There isn't much on "Trip Reports" these days, so I thought I'd post a few photos of MOW equipment, those not in the contest. The first is a photo of the Loram rail grinder train, that I happened to see near Junction City, KY. I was on the shady side, so this photo isn't well-lit. I had to use a photo editing program to tweak it a little. It still isn't good, but usable--shows the train.
The next three were made at Kings Mountain, KY. The 2nd photo shows a UP SD90MAC passing by. It was one of the group bought by Norfolk Southern. I have "caught" a few of those engines in the last few years.
The last photo shows the "Geometry Train" as it was passing through the Danville, KY yard.
I decided to try out Flickr, so I can post photos directly on here. I'll probably put more on here. Anything besides the usual black engines are rare, for me anyway. As for black engines, I haven't seen an SD80 that I know of, and I haven't seen an SD90 repainted to black. Now and then I see something different, NS Heritage or some other road name. Now and then I see some older ones. I might post photos of older engines, that I have seen over the last few years. Matt L. of New York has been propping up this section almost by himself, so I'll help him out a little.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4228/34935556260_a3e7c6f3c5_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Ve8RJU)100_4955c---Loram LMIX 401---rail grinder train--900px--tg (https://flic.kr/p/Ve8RJU) by Bill Richardson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150435515@N03/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4259/35203667811_0604c7a4f3_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VCPZXR)100_5324b---UP-7256 & MOW machines--Kings Mtn--900px--tg (https://flic.kr/p/VCPZXR) by Bill Richardson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150435515@N03/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4207/35203675091_f20e4e49e1_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VCQ38n)2015_0729(011)--MOW machine--Kings Mtn--900px--tg (https://flic.kr/p/VCQ38n) by Bill Richardson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150435515@N03/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4227/35166492472_3e1e6080ec_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Vzxt2J)2015_0729(013)--MOW machines--Kings Mtn--900px--tg (https://flic.kr/p/Vzxt2J) by Bill Richardson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150435515@N03/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4284/35282992296_648b6b96be_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VKQyno)NS-34--generator slug and geomertry test car--800px (https://flic.kr/p/VKQyno) by Bill Richardson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150435515@N03/), on Flickr
Nice catches