After noticing the rain had stopped, I ventured out in hopes of catching the Wabash again. I started my day at South Fork waiting on 1070. Where, as fate would have it, the rain started back up again. Luckily it was only a light rain, until Mr. Bell and myself got out of our cars. Then it turned into a pounding, cold rain. Not a minute or two before the monsoon came at us, he wished it would start raining again. He got his wish.. ;D I think I was the happiest when the rain finally stopped :) After driving through puddles and trying to dry off, these are my results of the chase!
Wabash 1070 leans into the curve at South Fork
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NS 142 with Wabash in the lead gets onto single track at Palm
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NS 142 is up to a good speed now as it passes under the old searchlights at Junction City
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NS 142 pauses for fuel while a caboose on the west yard job sits in the yard
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Here was another treat on the day, BNSF 3165, a GP50 rides 3rd out on NS 177 as it passes by the Tower
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Here are some other pictures from a week or two ago:
The speed limit sign says 25, but NS 797 is down to a slower speed as it brings an empty coal train through the tight curves at Harrodsburg
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Finally, after missing this power the day before, CN 2221 and CN 5504 bring NS 116 under the signals at Junction City
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