I had been considering posting this previously, but didn't get to it for one reason or another, including internet trouble and computer trouble. On April 2 I went out to the Burnside and Tateville area to see what I could find. It is kind of like fishing. Sometimes I find nothing, or very little, but sometimes some items of interest come along.
As I was crossing the bridge over the Cumberland River, I saw a train with a red engine coming across, heading north. It wasn't to the mid point yet, so I had a brief time to grap a photo or two. There were no cars or trucks coming from either direction, so I stopped on the bridge, about mid way and hurridly got my camera out of its zippered bag. I made two quick photos, while checking for cars. I got a broad view, and then zoomed in on the red Canadian, a CP. That was the first I had seen. A CN was rare, before that day. Now I see more and more. I got the zoom of the CP and then took off, heading for the Burnside office.
Here is the zoom shot of the CP, with an SD locomotive to boot.
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I didn't find anything at the Burnside place, so I headed for Tateville. There was a train parked on the track, over the road. I couldn't see the engines, so I turned off and went up to the track and then to the first road crossing. There I found the front end, with a red cab CN in the lead. I also found another rail fan, JS-In-KY, with his entourage. We talked, and made several photos. He showed me the radio he uses to keep tabs on what's happening, and alerted me to more colored engines coming.
I had only one chance before to get a photo of a CN, and that one was zipping by, at Science Hill. It is amazing that people take chances at crossings, driving across when they shouldn't. Russian Roulette.
I made several photos of that CN parked at the crossing. It wasn't nice and clean, but it was something different, and I rarely get a camera aimed at something different.
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After that, I left and went to another place, at Woodson Bend. It is one of my good places, for outdoors interest, and trains. John had told me that something was coming, so I waited about a half hour, and then one showed up. That one had the usual black engines, all Dash 9s I think. Three trains came by while I was there. The third was the special one, with colors. It had two CEFX units, a red CP, and an ICE unit. That was three unusual road names on one train, and that made two CPs in one day. The ICE was only the second I have seen, the first being in the Danville yard with the Soo. I posted photos of those two.
I had my camera set on burst, and got three shots of the train heading south. This photo is the last of that group.
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After that one went by, I walked out and to the truck, then headed back to Burnside. There I found John again, with his entourage, and camera, and more Canadians. Two CNs. I got photos of them too. That made five Canadians in one day. I guess that makes up for some dud days. I made photos of them parked, and moving out. I used the old film camera too, with B&W film. Soon after I went home. That was a good day.
Canadian Nationals at Burnside
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