Midweek Photos 6/3/2015

Some photos from our trip to Myrtle Beach last week.

 

 

 

This was at a mini golf course in North Myrtle Beach

 

 

 

Ride at the Family Kingdom Amusement Park in Myrtle Beach.

 

 

 

These were taken in Chadbourn, NC on the way home. This was once the offices of the Carolina Southern Railroad, now it looks like a locomotive graveyard.

 

Some of the units on static display at IRM in Union, IL a couple of Saturdays ago. Hopefully, some will gain permanent indoor storage when the two new barns are completed this year.

NS 9400 at speed near Hummelstown, PA 2007

AMTK P30CH #707 Washington DC Ivy City engine house 1985. F40PH #269 lurking behind

AMTK P30CH #707 Washington DC Ivy City engine house 1985

CR NW2 among friends at Enola, PA 1986

I also traveled through Georgia and South Carolina last week and saw some interesting railroad related sights...

 

Waycross, GA has a lot of RR activity, with a few old road names passing through. 

 

South Carolina had the first successful scheduled steam railroad service in America between Charleston and Hamburg, and the world's oldest railroad junction at Branchville. 

 

And we saw quite a load of wheels on I-77 that I am happy remained secure as I drove behind and beside it. 

@Jay Jay - that's weird, I had just been reviewing my own photos from my visit to IRM a few years back. Good stuff!

 

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Here's the scene at Lynchburg, VA this morning, Wednesday June 3. The beautiful former Southern Railway Depot, Kemper Street Station. Some Southern history, and the Amtrak NorthEast Regional train to Boston backing in to load.

 

 

I took these on Sunday in Wyalusing PA. The hoppers carry sand used for Hydraulic fracturing. This trip also included a visit to Brian and Rosanna Eso in Tunchannock, a few miles east on scenic route 6.

Don

Andrew, what a surprise your photos were. We're headed out for Myrtle Beach in the morning and you've given me some places to visit during our stay. Thanks.

PITTSBURGH, PA THIS WEEK ALONG THE NS FORT WAYNE LINE

 

I decided to redo this post with more pics. I hope this makes it more enjoyable.

On 5/30/2015, I went to Cumberland,MD. to claim a cab ride on WMSR #734, however #734 was OOS, so I was given a free ride on WMSR GP30 #501 (X-PRR #2249, Conrail #2131, built 1965). I look forward to a rescheduled steam cab ride this fall.
My thanks to Engineer Mike and Brakeman Jim for their hospitality and tolerance.

Engineer Mike was particularly interesting as he put in 37 years service on CSX in engine service, and worked out of New Castle,PA., and Cumberland in his career. 

 

 

 

 

I caught the Erie Heritage Unit in Altoona today.

A video from last week at the D.A.R.E. Model Railroad Club. We recently built an extension off our big O gauge layout. This train was the second test train to see how far power from the old layout extended onto the extension. Also included are some photos from two years ago of a set of NS standard cabs passing through Pittsburgh Penn Station.

Wednesday was cloudy with rain all day, so photos from the train on the way from Lynchburg to Washington are few. Here's some that may be of interest:

 

NS bunk cars near Orange, VA, and look at that classic ESSO sign!

NS track equipment, probably used by the bunk car residents.

A remnant of the Southern Railway in the weeds at Manassas.

The US Capitol, with scaffolding in place.

 

All photos taken from the window of Amtrak #176.