Midweek Photos 1/20/2016

Hope for spring in central Pennsylvania!! Back out riding on the rail-trail enjoying these sights.

Swipesy posted:

Rebuilt SD9 now a SDM In Willard, Ohio heading to South Dakota.

I believe it is former Minneapolis and St. Louis.

Stopped at crossing for a Eastbound BNSF crude oil drag thru Naperville, IL. Using my iPhone 01/19/2016.

franktrain

Thanks for the update and photos Tim. I've been meaning to ask you for some time, are you related to Father Thomas O Malley? He's from Scranton, and retired from my Parish of St Leo's in Ashley.

Don

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In reply to Rail, I am not certain who my relations are in Pennsylvania. I know my first cousins and their children, but that is about it. My parents did not keep in touch with their cousins, or let me in on any family stories. My family has been here since 1850, so it is quite possible that Father Thomas and I are related. There are plenty of O'Malleys in this part of the country. 

Thought it was about time to put something up for the weekly photos.

Found this interesting stuff in my files, taken a few months ago.

These are rebuilds done at CSX Huntington, GP40-3's. Two pair

here, the 6514 was over at the locomotive shop

All taken working in the CSX Cumberland Freight Yard, the shot

of the 1302 was made there also, but she is last in a locomotive consist

leaving the yard on a westbound manifest, and isn't running. 

No doubt sent to Cumberland for some work and back on her

way home.

Ed

I've got to get back to PA and see that 4-4-0 sometime.  Those are my favorite engines of all time!

Well, it's been a slow week in Lake Woebegone, out on the prairie.  It's been cold, and snows a little every day.  It warmed up to the high 20s one afternoon and I made the mistake of washing my car really really well an hour before sunset.  Next morning it was back near zero, and all the locks were frozen.  It took me quite awhile to finally get in my car.  I did manage to get a few shots this week though.  I headed several hours up into Minnesota, along the BNSF Marshall Sub.  Only saw one train, but that turned out to be a good thing as it meant there were snow drifts for it to crash through!  I took a few shots of that from one of the very few overpasses, near Cottonwood MN.  I went on up to Granite City MN and headed east looking for a Twin Cities & Western train but only found them tied down.  The weather was continuing to go downhill and I doubted they would send crews out until the next morning.   Heading south back home around 10 PM I did run into a n/b BNSF ethanol train, so I turned around and tried to get ahead of it.  The road was snow packed and very slippery  The best I could do was 40 mph and I was nearly sliding off the road at that.  The train was rolling 40 to 45 mph; I quickly realized this chase was futile and bagged it.  I did head back out last night during another light snow and went north towards Marshall MN.  I was hoping there would be some decent BNSF traffic.  I heard on my radio that a n/b grain train got a warrant about 15 miles south of me, so we were off to the races!  The road was snow packed again but I was able to make 50 mph on the straights.  I set up a few flash near Russell MN and waited.  I ended up waiting quite awhile--turned out the train was having engine problems and only two units were running.   It wasn't too cold so I just hung around outside my car, listening to the snow softly hitting the ground.  The train finally showed up and I popped the shot.  All that effort and my reward was an ugly burnt up  GE.     I packed all my gear into my RAV4 and went to close the rear door but it wouldn't catch!  I ended up keeping it closed with a bungey cord.   When I got home I sneaked my wife's big high powered hair drier outside and ran it full blast on the rear door mechanism.  Fixed it!

Kent in SD

1. N/B grain train near Russell, MN, BNSF

2. S/B Manifest near Florence, MN, BNSF

3. S/B tanker train near Cottonwood, MN, BNSF

Cottonwood shot is fantastic.

Ed

Ed Mullan posted:

Cottonwood shot is fantastic.

Ed

If you look at the horizon, just to the left of the tracks, you will see a big agricultural plant.  That's the ADM corn syrup processor and ethanol plant on the north edge of Marshall.  Note the steam/smoke is going totally horizontally.  That's how strong the north wind was at that point! 

Kent in SD

Nice pics everyone.  Here are a few I took when I was back in Alliance Ne after Christmas.  When I took these it was -16 out so some photos could look shaky. On the south yard their are over 200 SD70MACS mothballed.  Nick T

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It is about time somebody who is respected around here mentioned this strange desire to re-copy everything in sight just to say " nice pictures."  The ones that drive me nuts are the concatenated re-posts where there are four or five nested responses, and a sixth poster adds "I agree."  I am, of course, able to skip repeated posts - just remain puzzled as to why some think it is a good idea.

Nice photos, you guys.

I'm sure the huge east coast snow event has many wishing for spring (me for one).
Here are some images from a fine spring day in May, 2011, when part of a day was spent at Orleans Road, WV. on the CSX (x-B&O) mainline deep in the Potomac River valley.
The classic CPL signals were close to being replaced, historically this point is known as the east end of the Magnolia Cutoff.
All images by Warren W. Jenkins

Bob2, have you posted your concern about concatenated replies in the Forum Tech Forum "Forum Suggestion Box"?

Pingman posted:

Bob2, have you posted your concern about concatenated replies in the Forum Tech Forum "Forum Suggestion Box"?

Yes, he and I both have, on the "descriptive subjects" thread on the Suggestions Forum. Rich's response was quite interesting, yet certain folks continue to copy the whole darned post, with many, many, many photos, just to type only one sentence or less.

Two23 posted:

Only saw one train, but that turned out to be a good thing as it meant there were snow drifts for it to crash through!  I took a few shots of that from one of the very few overpasses, near Cottonwood MN . . .

. . . When I got home I sneaked my wife's big high powered hair drier outside and ran it full blast on the rear door mechanism.  Fixed it!

 Kent in SD

 

Thanks for the interesting narrative, Kent.  There's usually a story behind a good photo.  This one is indeed my favorite.

Jeez - we're almost in the next mid-week.  How about a short mid-week video from the summer, back when temperatures were warm (and we're not covered in snow) from the Allentown & Auburn, when steam returned to Kutztown, PA for the first time in about 60 years.  It came in the form of Viscose Company 0-4-0 #6 - pulling three cabooses (cabeese?) and an open-air flatcar through the Pennsylvania farmlands and countryside.  Enjoy!

The week that #6 was on the ALLN wasn't warm; it was hot! But either way, it was a blast! Too bad now you've made me think of all the digging out we will probably have to do down there next weekend...

My problem is resisting the temptation to re-copy stuff that has already been copied four or five times.  That would be boorish behavior, but once in a while I succumb.

I really do like good photos, but once is sufficient.