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A train came by
Posted by SpaceMouse on Monday, April 4, 2005 10:42 PM
I know that for most of you this is not a big deal, but my store right next to some railroad tracks that have recently been refurbished by B&P a subsiderary of G&W.

Today the first train came by, or at least the first I saw. These are pictures of thenegines (not sure of the third.) I had a customer I was waiting on and I had split attention.





The train consisted of 3 and 4 bay hoppers rusted beyond recognition and the cargo was light grey ballast. All in all a ragtag bunch. But they are my rag-tag bunch.

Chip

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Posted by ac4400fan on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 1:04 AM
nice pics space mouse ,i know what your talking about 2 yrs ago i worked right across from some union pacific track ,and when they would go by i also had split attenion,of course when they ha 9 units going also ,,hehe wow i thought ,,

carl
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 1:42 AM
For a couple of years I worked for an architect in Warwick, NY. Our offices were in the old Lehigh & Hudson office building. It was at the time the NYS&W took over the abandoned line & began running freights.

My attention definitely wandered when trains begain to roll by outside my office window.

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Posted by NZRMac on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 2:56 AM
My office has two seats and a diesel engine (Van) and I often find my self taking a detour to see trains running, parking up and waiting. The customers don't know where I am so they can wait!!

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 5:26 AM
Ah, short lines, you gotta love 'em...they help to break up the monotony of all these mega-mergers.

The black geep (#926) appears to be an old N&W unit.
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Posted by bikerraypa on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 7:16 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by KenLarsen

Ah, short lines, you gotta love 'em...they help to break up the monotony of all these mega-mergers.

The black geep (#926) appears to be an old N&W unit.


The B&P has a pile of old N&W Geeps. The ones that work the Petrolia refineries still have N&W logos that you can see through the paint.


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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 11:09 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by bikerraypa
The B&P has a pile of old N&W Geeps. The ones that work the Petrolia refineries still have N&W logos that you can see through the paint.

A few of these also landed in my state, on the Maryland Midland (former WM). Don't know if they are still there though, haven't visited in several years...
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Posted by tstage on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 11:17 AM
Chip,

I like the pic of the yellow SD38's (?) you posted a couple of weeks ago, when you discovered all this. I'm not real big on modern diesel but those would very attractive on a layout, in that color scheme.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 6:58 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by tstage

Chip,
I like the pic of the yellow SD38's (?) you posted a couple of weeks ago, when you discovered all this.

Tom, I believe those were GP38-2's.
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Posted by SpaceMouse on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 9:06 PM
I'm glad I saved those to disk. The link is gone.

Chip

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Posted by SpaceMouse on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 9:10 PM
For laughs and giggles:

Chip

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Posted by SpaceMouse on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 9:16 PM
And th old War Horse:

Chip

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Posted by SpaceMouse on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 9:22 PM
I have a question about a couple of the rolling stock. They were attatched to the back of the train. they looked like short hoppers but it looked like the sides could fold outward.

What kind of cars are these and what are they for?

Chip

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 9:29 PM
My work station looks out on our shop and the CSX track through Oxford Ohio. We get 3 to 6 trains a day. Work has to stop at least untill the engins rumble past. Ocassionaly the Amtrack between Cincinnati and Chicago runs late enough to be seen. In the last year I have seen a circus train - they really do exist - and a track inspection car that I first miss took for a passenger train.

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