Four Geeps and 52 Cars on Sappi-3 West! Heaviest I've Seen -9/23/24

[@tomroise9426]

Thx for showing the entire train over that bridge! The reflection in the water was awesome!! Great job!!

[@jackseamon7064]

Thank you for capturing that. Quite the healthy looking size train!

[@lashendawest7509]

Great catches awesome chase and nice video

[@chuxproductions1090]

Super videography with exceptional Locomotive lineup! Thanks for sharing such a great train! Sharp clear view of this massive TRAIN! The approach to Shawmut is the only view I haven’t gotten over the years! Very enjoyable show! Too bad this was over a month ago! Thanks for sharing!

[@alanwbelcher]

Ouch! That was painfully slow.

[@a.r.gentum6517]

That power hasn't been in the 8th notch for quite a while. I would have isolated the lead unit and ran quiet I'd even shutdown a trailing unit. 10MPH is a busy speed to maintain. 2 units is enough to go 10MPH without dicking around with the throttle constantly. I can't be sure, I don't know the loads, empties, tons, avg tons per car or the tonnage profile. Going 10MPH is just as bad as trying to maintain 25MPH. oh well, I fell down the KZbin rabbit hole again. Nonetheless, I really appreciate how you let this quality video "speak" for itself. Decent looking track. I'd guess, 90lb rail?

[@Steve-xf4uv]

I can't get to Maine before next May, hope there are still some units in Pan Am or Guilford colours; maybe in Waterville. Thanks for sharing, nice shots.

[@BranchlineGeepProductions]

This would be the chase to do, seems to be the only place that these old geeps are real mainstays.

[@BOATNIAGARA]

Good video !

[@paulwinslow2974]

Great catch how much longer does csx plan on using the old pan am power

[@tomroise9426]

Wish we could have seen the plant. How many cars did they bring out to the mill?

[@BranchlineGeepProductions]

I think it was around the same number. The plant is not really very visible from the road, the first clip is them waiting to leave the mill.

[@buixrule]

Cool catch. So slow, by the time it gets where it's going it will be winter.

[@steventurner820]

Too bad they did a horn swap on 307, but awesome to see 315 and 316 together!

[@TBone-McGlaughlin]

some has been stealing horns out of skid row in waterville and it was one of the ones that got hit.

[@steventurner820]

Sadly not surprising. I think 7643 was one of the ones hit, do you know of any others?

[@insane_rail_lover]

Damn it. 307 got horns stolen twice already 😂

[@stevenconnolly7907]

Believe it or not lots of paper is now being sold to Mexico. Trade exports! Woohoo. Enjoy this scene. Once CSX gets full STB approval new locomotives will be coming. 🚂

[@Maine_Railfan]

STB approval for the sale if thats what you were referring to happened almost three years ago. CSX has tried implementing their own geeps here, but what was left in storage is in significantly worse shape than the Pan Am stuff. I think they are down to a GP38-2 and a few GP40-2's out of the 20 or so units they sent up to Waterville since 2022.

[@stevenconnolly7907]

@Maine_Railfan STB did approve initial transaction but there are still reporting and monitoring requirements such as G&W operations on Pan Am Southern. CSX stated in its 10-K some time ago it hadn't integrated PAR into its CSX portfolio it's still being run as a separate stand alone company. I'm guessing full approval will come in early 2025. 🚂

[@Maine_Railfan]

@ the transaction is 100% and complete. Like every sale the STB monitors things to make sure they hold up their end of the deal. The only things that are still being run as their own entity is the dispatching. Everything else has been integrated into the rest of the csx network.