The old saying about "3rd time's the charm" is apparently true! After catching my favorite heritage unit twice as trailing power, i finally snagged NS #1068 leading a train just 15 minute drive from my house. the Eire unit was leading CSX K649:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2016%2FAug%25202016%2F0813%2520Fairport%2520NY%2FDSCN9594.jpg&hash=3939dd402bb8c946dcda174d4d6b2c345cbd528b) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Aug%202016/0813%20Fairport%20NY/DSCN9594.jpg.html)
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2016%2FAug%25202016%2F0813%2520Fairport%2520NY%2FDSCN9595.jpg&hash=17dd2ff45e2edc9b2c4c64c16f105e95b58bac07) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Aug%202016/0813%20Fairport%20NY/DSCN9595.jpg.html)
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2016%2FAug%25202016%2F0813%2520Fairport%2520NY%2FDSCN9596.jpg&hash=2186a659fa98cf9e66e496f430c1390076c1a90b) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Aug%202016/0813%20Fairport%20NY/DSCN9596.jpg.html)
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2016%2FAug%25202016%2F0813%2520Fairport%2520NY%2FDSCN9598.jpg&hash=2f27c3c3d0f640f159450f0a8dbdf131bd2d5367) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Aug%202016/0813%20Fairport%20NY/DSCN9598.jpg.html)
This train was 9th in a parade of 11 trains I caught on CSX's Rochester Sub (ex-NYC/PC/CR) in a little over 3 hours. To view the rest of them, please visit my slide show:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2016/Aug%202016/0813%20Fairport%20NY
All photos in this post and the link were taken by me Saturday 8/13/2016 in Fairport, NY.
A couple items of note:
1. I have seen the Erie unit more than any other NS heritage unit.
2. NS #1068 is the only heritage unit I have seen in 3 states- Pennsylvania (2013), Ohio (2015) and now NY.
Pretty good catch
Nice catch!
Dan
Thanx, guys! This day made up for a couple of misses when the Erie unit led NS 206 back during the spring.