I made a trip to Decatur, Illinois on a foggy, cold, not very good weather for photography day! But this was rare and the first time I believe the two Wabash loco's were paired up together in Illinois. I arrived around 7:30A.M. in Niantic, IL and caught a few trains and then the 974 departed roughly around 8:30A.M. 1189 led West and 1070 led East. Here are the photos! Even got CSXT #1 today!
Photo(s):
1. 974 with WAB #1189 flies through Niantic, IL just East of Illiopolis, IL.
2. WAB #1189 gets underway out of Decatur with train 974 Santa Special.
3. Wabash SD70ACe heritage #1070 leads #974 into Decatur, IL.
4. Coming home I railfanned CSX and got engine #1 leading Q233-08 to Salem, IL running through the town of Altamont on the Ex-Conrail line from Indianapolis.
That is way cool . . . . thanks for the pics.
I was at Spencer, NC this summer, so enjoying seeing the entire heritage fleet (together).
Besides just painting-up a few locomotives, I'm also impressed that company officials have promoted ways of using the heritage fleet units "creatively".
Nickel Plate #8100 paired with #765 this summer was an example, and these two Wabash units on the Santa run is another example of what I'm talking about.
Very neat!
They sure know how to put on a show! :)