Saturday, 01/30/16, I headed South for the day with Mr. Odell. We had a birthday dinner to attend in Oakridge, TN that evening and decided to make the most of the day.. The day dawned warm and Sunny (crappy weather for me, but I take what i can get) as we made our way down the 2nd District of the CNO&TP. Our First shot of the day was train 23G at Palm, KY and we would wind up following that train most of the way to Knoxville (but we did shoot a few others along the way)
After a good day of NS action, we joined a few friends at SARM (Southern Appalachia RR Museum) in Oak Ridge TN, followed by a Seafood Feast and then ended up the day sitting around a camp fire with those folks at Nemo, TN for a few hours watching trains and enjoying the outstanding company. I cant think of a better way to spend a day!
Below are a few good ones, and you can find the whole set at this link, in the 2nd District at K&O Albums >>>> http://www.pbase.com/kd4jsl/2016eb (http://www.pbase.com/kd4jsl/2016eb)
01/30/16
The First shot of the day, NS 23G at Palm, Ky just after sunrise
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NS 175 passes the Eubank water tower, which oddly enough, is located a few miles South of that that town, in Science Hill!
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NS 179 pops out of tunnel 24 at Nemo, TN with a pair of crusty UP motors leading.
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NS 23G leans into the sunlight as it nears the South Portal of tunnel 24 at Nemo, TN
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After shooting 23G at Nemo (and the 45 minutes it takes just to get back out of there) we took a "Shortcut" across the mountain and was able to get a couple more shots of him on the K&O line, which runs between the connection with the CNO&TP at Harriman, Jct TN and and Knoxville, TN. In this view, 23g is running down the valley near Marlow, TN.....after a hour of inspired driving, we beat him here by just a few minutes.
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NS 23G is crawling through the speed restriction in downtown Clinton, Tn...seen here crossing the Clinch River.
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Nice pics EM. Looks like you all had a great day.
Great catch with the tunnel shots!