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:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Aug%202016/0813%20Fairport%20NY/DSCN9594.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Aug%202016/0813%20Fairport%20NY/DSCN9594.jpg.html)
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Aug%202016/0813%20Fairport%20NY/DSCN9595.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Aug%202016/0813%20Fairport%20NY/DSCN9595.jpg.html)
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Aug%202016/0813%20Fairport%20NY/DSCN9596.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Aug%202016/0813%20Fairport%20NY/DSCN9596.jpg.html)
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Aug%202016/0813%20Fairport%20NY/DSCN9598.jpg) (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.