first day with a camera and walked straight outside to the sound of two emd's coming thru town, didnt get a great shot but a shot nonetheless, and later caught t19 with their GE on the ground forever shattering the "six axle loco's can go anywhere a four axle can" logic.
testing my zoom on the recently derailed T19
On the ground, but at least its not on fire...:) They had the mess cleaned up and T19 was just leaving there, headed to Shelbyville (KY) when I came by there on the way home from work.
God job for your first outing with the new camera..I love how you got the General Cable sign framed with the derailment pic! Looking forward to more, just hope my suggestion didn't cost you to much :)
Well not so far, but in the long run this may cost me lol thanks a lot. ;D
Quote from: adam w. on July 15, 2011, 02:47:34 PM
first day with a camera and walked straight outside to the sound of two emd's coming thru town, didnt get a great shot but a shot nonetheless, and later caught t19 with their GE on the ground forever shattering the "six axle loco's can go anywhere a four axle can" logic.
You probably didn't know this, but the Alco C628 shattered that philosophy back in the '60s and '70s. Both the Lehigh Valley and the D&H found the C628's 6 axle trucks could break rail... so each of those RRs eventually put restrictions on where they could go.
The L&N invoked similar restrictions on six-axles 40 years ago. In particular, the tri-mount trucks on Alco C628s, C630s and GE U25Cs were problematic because of the way weight was distributed on them. They were effectively banned, in fact, on several stretches of main line.
NS also up graded all switches and most tracks.