While out railfanning today (4/6) at Western Ave, I saw cabs 8447 and 8449 on seperate MDN West line trains. Loaners from UP?
Also, it's still cab car heaven on the Milw/NCS lines. Due to several partial 3 or 4 consists stored midday at CUS, many rush hour trains will understandably have two or even three 8500's in the consist. But that still doesn't explain the 5-car NCS train that still runs with three 8500's in its consist, same as it always has, even before the expansion. Can't quite understand why they'd need the two UP 8400's (unless they're going to permanently assign them there) if they're still running 5 car trains with three cab cars...
Also, it's still cab car heaven on the Milw/NCS lines. Due to several partial 3 or 4 consists stored midday at CUS, many rush hour trains will understandably have two or even three 8500's in the consist. But that still doesn't explain the 5-car NCS train that still runs with three 8500's in its consist, same as it always has, even before the expansion. Can't quite understand why they'd need the two UP 8400's (unless they're going to permanently assign them there) if they're still running 5 car trains with three cab cars...
--Dorian--
