Midweek Photos 3/25/2015

Just a couple from last Sept.

TTh

These are photos I took quite some time ago. The buildings in the background are the former Vulcan Iron Works in Wilkes-Barre PA. It is now a scrap yard. I don't know what happend to the first photo, and I couldn't rotate it.

Don

Hey Guys. Here are some shots I took last year during the summer. So this is the weather I like. And it will be hear soon

Here you go, rail:

Sights from Nashville.

Here's a handsome pugfaced pair from my local CN line this morning.  Says SD70M on the sides.

Had to show this brute again sitting in the same spot a couple months ago.

And my favorite, the red white and blue BC Rail.  There are two of these running on this line.  I had the other one and lost it.  I think the other one is number 4613.  I got this number 4606 in action.  Anyone know what type of engine that is?  Hardly an expert here.  Nice lookin, ain't she!

How did you do that? I was really bummed when I clicked submit, and these two cars were on their sides!

Don

Norfolk Southern at Leetsdale, PA last week.

  NORFOLK SOUTHERN WESTBOUND COAL TRAIN WITH UNION PACIFIC POWER

   UNION PACIFIC SD70ACe #8697

   NORFOLK SOUTHERN LOCAL SWITCHING AT LEETSDALE, PA

Here are a few from last year taken out at the IRM.

Well, I've just had these idling around in my phone for a while so I may as well dump them on you guys.  From the archives I guess.  There is some old Illinois Central equipment that rolls through here from time to time as well.  The blue one is kind of unusual, and is on the muscle heading up a train, which translates into cool in my railfanning world. 

Thanks to all who posted photos this week!

A little more IC action in Nashville.

This week the North Shore Railroad has installed new crossing signals and control cabinets at Ridge Rd and Bissits Lane on it Berwick Line.

And this gondola was spotted in the small yard below Susquehanna Avenue in Berwick along with several stacks of new ties between Lime Ridge and Berwick.

Also at the yard in Berwick were these well cars and containers. The containers are filled with material from the old Safety Light Corp complex in Almedia, PA.

And last three photos from over in Nescopeck, PA.

SJC--that's a pretty nice photo of the tracks in the woods.  Anyway, I was out a couple of times last week.  Got a tip that an RCPE train would be going over the little bridge at the Sioux River west of Brookings SD on Saturday night, ETA was 1am.  OK, that's doable.  I got out there, walked into the woods.  It was one of the few times I felt a little creepy--thick trees and lots of deer.  Perfect place for a mountain lion!  I held my little 20 ga. shotgun in my hands  instead of slinging it on my shoulder.  Train got hung up due to an engine problem, new ETA was 2am.  Train had to wait for a meet, new ETA 3am.  Dang, I was getting hungry and the woods weren't getting any less creepy.  Finally at 4am the train came and I popped a shot.  Should have checked for all those stupid branches!  Will do some trimming next time I'm up there.  Lots of trees cut down--by beavers!  The good news--no mountain lions.

1. RCPE crossing Sioux River bridge near Volga/Brookings SD.

2. S/B oil train on BNSF Marshall sub nearing MN/SD border.

3. D&I train s/b entering the wye at Elk Point, SD.  The structure is a car vibrator.  They offload sand here into a pit sometimes.   (D&I is mainly a quarry operation.)

Kent in SD

It was woth the wait, those are some great niht time shots!

Don

Caney Fork and Western RR delivering cars to my work place had a little trouble with some track giving way.  All is repaired and cars were delivered today.