Midweek Photos 2/22/2012

A new project completed since my last trip in 2011 is this new concrete bridge spanning the Pumpkinville turnpike.  Yes, this turnpike is a rutted dirt road.  They say it won't be long before the vegetation grows up and hides this again, so grab your photos now. 

The original bridge was replaced because the Strasburg built a new unloading facility for large, modern freight cars adjoining the parking lot by the enginehouse. I heard this new bridge is wide enough for a team of 6 draft horses. The curve at Lehman Place Junction is wider, too. That required a good bit of earthmoving.

Always something new and different on the Strasburg!

AWW! Bummer! I liked Lifting my Feet up off the Old Steel Beam Bridge!

Taken around this time last year at the Virginia Transportation Museum. Maybe one day at least 1 of these 3 giants will steam again?

Two Santa Fe units, including a warbonnet, pull a stacktrain eastbound near Galena, IL, in July, 2008.

Wsor train at Bardwell Jct Wisconsin.  The train is making a pick up off of the old Racine & Mississippi Main line.

Wife and I took a break today, and rode up to the Fairhope road crossing of the CSX right of way on the east slope of Sand Patch grade which is about ten miles from the summit.

We got lucky, caught four trains there, just missed an east bound west bound pass here at the crossing.

The first two photos I made at track level, east of the crossing. I was using my telephoto zoom, there's more room between me and the trains than it looks.

In that first photo you can see a bench railfans have put up on a little hill. The last two shots in this post were made from up there. The first autorack was shot at track level west of the road crossing.

What a fun day..to get out and get some air, it was in the low fifties, felt pretty darn good!

Ed Mullan

OI16 in the snow - 

Hoboken -

Washington DC - L'Enfant Plaza - 

Some Strasburg pictures taken by myself. Enjoy

Canadian National #89 and Great Western #90 were sharing duties that July 2008 day.

All great photos. Thanks for sharing.

I have a few old ones for this week:

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Prairie

Great pictures being shared again this week.  Only picture I have to share is the Reno Snow train sitting in Sparks.  Not very exciting but love seeing clean passsenger engines.

Last Wednesday AMTK 66 was the leader for the Reno Snow train.  The more I see these heritage units the more I like them.

Greg

Great photos once again!  Thanks.

Great photos once again!  Thanks.

Great photo's everyone.