Thanks to posts on social media and JREB.org, I was able to keep dibs on the NS 285 with the UP "GEVO 5000" in the lead. Once it hit the "heads up dead zone" south of Atlanta, I was wondering if the power made it alive through Inman Yard. I woke to a text this morning that indeed it did! After a late start, I was able to catch 285's power returning light back to NS's Simpson Yard after dropping off it's cars at FEC's Bowden Yard. So here are a few pics from today's outing... Shooting GEVOs on a cloudy day, I must be suffering from cabin fever!
First up a pair of butt-heads switching out the south end of NS Simpson yard:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trainorders.com%2Fdiscussion%2Fattachments%2Ffullsize%2F764000%2FNS_2407b.jpg&hash=a26285c8c42193ad787f6f275e1dbd85ddb61818)
Engineer on 2407:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trainorders.com%2Fdiscussion%2Fattachments%2Ffullsize%2F764000%2FNS_2407c.jpg&hash=e7b4f474cb3dd88e804bbbd71e3501621bbc9698)
GEVO 5000:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trainorders.com%2Fdiscussion%2Fattachments%2Ffullsize%2F764000%2FUP7964Simpson285.jpg&hash=560a848fb1784e5914e21b59ce0f70470143635a)
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trainorders.com%2Fdiscussion%2Fattachments%2Ffullsize%2F764000%2FUP7964Simpson285c.jpg&hash=8fcd6389e6ac3dec86c5f701640ec537ba3b464c)
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trainorders.com%2Fdiscussion%2Fattachments%2Ffullsize%2F764000%2FUP7964Simpson285b.jpg&hash=05dd50c91303b563a1572d9dc1608ce718dfe8ee)
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trainorders.com%2Fdiscussion%2Fattachments%2Ffullsize%2F764000%2FUP7964Simpson285d.jpg&hash=6b718600bbe1a3ed39909041b66d90a459abe459)
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trainorders.com%2Fdiscussion%2Fattachments%2Ffullsize%2F764000%2FUP7964Simpson285f.jpg&hash=f8c2c6a41fee63f2eec3faa2566d1cbf93c98332)
NS 209 arrives under the watchful eye of a Special Agent:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trainorders.com%2Fdiscussion%2Fattachments%2Ffullsize%2F764000%2FNS9813Simpson209.jpg&hash=4455a507bdaad8e1b52d6910c1292d7a95545824)
Down the road I find CSX Q458 with some UP power as well:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trainorders.com%2Fdiscussion%2Fattachments%2Ffullsize%2F764000%2FUP8789MoncriefQ458.jpg&hash=45499fda9ab801bc4b0c1637b9991e119bb2ca90)
Realizing the images are a bit large, trying to utilize the whole URL embedding thingamagizmo!