Recently I Saw . . . . . . .

[athelney]

QUOTE: Originally posted by macguy

Saw a 7 car CP intermodal train with 13 containers total down at Roberts Bank today, they aren't usually that short!

Think this maybe a transfer to CP Pitt Meadows intermodal yard -- have seen several CP short intermodals over the last few months and they are called over the radio as " CP 5963 North " or similar and go CN to Mission then CP to Pitt Meadows .

[Anonymous]

Saw a 7 car CP intermodal train with 13 containers total down at Roberts Bank today, they aren't usually that short!

[Anonymous]

N o t h i n g. [:(]

I am trying to study and have not been railfanning. [:(]

[Anonymous]

On the way home tonight (morning actually) I saw UP 5943 being used as the pusher on a coal train.

[Anonymous]

I see trains most every day on the way to work.

Today I saw another Conrail engine lashed to a UP engine. The other day I saw a Rio Grande engine. Lots of trains running here but I have not had the time to railfan. I think that is about to change though.

[Anonymous]

I've caught an NS C40-9W , HLCX SD45-2 on the siding in Kingston.

[Anonymous]

Today while driving around downtown North Little Rock I saw the new Trolley. It is not yet in service but they were filming a commerical (it looked that way to me anyway). There were tons of city officials hanging around it. It will run through the downtown areas of Little Rock and N L R. I will get a pic of it and post it one of these days. I don't think it starts regular service until about November.


And on another note. Today I saw 2 Nascar trailors, one for the Tide car, and the other one was for the #60 car (I think).

[corwinda]

Three Sound Transit coaches in the southbound Coast Starlight in Springfield, Or. What were they doing there?

[fuzzybroken]

This morning I spotted a EDGX coal train at Drexel Avenue in Oak Creek, WI, and chased it to West Allis, WI. Led by a UP AC4400CW and followed by a UP SD9043MAC. Took pics, but don't have camera nearby.

On the way home, spotted UP x-SP GP38-2 571(?) and UP 1209 (GP39-2?) headed into Mitchell Yard. Both had "Remote Control" stickers on 'em.

-Mark
http://www.geocities.com/fuzzybroken

[Anonymous]

Tonight (actually this morning) at 12:10 a.m., I saw the Texas Eagle leaving North Little Rock heading north to St. Louis and Chicago. [:)]

I have seen trains but not close enough to get their engine number. Today while on the way to work I saw a CSX unit coupled to a UP unit. Since I was driving I didn't have much time to look and have forgotten the number. Actually I am not sure what the number was even, but the unit was an EMD.

[corwinda]

Rather interesting set of units on the UP today. NS dash 9, BNSF SD40-2, CSX, and three UP units in thea order. (Don't remember models on the last 4) In Springfield, Oregon.

[TH&B]

Two weeks ago I saw a FRISCO open hopper !
Last week I saw a Penn Central gon relettered NYC, hehehe

[tree68]

In Syracuse, next to Carousel Mall, two beat up gons - one recently relettered for NYC, the other in well-worn NW regalia. Sorry, no numbers...

[espeefoamer]

Last week I saw a Milwaukee Road boxcar[:)]!

[fuzzybroken]

Today, between job sites, I stopped down on the west end of the Muskego Yard, on Greves and Canal Streets. SOO GP38-2 4420 was shoving a cut of cars eastward, and behind the train was... 4419! I was very happy to get better pictures of both of these engines.

-Mark
My SOO GP38-2 page:
http://www.geocities.com/fuzzybroken/SOO1.html

[Anonymous]

Thursday about 12:30 am I saw UP 656 being used as the pusher on a loaded coal train.

I was on the way home and saw it and thought I might could catch up to the lead units and report there numbers too. But first things first, I was on the way home from work and Duchess needed to be walked which after being at work all night had to be the number one (pun) priority. [:D]

So after she accomplished what needed to be accomplished off we went. But the train was already through the wye and gone. However there had been 2 UP pickups which were leaving the area of the wye. So they must have attended to some need for the train or train crew.

[Anonymous]

Sarurday afternoon on the way to work I saw a large UP truck leaving the area of the old Rock Island industrial spur near 6th street. Then I also saw a HiRail pickup driving real slow and the driver was standing on the runing boards inspecting the track as he went. They must have taken an "off day" and used it to repair some areas of the spur.

Sunday on the way to work I saw a Rio Grande engine. I was not able to get the number as it was setting too close to the overpass I was traveling over. The engine in front of the Rio Grande was a light blue with a few white stripes, then the normal UP yellow was the lead engine.

[JoeKoh]

today
a cefx-soo power combo with old bn soo up drgw mopac &cnw hopper cars with iron ore in them(I believe)
stay safe
Joe

[JoeKoh]

Yesterday
2 green (bnsf) sd 70 macs thundering through town loaded with powder river coal.Felt the ground shake.
stay safe
Joe

[Anonymous]

UP 8099 a pusher on a loaded coal train. [8D]

12:20 am Friday morning

[JoeKoh]

the first norange was in heritage 1 paint 965 and the 2nd was in heritage 2 501.
stay safe
joe

[jeaton]

Saw my first live Triple Crown last Friday evening north bound at a crossing in Glendale, OH (Cincinnati suburb). They sure are in the category of seen one, seen them all.

Jay

[Mikeygaw]

saw a great shot last week if i just had a camera... was on the Philly El, and at one point it passes over the Northeast Corridor... so this was at about 7 am, so still plenty of shadows and such... saw to Acela's passing each other in the morning light

now today...

got to ride both the subway and the El here in Philly, plus saw a SEPTA commuter train and an Amtrack train

[JoeKoh]

Ooops my apologies the dash 9 was # 5055. the tped up loco was #4513.went back today csx had them going all diections including 2 bnsf noranges coming off the east west main heading south.coming from the west. Matt loved it!
stay safe
Joe

[JoeKoh]

See humor thread and also saw a new bnsf dash 9 5955 norange engine in Deshler.
stay safe
Joe

[Anonymous]

On the way home from work tonight I saw UP 6863 as a pusher on a loaded coal train. [8D] It has been about a week since I got to "see" a train. Well one where I could at least post the number anyway. [;)]

[Anonymous]

Some of you will remember this after I job your memory. Jay, up in Canada, took this pic about a year ago and it was Photo Of The Day.

Well I have tried 4 times to copy and paste the link into this thread. However, the link is too long to copy and paste correctly. [:(]

So go to the page for photos and select "Photo of the Day", then type in "Jay", then scroll down to M O W. After you do that select search and wait for the pic to show up.

[athelney]

This evening on an eastbound empty CP grain hopper train at Ruskin BC. CP # 9822 -. SOO 6049 - CP 5925, not the usual combination .

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68

On a quick stop at the Rochelle Web Cam, I spotted some interesting MOW equipment, certainly related to all the ties that are laying along the track right now. Of particular interest was a trailer behind one of the vehicles:

Is that what it looks like?

Is that the port-a-potty for Kevin and the rest of the conductors[?][:D]

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

Yup...

Think about it a while....

Ed

Oh, I understand - Just seems funny to actually see it..... There was a post somewhere about just such a "car" recently, but I don't remember where...