Midweek Photos 6/17/2015

Here's a few from my recent travels.

 

 

This old guys sits along Rt. 309 between MaCdoo and Hazleton, PA.

 

 

Restored station along Rt. 309 in Andreas, PA

 

 

Reading and Northern in Tamaqua, PA

Baltimore,MD 1980's

Baltimore,MD 1986 PC MU #679 awaits her fate on a siding. Sadly, she was scrapped in 1994

NEC Electric meet at Harrisburg. One is a display pice the other in-service - soon the AEM-7's will be musuem pieces too

Enola, PA 1986

Just a few more form my recent travels

 

 

Last caboose left at Delta Place out side of Lewisburg, Pa

 

 

Center Cab shop locomotives and newly built tank cars at the Milton ACF plant.

 

 

Some Allentown yard action.

From he last couple of weeks, Dan

 

 

 

Power laying over at the Alton & Southern Gateway Yard in E. St. Louis, IL 6/9/2015.

 

 

 

 

UP 7880 MPRPB rolls through Q Tower interlocking in E. St Louis IL 6/15/15.

 

 

 

IC 1011 leads UP train ASMAR out of Dexter MO 6/14/15.

 

 

 

BNSF 7590 North, a BNSF trackage rights train running up the UP's Chester Sub. 6/4/15, Howardton, IL

BNSF 5475 ballast train being loaded at the Iron Mountain, MO ballast pit. The UP, NS and BNSF all get ballast from Iron Mt. UP crews take all the train from St. Louis to the pit, 81 miles south on the Desoto Sub and after loading, a crew is called to return them north.  A contractor move the train to position cars for the 2 or 3 shovels to load. I believe they said most cars get 8 full scoops.

Didn't think I would have anything to contribute this week as I want to post new photos but had not managed to get out this past week.

 

HeritageUnits.com indicated that the NS "Conrail" Heritage Unit was leading train 170 this morning.  Although the weather was less than ideal, more rain, Karen and I decided to travel to Louisville to see if we could get photos of the HU.  It was still raining but I managed to take a few as the train approached and crossed route 44 on the North edge of town.  Have to say, this was different as we lived in Louisville from 1984 until 1997 and saw many, many Conrail engines during that time.

 

NS #8098 Conrail Heritage Unit

Eastbound on the Fort Wayne Line at Louisville, Ohio  June 17, 2015  12:08 PM

 

 

 

 

Once the HU had passed we decided to go to get lunch in Alliance. 

 

The weather had improved significantly by the time we finished eating so we decided to check out our usual train watching spot in Alliance. After waiting about an hour, caught this Eastbound train on the Cleveland Line.

 

Alliance, Ohio  June 17, 2015  2:36 PM

 

 

Great photos everyone.  I'm out in the Sandhills this weekend so here are a few from today. 

 

Two photos, first was taken in Alamosa several years ago.  The second was taken from my apartment window during the winter of 14/15.

 

ChipR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did a little rail faning at home last week.  Only saw 2 trains but did get some night shots of the stations in Mt Clemens and New Haven.

 

Here are just a few of the shots plus a video. 

A tip of my hat to t8afao for fighting the Nebraska rattlesnakes to bring us photos of the sandhills which are off the path for most of us; and to jdevleerjr for fighting the Michigan mosquitoes to bring us interesting views of railroading at twilight and after dark there (and for using 35-mm film).

The northwestern end of Nebraska can be a very forlorn place, especially in winter.  The upside is the people are very friendly.    It's worth the effort to make it out there, as T's photos above show.   Don't have much this week as I've been spending the past two weekends in Kansas City and into central Missouri with my dad.  He had two big piles of our relatives come through and I helped him around the house.  Also drove everyone out to Brunswick MO to visit the family farm and see family history.  That part of Missouri is actually pretty high volume train traffic with BNSF, KCS, NS, and even some UP action.  It's very hilly and wooded country dotted with small towns that go back before the Civil War.  I didn't have any spare time this month but do intend to make it back there for a weekend or two.  Fortunately, my dad is a long time railfan, and I can get away with telling my wife I'm going down there to check on my dad.   Anyway, a few shots from the past week:

 

1. NS auto train heading to K.C. after crossing the flooded Grand River.

2. Minnesota Southern train passing through Magnolia MN on its way back to Luverne MN.  Camera was a Nikon F3/T with Nikon 28mm PC lens.

3.  Philip SD at dawn, on the RCPE line in western SD.

 

 

Kent in SD

 

 

 

Forgot to mention that I really like JD's photo of the silo complex with the stormy sky.  Just goes to show you don't have to have a train to make an interesting RR theme photo. 

 

 

Kent in SD

Two23, JD and Chips great photo's.  Number 90, no rattlers seen on this trip. I will be heading to the bad lands tomorrow so I will try to dig one up for you.  I took some photos of Alliance yard today. Not a lot of traffic,  they are working on the line between here and Revena. Also BNSF has parked over 200 engines in the south yard. I tried getting a photo but it's so massive it's hard to get it all in one pic. Hope to post some of tomorrow's adventures then. Nick

The truck crane you photographed is a Link-Belt HTC-1170 that was built in Lexington, Kentucky. It has a maximum capacity of 70 US-tons and was first introduced in the late 1980s. I was a member of the design team and it was my first major project. After 28 years of employment, I'm still playing with cranes and trains.

       
       
That crane was brought in to unload over 40 coal cars off of low boy trailers. There had been a derailment last month. That was taken east of Alliance at a repair company called American Electric co. They repair and replace trucks on cars. A small world to see something you help develop. Nick