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<p><a href="http://s1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd440/independentrailfan/#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ12">http://s1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd440/independentrailfan/#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ12</a>   this catch was completly by suprise as me and my wife do not have train schedules  We take the scanner and just get "lucky".  I think it makes it more fun when watching trains to not know what is coming. I see guys all of the time sitting with charts, two scanners, books, lap tops, cameras, video equ, cell phones to let there buddys know, news papers, coffe, food,  and the list go's on!!!  Ok, I may be going a little far with the well mabey not...   Anyway we caught this going across the NS "vickors" diamond while watching CSX.   Ok, here is the neat deal here.  The last time I saw one of these was when I was like 16 or 17 yrs old ( I left for  Army basic training a year or so later and never went back) on a DEEX or Detroit Edsion train going under the oak street bridge in east " toledo where I grew up ( no fun).  When one would watch trains from ontop of the oak street bridge U were playing it risky as many not so friendly people ran this area from both the projects and our own neighborhood.  Many times I had to make a fast break to get away from either being beat up or worse.  There was even a old "beam" bridge down by the river crossing it was Pennsy bridge ( tore down a few yrs back conrail ran coal to a now being torn down edison plant) from my parents steam days!  The B&O switched onto the Penssy down there and Conrail built it's lead up the very short but steep hill to there Stanely yard. My grandmother lived right by this too and I would often watch the daily GTW train going up the hill at run 8 and my grandmother would be soooo mad at the house shaking. I even have derailment pics from like 1969 that my dad took there.  Autoracks dump'd over.  The curve is incredibliy tight and steep.  NS still uses it across faset street, but beware if you try to catch anything there it is VERY danngerous area to stand around.  Local gangs from east toledo run there now.  Like everything else I guess time moves on for us and RRs.  my grandmother passed away and most of my family moved away and I still have one  retired Conrail brakeman uncle living there.     GOD BLESS U ALL...................................................</p>
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