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CSS GP38-2s #2005 and #2004 sit at State Line Yard in Calumet City, IL, alongside the Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad (NICTD)'s electric main line. CSS Freight has been the freight operator over the electric line since early in the 2000s. Their diesel fleet is painted in the original colours of the interurban.
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Hi Synthwolf,
Nice pict of CSS, I've riden their commuter trains and my railfan group had gotten a tour of their shops back a few years. Love trains, I've posted picts of my 'O' gage layout on FA back in Dec along with my 1.5 scale model riding train & my 82 LTD wagon painted in SP Daylight colors that I carry it in. Got quite a few hits on it, was surprized to find so many artist railfans on this site. Do you live along the CSS line in northern Indiana? I live in down state ILL. Oh and nice fursona too.
Nice pict of CSS, I've riden their commuter trains and my railfan group had gotten a tour of their shops back a few years. Love trains, I've posted picts of my 'O' gage layout on FA back in Dec along with my 1.5 scale model riding train & my 82 LTD wagon painted in SP Daylight colors that I carry it in. Got quite a few hits on it, was surprized to find so many artist railfans on this site. Do you live along the CSS line in northern Indiana? I live in down state ILL. Oh and nice fursona too.
well a few decades ago it was pretty common due to Great Northern having electric wires as well as the Milwaukee Road, Pennsylvania. Then in 1972 MR de-electrified it's routes and when Conrail took over portions of the Penn Central that had electric wires the same went for them. There are a few class 2 railroads that run electrics but on a wide scale the only main area would be the Northeast corridor.
Not very common. There are a few electric railroads in Texas, New Mexico, Utah and (I think?) Colorado that haul coal. BC Rail (now CN) had the Tumbler Ridge Subdivision from 1983 until 2000, also for coal hauling. This particular line (from Chicago, IL to South Bend, IN) runs freight over its electric interurban line, but only the passenger trains are electrified.
It's a shame that there aren't more electric lines; they have the potential to be more environmentally friendly than diesel.
Presumably, the reasons for removing them would be the possible unreliability of local electricity supply, and the cost of maintaining the wiring.
Anyone know the specs on the kiloWatts that a freight loco would draw? I'm guessing it's some serious juice!
Presumably, the reasons for removing them would be the possible unreliability of local electricity supply, and the cost of maintaining the wiring.
Anyone know the specs on the kiloWatts that a freight loco would draw? I'm guessing it's some serious juice!
Well, just as an example, the ALP-46 electric locomotive used by New Jersey Transit to and from Manhattan are some of the most modern electrics in the US... they can run on 25 kV AC at 60 Hz, 12 kV at 25 Hz and 12.5 kV/60 Hz (the different voltages are due to different wiring systems on different parts of the network).
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