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Kiva Valley Railway- Freelanced road in central Arizona. Visit the link to see my MR forum thread on The Building of the Whitton Branch on the Kiva Valley Railway
Originally posted by canazar Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Mookie Member sinceJune 2001 From: US 13,488 posts Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 6:39 AM I am so glad you started this thread - was wondering how I was going to work this into everyday conversation. Saw a BNSF - heavy on the SF - GP 28 doing a freight haul with a GP35 and a GP 38. Looked in my book Brother Carl gave me - sez there are only 8 around. (this was #1534) We even saw it coming out of the yards and did a cross town - out to the country race to get a better look at it. They were really traveling by then! Great sight! Mook She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw Reply JoeKoh Member sinceApril 2003 From: Defiance Ohio 13,286 posts Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 7:14 AM Matt and I always look forward to seeing trains when and wherever! stay safe Joe Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener"). Reply adrianspeeder Member sinceMarch 2002 From: Harrisburg PA / Dover AFB DE 1,482 posts Posted by adrianspeeder on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 8:07 AM Csx Gp-30 slug went by the other night as I was parking the truck. I thought that was cool. Adrianspeeder USAF TSgt C-17 Aircraft Maintenance Flying Crew Chief & Flightline Avionics Craftsman Reply Modelcar Member sinceFebruary 2002 From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania 13,456 posts Posted by Modelcar on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 8:21 AM ....Any and more of it {freight on the rails}, is cool in my way of thinking as it probably will be taking some trucks off the highway. The rails here around Muncie....2 through lines, of the NS and CSX in several directions, seem to be rather busy now and I hope it continues. Quentin Reply Mookie Member sinceJune 2001 From: US 13,488 posts Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 8:26 AM Q - freight is always a delight. Coal is ok and any train is wonderful! J She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw Reply mudchicken Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Denver / La Junta 10,786 posts Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:40 AM Dark Blue CSX SD40-2 # 9848 (ex SBD SD-50?) on a pusher set working Monument Hill between Denver and Colorado Springs just south of Casle Rock/Tomah....in odd service, a long way from home. (attached to a clapped-out, crappy looking, Cascade Green BN SD40-2 which appeared to have died [typical BN power] somewhere after leaving the Denver engine terminal) Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west Reply fuzzybroken Member sinceOctober 2002 From: Milwaukee, WI, US 1,384 posts Posted by fuzzybroken on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:03 AM I caught a pair of NS Dash 9s on the CP here in Milwaukee. The lead engine was an "undec". I got a picture of a set of CSX power coming thru the cemetary cut, with a FURX engine in the lead: http://www.geocities.com/fuzzybroken/pictures2.html I think the coolest thing I saw recently was on 2/21, when I chased the Wisconsin & Southern JH21 from J-ville to Milton, and watched it switch the Milton Industrial Lead with a pair of SD40-2s! (4004 and 4009) Wheels were screaming around the curve, it was awesome!!! Must get pictures posted to my site soon... Later, -Mark Miilwaukee, WI http://www.geocities.com/fuzzybroken -Fuzzy Fuzzy World 3 Reply Mookie Member sinceJune 2001 From: US 13,488 posts Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:06 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken Dark Blue CSX SD40-2 # 9848 (ex SBD SD-50?) on a pusher set working Monument Hill between Denver and Colorado Springs just south of Casle Rock/Tomah....in odd service, a long way from home. (attached to a clapped-out, crappy looking, Cascade Green BN SD40-2 which appeared to have died [typical BN power] somewhere after leaving the Denver engine terminal) Hey, Hey, Hey - I happen to like those Cascade Green crappy looking SD40's! Don't be scruffin' up my BNSF.... Moo She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw Reply chad thomas Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: Ely, Nv. 6,312 posts Posted by chad thomas on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:12 AM AT Cajon pass last weekend I saw a CN SD50F. I always thought they looked tough in pictures. Now I've finally seen one in person. Cooooolll !! Reply mudchicken Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Denver / La Junta 10,786 posts Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:22 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken Dark Blue CSX SD40-2 # 9848 (ex SBD SD-50?) on a pusher set working Monument Hill between Denver and Colorado Springs just south of Casle Rock/Tomah....in odd service, a long way from home. (attached to a clapped-out, crappy looking, Cascade Green BN SD40-2 which appeared to have died [typical BN power] somewhere after leaving the Denver engine terminal) Hey, Hey, Hey - I happen to like those Cascade Green crappy looking SD40's! Don't be scruffin' up my BNSF.... Wi***he BN side of the equation would just learn to take better care of the stuff instead of just running it into the ground to failure.[}:)][}:)][}:)] Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:36 AM I saw a Southern Pacific and a SOO together when i was walkingthe dog yesterday, was a bit away, so couldn't catch the numbers. They did seem to be pulled by a third loco, a blue one with a yellow line down the middle, only caught half of it, as it was past the tree line before icame into view of the crossing. Mind you, this is in an area that's primarily CN territory and not seen that often, usualy it's just shortlines, so seeing an SP unit is a treat. Reply Edit canazar Member sinceAugust 2004 From: Phoenix, Arizona 1,989 posts Posted by canazar on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:43 AM WOW, nice to this thread takeing off...Nice to see that these old workhorses are still floating around makin the pay. My "son", techincaly, my soon to be step son. (my fiancee's kiddo) and I are pretty into trains. When we first moved into together, in an attempt to bond with a 3 year old, I brought home my old trains. Now, we have big ole lay out in the garage ( pics link below,) and atleast once a week, we go train hunting over here around the UP tracks. Which reminds, me, over off the McQueen siding, they keep a couple of GP-38/40's for local work. At the moment, they have an old SP and Cottonbelt.[8D]. too bad it is patched up. Best Regards, Big John Kiva Valley Railway- Freelanced road in central Arizona. Visit the link to see my MR forum thread on The Building of the Whitton Branch on the Kiva Valley Railway Reply CopCarSS Member sinceAugust 2002 From: Turner Junction 3,076 posts Posted by CopCarSS on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 1:01 PM Hmmm....methinks I need to head trackside. All this power shortage is bringing some interesting sounding stuff to life again. A power shortage truly is railfan bliss! Chris Denver, CO -ChrisWest Chicago, ILChristopher May Fine Art Photography"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration." ~Ansel Adams Reply Willy2 Member sinceJanuary 2002 From: Omaha, Nebraska 1,920 posts Posted by Willy2 on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 1:17 PM I haven't seen much of interest lately except for the move of one of the UP Big Boys to its new home in the Omaha Botanical Gardens. It was a very impressive sight. Willy Reply Modelcar Member sinceFebruary 2002 From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania 13,456 posts Posted by Modelcar on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 1:51 PM Canazar...Nice group of pic's and project. Quentin Reply CShaveRR Member sinceJune 2001 From: Lombard (west of Chicago), Illinois 13,681 posts Posted by CShaveRR on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:25 PM UP's new GEVOs are still coming on line--I saw about a half-dozen of them today (in one of the few moments I was standing vertically!). They're up into the 5400s now. Carl Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!) CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM) Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:50 PM this was last week, thursday i believe...on the BNSF in shabbona, IL i saw a westbound stack train in the siding and an eastbound meet through town. the eastbound had 3 green and black SD40-2's and the westbound stack train had 2 of the same sd40-2's. and yes, they all looked *** good to me! Reply Edit JoeKoh Member sinceApril 2003 From: Defiance Ohio 13,286 posts Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:43 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar ....Any and more of it {freight on the rails}, is cool in my way of thinking as it probably will be taking some trucks off the highway. The rails here around Muncie....2 through lines, of the NS and CSX in several directions, seem to be rather busy now and I hope it continues. modelcar stopped in garrett indiana and montpelier ohio on saturday and the yards were quite busy.yes it is nice to see.[:)] stay safe Joe Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener"). Reply MP57313 Member sinceJune 2001 From: L A County, CA, US 1,009 posts Posted by MP57313 on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 1:43 AM Driving home in the rain (again!) there was a double-stack train on the BNSF Harbor Sub this afternoon (Tuesday 22nd). They only run as far north as Torrance these days; I don't think they run "through". This one had four engines, BNSF, NS, BNSF (red/silver) and CN. What a combo. No camera! Reply bbrant Member sinceFebruary 2001 415 posts Posted by bbrant on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 8:23 AM Saw some brand new narrow gauge hopper cars being shipped from Freightcar America this morning. The best part of all is that my 4-year-old daughter was with me. We were able to watch "her" train switching a local grain company. She got excited when the train went on the siding near us. In her words, "It's coming at me daddy!" She got a kick out of it. Now she wants to go and ride a train. Could the train bug be catching on to her - let's hope! Reply edbenton Member sinceSeptember 2002 From: Back home on the Chi to KC racetrack 2,011 posts Posted by edbenton on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 8:31 AM just moved up to northern Wi coolest thing I have seen up here is WC 2500 a fully operational SD35 used as a local switcher and it looks good clean as a whistle Always at war with those that think OTR trucking is EASY. Reply Willy2 Member sinceJanuary 2002 From: Omaha, Nebraska 1,920 posts Posted by Willy2 on Saturday, March 26, 2005 8:41 AM Yesterday (March 25) I saw a KCS SD40-2 on the point of a UP train in Omaha. But that wasn't all, there were two other engines on that train and both were SP units and both did not have a UP patch! I think they were GP38s but I couldn't quite tell. It was really nice to see that for a change. Willy Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 26, 2005 8:56 AM On Saturday (March 25), I went railfaning the Lehigh Line in Manville, NJ and I saw some good stuff. I saw a NS GP38-2, DASH9-40, and a SD40-2 pulling a manifest towards Bound Brook, then I saw a CSX piggy back train with a brand new UP SD70M (UP 5210). Thats mostly all the good stuff I saw. I had a pretty good day. Also, towards the end of the day I saw NS local HO-2 with NS caboose 21303 (lettered Conrail) on the end of the train. Reply Edit canazar Member sinceAugust 2004 From: Phoenix, Arizona 1,989 posts Posted by canazar on Sunday, March 27, 2005 11:42 AM Well, maybe not as exciting as engine power but still, not somethign you see everyday... With the kid as my sidekick, we watched UP train go out of phoenix with 6 BRAND NEW TTX RailBox Cars (all were built in 04). It was pretty odd looking at railcars that were shiney! best regards john Best Regards, Big John Kiva Valley Railway- Freelanced road in central Arizona. Visit the link to see my MR forum thread on The Building of the Whitton Branch on the Kiva Valley Railway Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 27, 2005 8:22 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by Willy2 Yesterday (March 25) I saw a KCS SD40-2 on the point of a UP train in Omaha. But that wasn't all, there were two other engines on that train and both were SP units and both did not have a UP patch! I think they were GP38s but I couldn't quite tell. It was really nice to see that for a change. Ya what ever happend to seeing CSXT or NS power on the Point? BNSFrailfan. Reply Edit Overmod Member sinceSeptember 2003 21,377 posts Posted by Overmod on Monday, March 28, 2005 2:41 AM Not immediately recent, but I was waiting for a decent time to mention: NS 6111 with the Norfolk Southern Research twins (#33 and #34, the converted SD35) running westbound through Germantown, TN at about 11:45am on the 21st. Don't know if they were actually doing track geometry at the time; there might be interesting reasons for them being here... The Tuscan/dulux looks good -- I think it should be applied to all NS power ;-} Reply JoeKoh Member sinceApril 2003 From: Defiance Ohio 13,286 posts Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, March 28, 2005 7:20 AM saw a us steel switcher #67 dwarfed behind 2 sd 40-2s going through holgate ohio on saturday. the train turned north in Deshler so it should be around toledo or in michigan by now. stay safe Joe Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener"). Reply 12 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
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QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken Dark Blue CSX SD40-2 # 9848 (ex SBD SD-50?) on a pusher set working Monument Hill between Denver and Colorado Springs just south of Casle Rock/Tomah....in odd service, a long way from home. (attached to a clapped-out, crappy looking, Cascade Green BN SD40-2 which appeared to have died [typical BN power] somewhere after leaving the Denver engine terminal)
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken Dark Blue CSX SD40-2 # 9848 (ex SBD SD-50?) on a pusher set working Monument Hill between Denver and Colorado Springs just south of Casle Rock/Tomah....in odd service, a long way from home. (attached to a clapped-out, crappy looking, Cascade Green BN SD40-2 which appeared to have died [typical BN power] somewhere after leaving the Denver engine terminal) Hey, Hey, Hey - I happen to like those Cascade Green crappy looking SD40's! Don't be scruffin' up my BNSF....
-ChrisWest Chicago, ILChristopher May Fine Art Photography"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration." ~Ansel Adams
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar ....Any and more of it {freight on the rails}, is cool in my way of thinking as it probably will be taking some trucks off the highway. The rails here around Muncie....2 through lines, of the NS and CSX in several directions, seem to be rather busy now and I hope it continues.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Willy2 Yesterday (March 25) I saw a KCS SD40-2 on the point of a UP train in Omaha. But that wasn't all, there were two other engines on that train and both were SP units and both did not have a UP patch! I think they were GP38s but I couldn't quite tell. It was really nice to see that for a change.
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