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[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by eolafan

QUOTE: Originally posted by AltonFan
[C):-)]
On Saturday, 1-24-04, I got a good look at one of Metra's new locomotives. Impressive...

Hey Altolfan, I agree that the new Metra units are very impressive. They seem faster but that might only be due to their appearance and size, but they also sound much better than the older F40's in my opinion

Kinda like them there fancy sports cars - you know, the ones where the cop gives you a ticket because you look like you're going fast....[}:)]

[eolafan]

QUOTE: Originally posted by AltonFan
[C):-)]
On Saturday, 1-24-04, I got a good look at one of Metra's new locomotives. Impressive...

Hey Altolfan, I agree that the new Metra units are very impressive. They seem faster but that might only be due to their appearance and size, but they also sound much better than the older F40's in my opinion

[eolafan]

QUOTE: Originally posted by talbanese

Today at lunch I saw 2 Amtrak GP-15's push/pulling 2 Amtrak coaches southbound on the NEC.

[?]Amtrak GP15's???? Didn't know they had any, when did they come to Amtrak and from where?[;)]

[locomutt]

Jim,
You saw an ALCO "not smoking"[?]
Either you jest,or the prime mover wasn't running[:-^][}:)]

[Anonymous]

today i seen UP ex SSW pullin a string of open hoppers full of concrete rocks
about 4-6 inches in diameter 32 cars all together with SP cab 1907 with
UP patch red light & radio still work wheel generator still charging the batterys underneath i belive the rock is part of the section of I-20 near tyler thats being rebuilt
lastnight saw UP ex SSW # 1411 & UP ex MP # 2488 runnin a local to stone container corp they get 5 boxcars weekly and the Georgia pacific Lumber yd
get 2 center beam flatcars weekly

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by fuzzybroken

I went to George Webb in Wauwatosa, WI on Sunday. I wish I would have brought the camera!!! At 16:00, when I pulled up, a freight train pulled by a CP "action" red SD40-2 and a HLCX? x-BN SD40-2 was eastbound. A westbound Empire Builder passed by a short time later, but I did not note the time. The eastbound Empire Builder went through at 17:18.

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

[%-)] ok - have to ask - what's a fuzzybroken?

Mookie

[Anonymous]

Today at lunch I saw 2 Amtrak GP-15's push/pulling 2 Amtrak coaches southbound on the NEC.

[Anonymous]

this morning I seen A east bnd UP Sand & Gravel train headed for the
old camp fannin dump yd where 4 semi dump trucks wait 2 for sand 2 for gravel
for transit mix in tyler

UP ex SSW GP-60 #1913 # 1918 UP ex SP GP-60 # 2088[8D]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SLIC
But Youre right that south approach is mainly Manufac's RWY The only other would be A&S Or TRRA Pullin A local[8D]

Thats because the south approach to the Mac bridge, the tracks go directly to the Manufacturers Railway Interchange yard. I have seen MRS trains head up that approach (wich is like a 5% grade) with 2 or 3 of their MP15DC's or SW1500's. On flat territory that same train would only need 1 MP15DC or SW1500. They put those extra locos on there just for that climb, or at least thats what they told me when I got a tour of the MRS engine house. [}:)][;)][:D]

[Anonymous]

Today i seen 2 ex CR-PRR #NS 8767-NS 6529 pullin a Autorack On UP line
South bnd to Houston
KCS SD-45-2t #4022 KCS SD-45 #4192 MSRC GP-10 #1008 pullin
A GM train from Dallas To Shreveport

Also got the pics of UP 4-6-6-4 # 3985 THE CHALLENGER
turned out good now how to put them in here dont know
my generation didnt have computers (we also was told say no to drugs)
you see how that turned out

[fuzzybroken]

I went to George Webb in Wauwatosa, WI on Sunday. I wish I would have brought the camera!!! At 16:00, when I pulled up, a freight train pulled by a CP "action" red SD40-2 and a HLCX? x-BN SD40-2 was eastbound. A westbound Empire Builder passed by a short time later, but I did not note the time. The eastbound Empire Builder went through at 17:18.

[Anonymous]

Today around 1 pm I saw . . . . Little Rock & Western leaving from the UP yard at North Little Rock. These units are green and white. The train had 2 engines and a number of cars. The second engine was an Alco, and no it wasn't smoking. I was driving across the bridge over the yard right by the Locust Street Tower. Since I was driving and passing over the train I couldn't get the loco's numbers. But hey, last I knew they only had about 3 engines anyway.

[UPTRAIN]

Mo-pacs are blue [;)]

[AltonFan]

On Saturday, 1-24-04, I got a good look at one of Metra's new locomotives. Impressive...

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by MarkSTL

An odd sighting...maybe some St. Louis/Midwest folks could shed some light on this movement:

Was sitting in Taco Bell at Chouteau and Broadway in St. Louis and glanced out the window to see a UP and CSX engine leading a string of about 15-20 TOFC cars up the South approach to the MacArthur bridge from Lesperance Street towards the East side. The engines and cars looked very eighties to me for some reason. It's just so rare to see anything but Manufacturers engines pulling anything up that steep approach from Lesperance Street. Anyone else from the area ever seen anything like that on the South Approach? Almost choked on my nachos when I saw that... That made two rare sightings on the Big Mac - that move and the UP 3985 earlier in the morning.

Thanks, Mark

OK Taco Bell is owned by the same people who own KFC Hardees & Pizza Hut
thats not so wierd [:D]
but you meant the train oh well Ive seen UP CSX SOO BN SP &ICG go over that bridge But Youre right that south approach is mainly Manufac's RWY The only other would be A&S Or TRRA Pullin A local[8D]

[Anonymous]

If you really want to see what a productive day of railfanning is like, hop on over to this thread: http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11492 [:)]

[Anonymous]

Tonight about 730 pm I saw a UP train with engines 3937 (or 3739) and SP unit 253. I wrote them down then managed to loose the paper. It is easy to remember the SP unit's number since I saw 251 just a while back. The train was mixed with a little of everything. It came into Levy (North Little Rock) from Van Burean/Ft. Smith.

[JoeKoh]

could be a lease engine.tonight I saw a coal train going west and it was moving cause when I picked up the pizza had a non stop intermodal meet behind the pizza place.[:D]
stay safe
joe

[Mikeygaw]

off the top of my head, only dark blue i know is CSX. Problably are others that i don't know of, though

[ironhorseman]

22 JAN 2004
Went for a run, 2:30PM CDT
8'39": stopped by BNSF double stack- BNSF H2 dash 9, NS dash 9, NS dash 8 not wide cab or it was SD50, NS dash 9
15'38": stopped by a lone NS dash 9 with a Triple Crown train- 1st time I seen lone NS on this line
22'10": 2 BNSF H2 dash 9s, 2 hoppers, hundred (probably) tank cars
40'00": empty well cars headed south, 2 SD40-2s: 1green, 1 dark blue

WHAT WAS THE DARK BLUE ENGINE? I think I've seen one like this before but not sure. It was too far away to see reporting marks, numbers.

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UPDATE: The dark blue engine was a Montana Rail Link

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[UPTRAIN]

I ran a FNM two tone blue SD40-2 with a TFM flag logo and a KCS paint TFM GP40-2 (I think [:D]) the other day behind a SD70M!!!!!!!

[tree68]

Mookie crossing the diamonds at Rochelle. Well, maybe it wasn't Mookie, but it was a cat. Smart cat - no trains in sight.

[Anonymous]

Shortly after 1 pm today I saw an empty coal train leaving town. UP 5946 was the pusher unit. I didn't see the head end only the tail. Just my luck. [;)]

[Anonymous]

An odd sighting...maybe some St. Louis/Midwest folks could shed some light on this movement:

Was sitting in Taco Bell at Chouteau and Broadway in St. Louis and glanced out the window to see a UP and CSX engine leading a string of about 15-20 TOFC cars up the South approach to the MacArthur bridge from Lesperance Street towards the East side. The engines and cars looked very eighties to me for some reason. It's just so rare to see anything but Manufacturers engines pulling anything up that steep approach from Lesperance Street. Anyone else from the area ever seen anything like that on the South Approach? Almost choked on my nachos when I saw that... That made two rare sightings on the Big Mac - that move and the UP 3985 earlier in the morning.

Thanks, Mark

[techguy57]

Had to go downtown area of Chicago today and saw a lot of UP action including a bunch of UPYs pulling flatbeds with military equipment. Also saw 4 Dash 9s (3 UP and a SP renumber) sitting along Lake St, before it goes under the El.

Mike

[Dough]

Loram rail grinder in Gainesville, GA at the Amtrack station.

[Anonymous]

Today I saw a meet of the following....

Amtrak AEM7 - Northbound on the NEC
Amtrak Acela Exp - Southbound on the NEC
Setpa Regional - Southbound on the NEC

This happened about 2000 feet south of the Wilmington Amtrak Station. All 3 tracks were in use. The Septa train was seating while the 2 Amtrak trains passed. The Septa train sat for about 15 minutes after the pass and then reverse course and returned to the station, instead of continuing south to Newark, DE.

[Anonymous]

today I saw 5 in A row GP38's UP ex SP 1984 UP ex SSW 2055
UP ex SSW 2088 UP ex SP 1981 and SSW 2077 pullin a unit gondola loaded with
gravel train was separated in yd first 2 locos took first half of cars to old army base loading track ramp was rebuilt with I beams now used by trackhoe
for unloading gravel for transit mix (concrete gravel for I 20 In east TX)
other half was taken back to Lufkin JCT to mix master concrete

Yesterday I seen UP ex CNW 653 And UP ex CNW jordan spreader 11975
(snow plow ) heading south from K.C.M.O.

today I got some pics of two NS ex CR ex PRR dont know # yet pulling A autorack
train from Chicago ILL to Sanantonio Tx via ex SP line

also seen D&RGW loco And SPSF kodachrome SP7399
note this loco was In SP daylight color scheme (bad fish no camera)
dad went to the beer store and didnt give me the camera
probaly a good thing some people dont like to see 24-36-24 FM blonde 21yrs old
and theres the ones that would call this a trophy shot[8D]

[techguy57]

Just today, I saw a CN mixed consist on the EJ&E line through Barrington, IL. Couldn't believe it![:D] I had never seen a CN loco let alone 2 of them, one of them being zebra striped. I only go through Barrington about once or twice a week and rarely if ever get stopped by anything on the EJ&E. How surprised was I to see a CN train![:D] Got to get the pics developed!

Very happy![:D]
Mike

[espeefoamer]

Last weekend I saw a BNSF SD70M in Grinstein Green.Very rare out here.[8D]I also saw GP7 1336 in Pumpkin II .I thought it odd to see such an old unit in the new paint.[8D]