While I was unable to attend any of the Spike 150 celebrations occurring out West, I did take the opportunity to head over to Haysville to railfan Norfolk Southern. NS delivered, sending me several types of intermodal trains, an eastbound crude oil train (66X), and a manifest and local. As the title implies, I discovered to my chagrin that NS likes to send out most of its early morning trains with Catfish (C44-9Ws) and GEVOs for power. Regardless, as the day wore on, my catches slowly got better, until I was forced to abandon my perch because my phone ran out of memory. Of course, no expedition would be complete without mishaps: I forgot the camera mount for my tripod, and was battling with the lack of memory space on my phone for much of the afternoon. Regardless, I hope you enjoy!
Train 1: Eastbound domestic intermodal (0:00) NS C44-9W 9599 NS AC44C6M 4082
Train 2: Westbound mostly COFC/TOFC (1:50) NS ES44AC 8086 NS C44-9W 9498
Train 3: Eastbound empty coal (3:35). Notice how all 3 Dash 9 paint variations are on this train. NS C44-9W 9975 (Horsehead) NS C44-9W 9290 (Thoroughbred) NS C44-9W 9720 (Whiteface)
Train 4: Westbound intermodal (5:11). Note the racks at 5:55. NS C44-9W 9460 NS ET44AC 3680
Train 5: Eastbound international intermodal (6:23). A Tundra got stuck under the crossing gate. NS C44-9W 9862 NS SD60E 6955
Train 6: Westbound manifest (7:39). NS C44-9W 9838 NS C44-9W 9040 SD70ACe/SD70IAC 1190 (new build/T4C)
Train 7: Eastbound crude oil 66X (8:36). NS SD60E 6968 NS AC44C6M 4059
Train 8: Eastbound local, possibly C42 (9:17). NS GP38-2 5348 (Operation Lifesaver), ex-Conrail. NS SD40-2 3458
