It has been a little while since I looked into Jreb. I just saw that the last post was made last Dec. I checked the number of people looking right now--64 guests and 2 users, including me. There are usually around 30 guests looking any time I get on to see if there is anything new. Tonight, 64. Looks like people still like to look on here, mostly "guests" but nobody wants to post anything anymore, or very seldom. Evidently there is still interest on this website. There is a ton of material on here, so I guess "guests" can keep looking and finding things of interest on here. It is sort of like a library now, but hardly any new material. I suppose some of the "guests" might some day break loose and join so they can post some of their knowledge, experiences, and photos.
For me, Norfolk Southern, from a photographer's standpoint, has become sort of humdrum. About all I see now days are the usual black engines. I used to see colors quite a lot, mostly from other railroads, engines leased by NS because, I suppose, not enough NS engines to carry the load. Sometimes I saw recent acquisitions, from another RR, that had been "patched". Another bit of color. Rarely, I saw an NS Heritage engine. Not infrequently I saw old engines, including "high hoods", and that was always interesting. Sort of like finding old coins. Now that is about non-existant. It seems that NS has stocked up enough engines so they have enough modern ones to use, and all of their own. I miss the colors. I did discover one thing of interest, the SD90MAC engines that have been repainted, and with new cabs. I happened to zoom in on one of my photos to read the type of engine, the model number. SD70ACU. I don't keep up on all the latest news, so I get behind on the info. I looked that one up and found that it was f former SD90. I hadn't recognized it, because of the new cab, and new paint. I realized that I had not seen any SD90s in a big while. They were all repainted. I looked through my collection and found that I had photos of three former SD90s. I have photos of several of those engines in the UP paint, including a pair of them pulling a train at Danville, KY. I posted a photo of them on here not long ago. That was the only time I saw two of them together. The converted ones I have photos of are not among my group of original SD90s. Maybe one of these days I get a photo of one.
One other item I discovered is that I have a photo or two of one SD80MAC. I thought I had never seen one. They don't usually run up and down the CNO&TP, not that I know of. I had never noticed one. I was looking at some photos one night and discovered that I had a photo of one, and it was on the Green River Trestle. I don't have it handy right now. I'd have to hunt for it on one of my flash drives. Anyway, I have one of those engines in my collection, and the others just mentioned.
I still check on trains now and then, when I can. Probably always will. Might see something of interest.