I had to go to Danville today and while there went to the RR yard. It was a drizzly and rainy day, but I took my cameras and went to the tracks anyway.
The "high-hood" NS-5095 was still there, coupled to NS-3519. I already made some photos of 5095 at Burnside, and made a few more today.
After I was done with that, I heard talk on my scanner, and then felt and heard engines coming. I looked northward along the track and saw a yellow engine in front of a train slowly coming along to the office building. I got my digital camera (had a film camera too) ready and got only one shot as it came almost broadside. I thought it might be an SD80, and found out tonight that it is an SD90. That is the first and only one I have seen for sure, and made a photo. I got only one, and then just watched it roll out of sight.
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1105.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fh344%2FRedford91%2FRailroad%2520Photos%2FNorfolk%2520Southern%2FDanville%2520Yard%2F2015-01-12%2520%2520Dvlle%2F100_4154---NS-7287---SD90-43MAC--Dvlle--800px.jpg&hash=4f73c3801d2ecf8a82dcc501dd1b1f69ed7e6ad6)
After that, I went around to the west side of the tracks and waited to see what would come along. Before long, I saw another yellow engine creeping north, coming to the overpass, but it was different. It was the Reading Line Heritage unit. I thought it was already gone through. Didn't expect that. I made about three zoom views as it was approaching. It was creeping toward a fuel truck parked, and I thought it was going to stop, but before it got to the truck, the diesels were cranked up and then the train started moving out. I had my camera set on burst and got a few frames as it came near. After those were stored, I got one more just after it passed. A nearby tree had branches sticking out, between the cab and the camera, and cluttered that photo, which would have been decent otherwise. I got a few decent ones of it approaching.
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1105.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fh344%2FRedford91%2FRailroad%2520Photos%2FNorfolk%2520Southern%2FHeritage%2FReading%2520Lines%2F100b4162b--NS-1067--ReadingLinesHeritageUnit--800px.jpg&hash=f0f5067b4324c7ee604b9163668e1ec915497f11)
Here is another view of NS-5095 that I made today. This one was made with flash.
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1105.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fh344%2FRedford91%2FRailroad%2520Photos%2FNorfolk%2520Southern%2FDanville%2520Yard%2F2015-01-12%2520%2520Dvlle%2F100_4152---NS-5095---GP38-2---Dvlle--800px.jpg&hash=ad65b7c919b265c860e6174290964ca86a28b225)
[again--preview does not work anymore]
Ya did good Bill... I like ole NS5095 best though...
Keep up the good work...
leroy
I cant wait to see what one of those 90's will look like in NS paint...probably like a 80mac...just a tad bigger:) NS is having some major issues with those things, but you get what you pay for. There was a reason UP had them stored (and they are just as power short as everyone else right now)..
The 1067 was leading 174-10 and must have sat in Burnside most of the night....it was by Nemo late yesterday afternoon.