I really enjoyed my time at the event in Spencer. Met some new folks and saw many friends. The crowds that were there at the beginning of Tuesday morning fizzled out by late in the afternoon, and really seemed to never come back on Wednesday.
I managed to come up with a few photos from the event that I really liked:
Illinois Terminal 1072 sits around the turntable with some other colorful units:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=402614&nseq=48
These weren't accepted, but I liked them..
The commemorative number boards on NS 1030:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arandall70/7515350914/
Nickel Plate 8100:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arandall70/7533187130/in/photostream
NW 8103 and SOU 8099 bracket NS 1030:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arandall70/7533179140/in/photostream/
And a few others I haven't tried...
NS 8114 and NS 1616. The Norfolk Southern is my favorite heritage unit:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arandall70/7533181438/in/photostream/
NW 522 and NW heritage ES44AC 8103 with predecessors NKP, VGN, WAB, and ITC:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arandall70/7533183992/in/photostream/
The Penn Central Family:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arandall70/7533178538/in/photostream/
8103 and 8100 stare across at the 8105:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arandall70/7533186340/in/photostream/
And the best part of the trip, to me, was seeing the parade of locomotives leaving town:
NS 961 leaving Salisbury:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNO_42Z-JiY&list=UUJLw124PIjZuJDZjNvtfUXg&index=2&feature=plcp
And my favorite shot of the week, NS 960 at Lexington:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiVls281g40&feature=relmfu
Thanks for looking