Midweek Photos; 3/21/2018

 I went over to Deshler, Ohio this past weekend - caught a CSX freight as it entered the CPL forest before turning

  eastbound.

The Battle of Chantilly* evolved around a "Railroad Grade 10 to 15' high".  Parts of the grade survive as linear parks, other sections developed and given railroady  names like Sully Station.

*Also known as the Battle of Ox Hill.   Modern day Chantilly, Virginia is a few miles west.  

Were is the CSX safety train locomotive nowdays?

Here

And here

And her latest adventure, ready last Sunday to pull a long manifest west, out of a freight track at the Keyser WVa CSX yard!

Ed

I have been testing out a new camera.   Here are some shots I took over the last week or so with it.  

A few photos from this week...

Excellent job, everyone!  Thank you for starting the thread on Wednesday. I have not had the opportunity to go trackside when trains were running the past couple of weeks, but caught this goofy shot of the aftermath of a snowfall last week.  The tracks embedded in the bricks acts as a walkway to direct Steamtown visitors to the parking lot.  The snow on Mar 21 was accumulating early in the morning, so a path had to be shoveled.  The warmness of the afternoon led to a quick melt except for piles shoveled away. 

I hope to post something good this coming week.  Time will tell. 

CN L504 with the GTW 5847 meets the ship Baie St. Paul under the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, MI.

CN L572 on the CN Dearborn Sub with a pair of GTW GP9Rs

LucasWSU posted:

CN L504 with the GTW 5847 meets the ship Baie St. Paul under the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, MI.

 

CN L572 on the CN Dearborn Sub with a pair of GTW GP9Rs

That looks like pictures of the old electrified DT&I, that Henry Ford Sr. had built many, moons ago...!...I'd seen pictures of everything gone, but the Catenary Structures, that held the electric cabling ...!

Brandy posted:

LucasWSU posted:

CN L504 with the GTW 5847 meets the ship Baie St. Paul under the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, MI.

 

CN L572 on the CN Dearborn Sub with a pair of GTW GP9Rs

That looks like pictures of the old electrified DT&I, that Henry Ford Sr. had built many, moons ago...!...I'd seen pictures of everything gone, but the Catenary Structures, that held the electric cabling ...!

 

Yes, that is the old DT&I. The concrete structures are **** near bombproof and were deemed too expensive to tear down, so many still standing, mostly between Diann and Oakwood Junctions. They pose no clearance problems, either.

Jdevleerjr posted:

I have been testing out a new camera.   Here are some shots I took over the last week or so with it.  

Looks like you shot CN M385 and either NS 31M or 121 off of the Conrail Sterling Secondary