Midweek Photos 6/10/2015

Riverside Shops Baltimore, MD 1986

From my 2005 visit to the VA trans Museum in Roanoke. Yes it was permissbale to climb on/into the loco.

Since we are doing really trains, here are a few from the Meridian, MS area. We have seen a couple fun engines on the Crescent in the last few weeks.

 

 

 

Here are a few of the pictures I managed to get this past week.

 

Norfolk Southern Jersey Central Heritage Unit; 

Alliance, Ohio;  Friday  June 05, 2015  10:24 AM

 

 

 

 

Norfolk Southern Office Car Special; 

Alliance, Ohio;  Tuesday  June 09, 2015  1:06 PM

 

 

I took the family on a train ride at the Michigan Transit Museum in Mt Clemens on Sunday.  They run every Sunday from June to October.  The train used to run onto Selfridge ANG base to the Air Museum but since 2007 they have not been allowed to do so due to "security concerns"  They are working on getting the military to allow them to do this again on limited weekends, once or twice a summer.

 

Here are the pics.  The kids had a great time and they were even interview by the local paper!  

 

 

Photos from Strasburg next week, Western Maryland Scenic the week after with a few from the New Hope and Ivyland RR if I can fit it in.  

Kinda slow for me around my part of the woods. So here is all I was able to capture.

 

 

 

Crossing Fishing Creek coming into Berwick, PA.

 

 

 

 

Took these two on the way to work this morning in the fog.

Mostly roster shots this week as there has been a number of nicely painted units pass thru St. Louis. Dan

 

 

 

Quebec Northshore & Labrador 312 in transit at E. St. Louis IL 06092015

 

 

 

Bessemer & Lake Erie 900 idling at the TRRA yard in Madison IL 06092105

 

 

 

Two GTW SD40's in two CN schemes, laying over at the TRRA Madison yard, 06092015

 

 

KCS 2957 in shiny all black scheme, E St Louis IL 06092015

 

 

 

TRRA 2008 and Indiana Southern 4051 at TRRA Madison IL yard 06092015  

 

 

My grandson Tyson in front of CB&Q 9908 Silver Charger while at the Union Pacific Family Days at the St. Louis Museum of Transport 06072015

 

Stuck in the middle! I caught this BNSF work crew at a crossing in Hinsdale, Il. getting ready to leave the middle track when they stopped for a Metra commuter.

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  Norfolk Southern Heritage CNJ in Pittsburgh,PA this week.

 

 

 

 Norfolk Southern local heading towards Island Yard in Pittsburgh

 

 

 

 

  Norfolk Southern freight west

 

 

 

   Norfolk Southern Business Train F9A on a nice sunny Pittsburgh day

 

 

 

 Union Pacific power assisting NS Roadrailer train.

 

Pics I took of N&W Class J # 611 excursion train arriving midday in Manassas, VA 6/6/15

Andrew, your last photo taken in the fog should be framed. It has a certain mystique about it. Nice shot. Goes to  prove that it pays to always have a camera with you even if it's a cell.

Thanks, I could of spent all morning there taking photos in the fog, but unfortunatly I had to get to work. I almost always have a camera with me, you never know what you will see and goes to show you don't always need a train to photograph the railroad.

 

A few photos from this past weekend chasing the 611 down in Manassas.

The young fellow is saying.  " I want this daddy" 

I took these a few years ago while at Music Fest in Bethlehem PA. We saw Yes and Asia together at the old venue on the island. 

A couple of weekends ago, I did get out west again.  All in all, I've had very spotty luck going after the Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern (RCPE) even with up to the minute info from RR employees as to train movement.  Trains that are supposed to be moving aren't, or trains come out of nowhere, unexpected!  On and on.  Two weeks ago I knew there was supposed to be one train e/b and one w/b, and at least one would be moving well into the wee hours on that desolate stretch west of Pierre (in the western third of SD.)  Well OK, I'll roll the dice once again.

 

 I drove the three hours on I-90 out to Philip SD, and then started heading back east with the idea of intercepting the w/b.  I had my NEW NIKON with me, an F3/T and AiS lenses 28mm f2, 50mm f1.2, and 105mm f2.5.  All was vintage 1980s.   I got a message that there was actually an e/b behind me, so I went back and caught it.  There was a meet at JC siding, as is common.  I left the e/b as it was getting close to Pierre, and went after the w/b.  This was one of those rare times where EVERYTHING seemed to go right!  I clicked off shot after shot as the sun got lower in the west.  When night fell my good fortune only continued!  I got more night shots, including some on film with the F3/T.  As the w/b neared Philip SD, the dispatcher told the crew to tie down there and the replacement crew would take it on west.  The dogcatch said the fresh crew was at the motel and he was going to take the dead crew there and pick up the fresh crew.  He'd be back in 15 minutes.  This was around 3am.  I parked in the lot of a big grain elevator, right by the crossing, and lowered my seat back.  I figured maybe I could catch 20 minutes or so of sleep, and then go on to the real prize--the ghost town of Cottonwood!  I've been wanting a night shot there since I started last fall!  At last the stars had all aligned and I should have my shot within an hour.     I closed my eyes.  The throb of the diesels made me drift off as gentle rain began to patter on my RAV4.  I was one tired pup!

 

I suddenly awoke and could still hear the engines idling.  I opened my eyes--it was dawn.    I sat up to look around, and saw a gray tabby cat sitting on the hood of my car, nonchalantly staring directly at me.  I stared back, and blinked.  The cat slowly blinked in return.  I had some leftover chicken strips from the night before, and took one out of the box and began tearing it into pieces.  The cat licked its lips.  I opened the window, tossed out the chicken bits. The cat jumped down and began eating breakfast.  I looked at my watch:  6am.  The "sure thing" crew had never shown up.  The sky was gray, I was tired and hungry.  I started my car and slowly headed for home.  It was a great streak while it lasted!

 

 

All b&w photos taken with Nikon F3/T,

All color photos taken with Nikon D800E.

 

1. e/b at Midland SD

1a. Active elevator at Midland

2. e/b near Midland (corral)

3. w/b Sunset

4. Meet at JC siding (note the symmetry of the engines!)

5. Capa, SD

6. Midland, SD

 

No doubt this was the best trip I've had west of Pierre to date! 

 

 

Kent in SD

Kent,

 

The Black & White photos are great.  The first two color photos look like old time post cards to me.