Recently I Saw . . . . . . .

[Mikeygaw]

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

[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

[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.

[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]

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]

[AltonFan]

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

[UPTRAIN]

Mo-pacs are blue [;)]

[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.

[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 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

[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]

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]

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

[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 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

[locomutt]

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

[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?[;)]

[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

[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....[}:)]

[Anonymous]

This mornin i saw 2 SP C44-9AC #'s 110 & 125 Headed north from big sandy tx to N Liitle rock ark loaded down with freight mostly boxcars some tankers
only 7 flatcars 2 of them were derail cars (carrying a derailed hopper)
looked like it beyond repair



a couple years back on a ride to shreveport some where out side Marshall
there was a RR grave yd 2 spur tracks going into the yard and a big magnet awaits saw 12 stacks of railcars [:(][:(][:(][:(][:(][:(][:(][:(][:(][:(][:(][:(] 4-5 cars ineach stack seems like UP[:(!] dont want to fix them some just had minor damage but
UP makes money off scrap metal it was a sad sight there were more stacks
i could only see 12

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by locomutt

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

I am sure the prime mover was working just fine. L R & W can sometimes pull a pretty good sized train. They usually use only 2 engines. This summer I plan to do some L R & W railfanning. Any takers, just let me know. [;)]

[Mikeygaw]

i saw a CSX switcher on a line servicing a chemical plant... couldnt get a good look at it... was on a bus and only got a front view... well, the cab looked like that of a SW1200, but it was shorter and didn't have a slope right before the cab.

Also saw a mixed freight of chemical, coal and boxcars, and another freight of chemical cars

[JoeKoh]

Hi
saw 2 sd 40-2s one was in bnsf heritage scheme with furx under the window and a cefx unit in blue.saw it come down from the north onto the east west main in deshler Oh.
stay safe
Joe

[Anonymous]

YESTERDAY I saw 3 UP SD35's 3202 3665 2998 headed toward mobile ALA on the NS main in merridian this morning seen a very rare sight on Its way to a RR museum
some where a GP 60 GM&O 2377 new red & white paint very beautifull no pics damn

[Mikeygaw]

saw a CSX SD60 and C44-9W pulling a mixed freight of UP, BNSF, and unrepainted BN boxcars, a CR gondola, and leaser tank cars, a hopper, and lumber cars. Also, i saw an Amtrak diesel (possibly a GP... couldn't get a good look... or pics unfortunately) pushing a single MOW car

Edit: after some searching, it is a GP... A GP40

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SWITCH09

YESTERDAY I saw 3 UP SD35's 3202 3665 2998 headed toward mobile ALA on the NS main in merridian this morning seen a very rare sight on Its way to a RR museum
some where a GP -30 GM&O 2377 new red & white paint very beautifull no pics damn

I think its goin to St Louis maybe but I wish i had a camera when i seen it
also I seen a double decker bus like you see in london the driver was on the opposite side passengers board on the driver side [8D] that was cool it still had the orig lic plate and below it was a Miss lic plate it was cool [8D][8D]

[Anonymous]

this mornin I saw 3 IC SD-50's 1003 1023 & 1044 headed north to memphis with
A double stck from New Orleans GO PATRIOTS

[Anonymous]

G&M A sub of the old GM&O has A loco goin to a RR museum REpainted to GM&O

[Mikeygaw]

an NS C40-9W (9467) pulling a mixed freight of gondola and tank cars

[corwinda]

Long string of brand new TTX doublestack cars (3 packs; marked 'blt 1-04') headed south on UP in Eugene OR.

Richard Reid