree with you on that, amongst the dash 8’s and 9’s, 7868 is the only one active last time I checked.

@@allohiorailfan6123 7868 is active yes because it was seen on M566 less than a month ago. 7774 7787 7799 and 7807 are up in Maine along with the other Pam am C40-8Ws, the C40-8s might be done first as 9280 was recently stored!

Thanks! It’s hard to believe it’s all gone. Or at least, on the way out.

Thank you my friend! I think they’ll be okay without those few feet…haha. Granted though, we are missing several HUNDRED feet of lights this time around…but that’s just cause I decorated the entire train with them. It’s an awesome spectacle. Check it out on my community tab…or wait till myself or a buddy posts a video. It’s gonna get some publicity.

@@kotabeaner Excellent...looking forward to it!👍In the meantime, Merry Christmas to you and yours! I don't think I'm violating protocol, now that Thanksgiving has come and gone. Heck, I think it's 105.5, has been playing Christmas songs since Halloween. Too, too early.

Oh, buddy, you coulda said that to me anytime after the ghosts flew. I’ve been playing it about just as much…we start decorating the yard right after pumpkin patch so…it’s been Christmas for me for a good month already. So, a very Merry Christmas to you and yours!

@@kotabeaner Thanks my friend. As for the music, that's understandable. When you're decorating the entire North Pole as well as the mode of transportation, to and from, playing some seasonal tunes to get you in the spirit is pretty much a necessity. Haha.

Freaky stuff. That pair was a spectacle to find even back then. Just goes to show how quickly things can turn around…for better or for worse. I suppose only time will tell.

Thanks! Will do!

Yeah, it’s been some time, huh? Ironically, the motive behind that production was the most recent scare in 2020 that I mentioned. I appreciate the comment! Who’s to say though whether this time around is legit, or another temporary change in scenery.

They were reactived back in 2020, then the dash 9s in 2021, and eventually in the end of 2023 they put them and the dash 9s into storage again because of the flared Mac rebuilds! I’m glad I got a dash 8 in November due to power shortage again, so that tells u, you should not throw all old power for waste all at once because old can still be useful until it breaks or unless they get stored to be rebuilt.

Ain’t we all? The only thing you can truly count on in life, is change.

@@NSRail_Photography1899 I kinda love this change because we get to see more sd70mac rebuilds out of storage, Csx plans on rebuilding more and more every few weeks or almost every day :) it’s very cool to see change and things evolving!

Thank you for yours, for watching!

I did not see said train either. Had no idea they even ran something like that.

They're all over the place down here. There were about 3 different carriers I saw throughout the evening… B&P and Whitney being the two I remember.

Even that is pretty impressive. I’ve heard certain highways up there won’t be traversable until sometime in 2026. That’s insane. Another comment mentioned potentially summer of next year will see the Clinchfield operating again. I guess we’ll see…hats off to those getting all this done.