by justalurker66
The comments on the first clip help explain ... multiple railroads, multiple entities. Not to mention private cars.
When it is all one operation (all Amtrak as in the second clip) only one entity needs to be represented. I am surprised by the lack of high-vis vests in the second video. It almost seems like a second skin around railroads.
The South Shore MU cars cut and add fairly quickly ... but even with their cars (no loose hoses, cabs at the break point) there is time involved. And less cuts and adds done now than they did a couple of decades ago. It seems easier to simply keep the train in one piece even if some cars are empty.
When it is all one operation (all Amtrak as in the second clip) only one entity needs to be represented. I am surprised by the lack of high-vis vests in the second video. It almost seems like a second skin around railroads.
The South Shore MU cars cut and add fairly quickly ... but even with their cars (no loose hoses, cabs at the break point) there is time involved. And less cuts and adds done now than they did a couple of decades ago. It seems easier to simply keep the train in one piece even if some cars are empty.