CFE GP38s Pull Over 100 Cars and Show Off RS3L Horn

[@NWORails]

Nice capture!! I really need to get a proper recording of them.

[@BeginCTC]

Thanks man, me too lol. We tried to meet them in Monroeville and chase them to FW but they snuck up on us in Maples. Played catch up just barely in time to get this shot all the way back in town. They were moving today!

[@NWORails]

The fastest I've seen them move was through the countryside near Delphos, going about 25-30 MPH. I'm still trying to catch one of the sand trains but it's always too late by the time I hear of one coming through and it's typically on a school day. I'd also like to catch another CSX grain on the line, I only ever got one. Happy early Easter by the way!! Do you know why they stopped doing autorack trains? Or was that when NS still had trackage rights, I remember seeing one getting unloaded at their N Cole Street Lima yard.

[@BeginCTC]

@NWORails Maples detector clocked them at 32mph today which was impressive considering the size of their train. As far as operations go, I'm not very well versed on the CFE despite living in Fort Wayne for nearly a decade now. I used to railfan them more back when NS still ran through freight across the line, but around the time NS stopped I got my start with the RR and took a years long break for being a buff. The guys in the CFE FB group are a wealth of knowledge though. I'm sure one of them has the info

[@NWORails]

@@BeginCTC I wish that NS still had trackage rights, it'd give more of a reason to go out there. I personally never saw any, I wasn't around when they still were operating. I started watching trains in the area when I was 16 I believe, by then, they were gone. I would also love to catch the W&LE more often. I wish I had someone to give me heads up about all of the sand trains, grain trains, and the W&LE trains that are coming, I don't check the group soon enough.