Bt sad for the families of two who lost their lives, and upsetting for those who lost possessions, livelihoods, etc. Something like six inches of rain in two hours, and it went down almost as fast as it came up. Did not have any apparent air hose connections however it had a closed doors on each end that may have had some kind of connections or just access panel doors.ġ0 Finally only markings were GMS 2 without any prefix. 2 pieces of steel with about 2" holes for coupler pin.ĩ. On one end had what can only describe a a non operating solid knuckle much like what one would see on a cheap model RR car.Ĩ # 7 attached to unit by a double piece of steel that coupler unit end slides into then attached by a pin. Did not have a standard Janey coupler or separation levers.ħ. Had in front of each end what may have been a cab signal inductor holder.Ħ. Had three amall single axels between end trucks.ĥ. Ends were identical in every way except coupler.Ĥ. Appeared very boxy with only about a 10 degree slant on each end with no crumple zone. Approximately 50 ft long and height of a covered hopper including AC units on each end.ģ. Truck wheels only about 1-1/2 ft from #5 holder.Ģ. A single car with 2 two axel powered end trucks. Marked only "GMS 2" right fronts CSX on right rears.ġ. the 3 northbounds stacked tightly on main and when soth bounds cleared they proceeded north enguneerun unit on a green and next 2 on restricting to clear blocked suto crossings. A southbound intermodal followed by a long manufest. Well another CSX muck up here, 5 unit meet on our short siding. An engineering single unit north bound, then a 4 engine light move, and a manifest all trying to clear on main. (What's inside a Plasser carbody is kinda like Forrest Gump's Chocolate Box, no two applications are ever the same, the guts are usually different ) radical railroad chop shop kit-bashing at 1:1 scale ) The grand-daddy of all of these is AAR/TTC110, a cut down ex-SP SD45x built at the test track in Pueblo in the late 1980's.(Saw it go in at Avondale CO as an SP SD-45x (9504? IIRC) and then come out looking like a 5-axle slug (C- trucks to Blomberg B's and an extra axle where the fuel tank used to be). Most Class 1 railroads have some version of these cars (hardly all in a Plasser carbody) and shortlines rent the same type thing. Built on a standard Plasser carbody (track motor vehicle in their parlance), GRMS means Gage Restraint Measuring System (not an UMLER Code, it is only CSX's M/W unit number.) Onboard CSX-1 and CSX-2 they have a way of hydraulically loading the rail to cause and measure gage and rail cant/rollover issues in the rail tie interface system. GRMS 2 is a Plasser built (ie - "Prussian Nightmare") geometry car in captive service to CSX.
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