Greg and myself decided to head out for awhile this afternoon and hang around the yard at Danville (Ky) . It had been a stressful week, The sun was shining for the first time in Two weeks, so Off we went. As I was getting ready to leave the house my 5 year old daughter asked if she could go watch trains with me, and wanted to take a camera with her...how bout that!
AS we drove South, the NS radio was dead except for train 285. We caught up with him at Harrodsburg and got a grubby looking CR GE leading past the block just East of Downtown. (click the thumbs for bigger pics)
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We followed 285 on into Danville and got him again as they pulled up at DV Tower for fuel and new crew.
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Rachel had a lot of fun with our little point and shoot Kodak digital. She took pics of everything, and even managed a few decent train shots. Here is her very first "keeper" with no help from me at all. Maybe in a couple of years I can upgrade cameras again and pass the old DSLR along to her. (end of proud papa bragging)
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After a quick bite to eat, we headed out to the bridge just South of the Wye for Two Southbounds. Here is NS 215 with a pair of standard issue fish, and a artsy shot of a empty Gunderson stack car.
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We had a little wait after 215 ran. and Greg started looking for things to do. Here, he reads from the book of Pooh...I guess he must have been really bored...
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223 finally gets a light off the Louisville side and shows up with a BNSF leader. This would be the last train for a long while as the afternoon lull sets in. The clouds had started to thicken anyway, so we headed back home..
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