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Title: Alabama Birmingham East End Trip Report
Post by: NSSpike on December 27, 2014, 11:57:50 AM
Was able to take some time and get trackside on Friday 12/26 and the weather and sky's were somewhat clear for a change. NS 172 (NEW ORLEANS, LA (UP QLINSL) - LINWOOD, NC) which most often runs into Atlanta in the evenings rolls east bound into Villa Rica Georgia with the NS 6710, UP3962 and NS 9749.
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr630%2FNSSpike%2FRailPhotos122614NS172_zps75120e6c.jpg&hash=322719266d2b48c74385d6b89c60913f61466ab2)
NS 172 at the West Douglasville curves.
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr630%2FNSSpike%2FRailPhotos122614NS1721_zpsbf098e91.jpg&hash=eb56f8aeed803d34bf95fbe8f2d0fd8f4f446308)
NS 220 (DALLAS, TX (KCS IDAAT)- ATLANTA, GA) at Temple Georgia with BNSF 4155 & NS2637
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr630%2FNSSpike%2FRailPhotos122614NS220_zps7327a778.jpg&hash=821bdb7e9e5938c54c2288930a0eb82f680c35eb)
NS 24E  (DALLAS, TX (KCS IDAAT2) - ATLANTA, GA) at Temple Georgia with KCS 4706, 4035 & NS9026
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr630%2FNSSpike%2FRailPhotos122614NS24E_zps7327a778.jpg&hash=45984f3e1d3d64da98db5fd43f63e2f26262814b)

Back on December 26, I managed to capture Georgia Division Carrollton local G67 was it shoves a cut of cars through the alley way and thick fog to the East End storage tracks at Bremen Georgia.
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr630%2FNSSpike%2FRailPhotos122614NSG67_zps0169ce14.jpg&hash=384783283acd7a05ea82055bed543fa9efc1a790)

From December 14,
Georgia Division NS 600 south bound coal drag to Plant Wansley crosses over the Alabama East End diamond at Bremen Georgia with NS8093 leading 1013, 7707 & DPU8091
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr630%2FNSSpike%2FRailPhotos121414NS600_zps904bcb97.jpg&hash=b19f93c8720d76f7e836097b9b880a24f35a1136)
NS 153 (LINWOOD, NC - BIRMINGHAM, AL) with NS8841 leading clears the Bremen signal at the west end of the siding.
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr630%2FNSSpike%2FRailPhotos121414NS153_zps7f10be42.jpg&hash=dbe39b7b311452feb8bbe08b6fbf4754a1765b9b)