Up On Long Island Rr!

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  1. grdaniel48

    grdaniel48 Well-Known Member

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    I created this "Out of the rail" Scenario.
    It can seems to be strange, but the train fits perfect on Penn Station and the tunnel.
    Even the "climb" in the last part of the tunnel required some skills...It was tough.
    I also have some red lights to wait for.
    In resume an interesting drive.
    Finally I could complete one, after 2 weeks of problems!

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    Very interesting! If it works, why not!
     
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    Fun fact. like in the 80s or so, a New Jersey railway tried to run freight trains through those tunnels. Trains fitted the Manhattan tunnels however, these tunnels are not actually anchored to the soil, they are just resting on mud in the middle of the river so running a very long and heavy freight train was, and still is, unadvisable. Also, if the train is long enough, it would actually bend with the tunnel which is rather bad for the couplings and brake pipe air flow. That's why there are no freight services through there and trains have to be shipped on a barge to long island from New Jersey as there is no direct rail link.

    No transport authority or regulators stop us from doing some dumb stuff like running a mile long stack train through Penn Station ;P
     
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    JGRudnick and Class395
    Thank you very much for your comments, and information!
    Yes apart from that there will be also an issue about the smog and emissions inside the tunnel which will affect the train crew!
    Furthermore for proper "real" situation, I should use CSX's GP38 loco instead, for NY area.
    But as I used it on Main Spessart Bahn, I decide to use the UP one, as there was lot of time I did not drive it!
    Anyway for this reason this is called "Out of the rails"
    ;)
     

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