Trainwatching Thread

[Anonymous]

Today I saw the SP Modoc line, Biggest pile of ties I've ever seen.
I hate abandonments.

[fuzzybroken]

Saw a great consist coming out the west end of CP's Muskego Yard in Milwaukee -- CP 6025 (SD40-2 -- Pacman, snoot), UP 4968 (SD70M -- wings, flag, "Building America"), CP 5930 (SD40-2 -- Action red), SOO 6007 and SOO 6014 (SD60s -- red and white).

Happy railfanning!!
-Mark
http://www.geocities.com/fuzzybroken

[BNSFNUT]

After spending 3 hrs and not seeing a thing I stoped by the NS Binghanton NY yard FRI (1/2/04) when I had about 20 min to kill. It made up for the last time
I saw 41T with CN power recrewing, a NS/CP intermodel with 2 NS units waiting to cross over and go north on the CP, the local was working the yard and when it moved west I say a BNSF/NS pair of locos on yard 1. About 15 photos later Ieft for my doctors appointment with a big grin.

[Anonymous]

I did NOT see the MRRer boxcar because I did NOT go trainwatching, so I did NOT get any photos!!!

[espeefoamer]

Saw the san Diegan coming through Fullerton with 3 Funits[:p]...Oh,wait,that was in 1972! At least I see plenty of units in Santa Fe blue&yellow.[:)]

[Nora]

On Monday I saw an engine (GP9?) with all the doors along the side opened up so that I could see the "guts." It was the one at the top right of this web page (no. 663): http://cqpa.steelvalleywebdesign.com/gp9.htm I thought it was pretty neat to see and I went back by it a second time after my 2 year old woke up. He said "Oh! A engine! Wow!" [:D]

Also this week, I saw some old hopper cars that still said "Penn Central" on them. They were a truly foul sea green color. [xx(]

--Nora

[techguy57]

Didn't want this to die yet.

Monday I saw 3 Gp-40son the same manifest train:
A regular UP, a UPY in SP paint and a UPY in DRGW paint. Pictures to be posted on my new website soon.

Mike

[JoeKoh]

well on csx we found
defiance
eastbound up power
westbound csx power
eastbound bnsf power powder river coal for detroit edison
holgate
a west bound csx engine and hclx engine thats it
deshler
westbound bnsf powder river train with empties.
five ges one sd40-2 and a cefx buissness car between the first 2 engines
and a northbound csx turned on the wye to go eastbound
and met a father and son from New Jersey[:)]
stay safe
Joe

[JoeKoh]

QUOTE: Originally posted by rrnut282

Yes, NS's ex NYC waterlevel route is busy at the expense of the NKP line....

that is because the former Nkp line is single track with short sidings[:(] but there was some action around leipsic junction last weekend.its 730 and the sun is coming up! going to go see what we can find![:)]
stay safe
Joe

[rrnut282]

Yes, NS's ex NYC waterlevel route is busy at the expense of the NKP line....

[BNSFNUT]

Had a few hours to devote to train watching a couple of days ago so headed tracks and I sat there for about 3 hrs. With three railroads in town (NS, CP, NYSW) I thought I have some luck. But spent 3 hrs and saw nothing even the local yard engine was off somewhere. Just caught a lull in the action I guess. Alll well it was a nice day.
I can complain for in the last year I have seen NYSW, CP, NS, CSX, GTW, CN, UP, BNSF, B+A and an asortment of leased units here in the Southern Tier of NY.
I hope 2004 brings more trains to the area.
Happy New Year
Jerry

[Anonymous]

Yesterday, 12/29, I went out to LaGrange Ill to watch for the first time in 2 weeks.

Just before LaVenge, on the Metra commuter train, I looked back into the BNSF Cicero Engine Yard and was very supprised to see a Soo Line engine and a Blue and Yellow Santa Fe U-Boat, I thought U-Boats were gone?

Anyway right when I got off of the train I was about to cross the street when, the gates started to lower. I looked east and saw a ball of light comming at me. I pulled out the video camera as quick as I could and watched the BNSF dash 9 and the BN SD40-2 highball past LaGrange Road. As this was happening a scoot was pulling into the station. Quite a sight!

Later a Light engine move with A BNSF Sd40-2 and a BN GP 38 came through town heading inot Cicero Yard.

5 minutes later a train full of empty doublestack flatcars came absolutley FLYING through LaGrange.

As the action on the BNSF died down I decided to go over by the IHB/CSX joint line under the Ogden Ave. overpass.

I had never seen anything on this line in my 6 times coming to LaGrange, although people said it was busy too and this time I saw 2 trains less then a half hour apart.

A CN manifest train with 2 SD70I's and a, gasp!, WC SD45 went under the Ogden Ave. overpass and came crawling by. I waved to the Enginier and he waved back. This train took 10 minutes to go by. The train, as it was passing by, crossed over two tracks, so I decided to stay a little longer.

Finally I started to walk up to the Overpass but then I saw lights of in the distance. I rushed back down the stairs and set up next to the tracks.

It was a CSX Manifest with a SD40-2 and a Dash 9 plus an extremely aged CP Rail Geep.

All in all it was my best day ever in LaGrange.

[Anonymous]

I always liked to see the F units working on the WC.

[Anonymous]

told you Id find one quick, http://eldora.net/lyndon/doodlebugs.html
this site has many photos of M&StL Doodlebugs

[Anonymous]

Well, it is a solid print mounted on the wall of the museum I work at, but Ill see if I can find some real quick, and post a link.

[Mikeygaw]

dude, post a link to the doodlebug... i have a model train of it and i want too see a real one

[Anonymous]

Hey, you'll never beleave what I saw...........oh....wait...that was an old PHOTO of a B&O E-8. oh and a ........... uh ....... just another photo - of a B&O doodlebug. Well, I saw a lot of B&O in action[:0][B)] Well, i have seen many rental and lease units along the CSX line here still.

[Nora]

I am doing this BECAUSE I CAN: [:D]



This is a NS coal train with two UP SD70Ms as the only engines; I saw it today in Sewickley, PA. There is also a Christmas tree floating over the train. It's not a great picture, but whatever.

--Nora

[Anonymous]

A UP local n bound from troop tx 30 miles N to Tyler ex SSW line yd
2 Autorack trains wbnd to Corsicana Tx then sbnd to Sanantonio Tx

yesterday 12/16/03 A BNSF local

[Anonymous]

You said it man.. What if i saw A girl while Train wathcing..

Eat Butter!! LOL thats good!

It's about now my girlfriend would take her calculator out and start caluculating the Grams of fat and the carbohydrates behind that statement, and the amount of weight you gain.

[Mikeygaw]

why limit it to just trains? there are many other beautiful things that are nice to watch out there...

[mudchicken]

Last week in northern Plainview TX, saw Rock Island SW-1 #536 in maroon and yellow w/ white letters at a grain elevator alongside US-287/ I-27 on the east side. Time warp![:D][:D][:D]

Is it me, or does Iowa Interstate sending all of its old GP-7s and GP-9s to the Texas panhandle to finish off their usefull days??? (Amarillo, Lubbock, Etter, Dimmit)[;)]

Kevin: Go to your room![:D]

Mudchicken

[Anonymous]

Saw this beautiful

oh wait this is about TRAIN watching


nevermind then.

[Mikeygaw]

saw a NS geep once in a yard... unusual, since most of the stuff around are SD's

[JoeKoh]

this past weekend csx decided to use bnsf power(mookies b-day influence?)also csx ran an autorack off the east west main down the wye to the north south main and two intermodals followed right afterwords.got pics if you are not on my list just email me.
stay safe
Joe

[eolafan]

Last weekend at BNSF's Eola (Aurora), IL yard I saw a Westbound "Z" train with three business cars on the rear end. One was a power car of some type, the second was a "bi-level" but with much larger windows than your typical suburban or Amtrak bi-level, and the third was an open end observation car. It was traveling quite fast and since I was shocked at the sight of them I forgot to get car names and pictures (sorry, folks!). Jim

[DTomajko]

In recent monthes,on NS's Pittsburgh mainline,I have seen several UP "AC" engines headed east,an SP GE AC4400, and numerous older NS power,ie:high-nose SD40s,GP38s,and Dash-7s.There were also two UP GP60s,(ex SP?),with two NS GP60s waiting outside of Rutherford Intermodal Terminal in October.Also,there is a Frisco 50' boxcar that regularly travels the Pitt mainline,still in full "billboard" coonskin lettering.In September I got photos of a Rio Grande GP40 and an SP Dash-7 in Beecher,Il.Good luck, stay safe, and Merry Christmas to all.

[Anonymous]

This morning (8 AM) I saw a Conrail Loco pulling a NS loco with a flat car in between. This was on the NEC, they ran right through the Wilmington, DE Amtrak station!

It was cool because SEPTA also uses the station and Amtrak and SEPTA Trains were buzzing in and out as well.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by LaGrangeIll

Today on I-57 and I-80 saw a small glimpse of Chicago's Blue Island Crossing. While on the expressway I saw a CSX coal train, with a CSX AC6000CW and a UP AC4400CW. And a little further on the expressway I saw an IHB Grain Train, with two repainted Geeps.

I wish I was going there instead of my Aunt's House!

Also a big qusetion......
Is Blue Island Crossing in a safe enough neighborhood for a 14 year old to go?

Only During Daylight hours [8D]