While we where out waiting for the UP 1988 to run on Saturday 12/29, the ever reliable CNO&TP kept us busy with plenty of South bounds to shoot. A broken rail up on the First District near Bishop managed to stack up a ton of trains in the morning, and when they all hit Danville in early afternoon, they ran like street cars for almost 4 hours. Here is everything else that I shot during the day....
Just after sunup, NS 143 is stopped at the Yard office in Danville Ky for a crew swap.
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A new Gevo leads 123 South at Junction city KY.
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179 crosses the Green River bridge at South Fork KY. The lack of green vegetation kinda takes away from this shot during the winter.
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Right behind the 179 was a M43 with a solid EMD consist, seen here crossing the Green River bridge and making a joyful noise as they start up the grade to Kings Mountain.
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A look up at the Green River Bridge at South Fork KY
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Train 215 was the next thing out, seen here rolling onto #2 track at Palm Ky.
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Right behind the 215 was a 52A grain train with a pair of "classic" fish. Palm KY.
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After leaving Palm, we barely had enough time to get up to Moreland for the next pair of trains. First up was 229 with a SD60 and a ailing 4 axle GE that would cause the train some problems on the hill at Kings Mountain.
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Mintues behind 229 was a short 283. A trio of Six axle units pulling 10 loaded auto racks..wonder what the HP/T ratio was on this one :)
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Going for the glint shot with Northbound 230 at Bowen KY.
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The last train of the day before the 223 ran was this 111, rolling onto Single track at Bowen KY.
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Very nice!
Great shots emmett!!
I had a fun time hangin out with you and chasing trains!
Ill post my pics on JREB tuesday night!