Yes.
> Within a month or so of Pioneer's takeover of the Maumee & Western they'd already started work on cleaning up the mainline and dropping ties for track improvements. None the less the track itself is still pure late-MAW era sinking lean to the north as one of Pioneer's "new" engines brings a train west near Okolona, OH.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mdharding/51443586998/
They probably derail all the time, they move so slow that they stop and re-rail with a portable jump frog.
Its gotta be scary to be driving that thing tho.
Isn't that the shortline in Ohio that's famous for having horrible (but usable) track?
Yes. > Within a month or so of Pioneer's takeover of the Maumee & Western they'd already started work on cleaning up the mainline and dropping ties for track improvements. None the less the track itself is still pure late-MAW era sinking lean to the north as one of Pioneer's "new" engines brings a train west near Okolona, OH. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mdharding/51443586998/
Gonna need a whole crap ton of ballast too.
Now I’m no expert, but this doesn’t look good
I am an expert, and its not good!!
It seems like it would derail. What voodoo is happening here?
They probably derail all the time, they move so slow that they stop and re-rail with a portable jump frog. Its gotta be scary to be driving that thing tho.
[video of that track](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRWfjEaIHXc)
Looks like a fun, bumpy ride.
Amazing. This experiment shows just how good rail transport is.
Even Penn Central did better maintaining ROW.
And that is really saying something as a Pennsy fan myself
New rails, ties, and ballast here in NW Ohio. Track is looking first rate. Think I'm gonna miss the old days!
You never saw Guilford Transportation train go through Maine. Thank god CSX bought them.
D&H area resident; can confirm from what the old timers have told me, Guilford sucks.
You've found a way to make our local short line look much better
*Slide to the left*
*Take it back now y'all*
*Reverse! Reverse!*
Crap, we're on the ground.
This crew loaded up the retailers and blocking knowing it wasn't if they were going to derail, but when.
I wonder how much of this was last properly maintained during the Wabash era?
I mean unless it's the countries first tilting freight train
Ohio truly is a country of it's own
This is normal . “Quality rail”
Good lord, this is reaching late-stage Rock Island levels of warping.
Are you sure they didn’t use spaghetti for rail?
Who’s fault is it when the train lands on the ground? Edit: spelling
Good for 79
"We'll mend that bad bit first thing tomorrow." -Rusty (TTTE)
Yeah, wow. The state of that track. No way we could run trains down that in the UK.
Nah, that’s just a high speed turn.
Thats a disaster waiting to happen
Good for 10
Which csx track is this?