Nice stuff guys 
Hey MNCW.............much tanks for posting a picture of that Sperry Car. Last night I decided to check on the HorseShoe Curve cam, and I started to see the
S U P E R bright white light(s) just as the car was entering the outer most curve...........it had me wondering what it is and does! I'll go check this out
But, hey, what a difference to see it compared to freights and passenger trains.....
Meanwhile on the Ashland cam......two inconsiderate nits were PARKED in the road by the clock......I guess waiting to see a train? With all the parking off to the side, I cannot understand.......sure enough some poor VW bug came along and had to flash the high beams (and then left them on) to get the dunderheads to move along!
Been a busy night on the Horseshoe tonight. I saw 6 - 7 consists go by in about 3 hours.
I had no idea what a Sperry rail car was, very interesting and Thanks for the post.
Big Blue makes a return.
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I remember that car from February Tom.
I enjoyed the 2018 highlights. Just don’t have much time to watch live.
I live near Ashland, and used to own a house on that line, just south of Ashland. It’s pretty busy on those rails.
A few comments about some of the highlights I saw from Ashland:
• Drivers getting confused and turning onto the tracks happens all the time. With streets running parallel to the tracks, and the nice flat crossing, some people just forget there are tracks between the streets. Just glad there are cameras now. I notice the news reporting more stories when it happens because of the camera. Not just reporting when a car gets hit. Awareness is the only chance to reduce the problem. All the signs at the crossing just doesn’t seem to work for some.
• A decent size college (Randolph Macon) is located on the east side of the tracks. Many of the off campus hangouts are on the west side of the tracks, including the brew pub. Having tracks between the kids and their favorite beer and coffee, gives opportunities to do some really stupid things such as trying to outrun a train on foot and crawling under a stationary train.
• Every year Ashland has a train day festival, in the fall. I usually work a display for our train club. At a designated time all the participants wave at the camera. Unfortunately for 2018, we were located on the other side of the tracks and a slow train blocked us from the camera at the appointed time. Better luck next year.
MNCW posted:No Big Blue of Conrail this evening, but the Penn Central Heritage Loco made an appearance...
Tom
I started watching the Horseshoe Curve virtual webcam on the TV in the basement where my layout is. 1st train that came by as I was running my trains had the NS Penn Central heritage unit on the second half on the lead A-A pair. I've been on a PC roll lately so I took it as a good sign! 
Ralph M posted:I started watching the Horseshoe Curve virtual webcam on the TV in the basement where my layout is. 1st train that came by as I was running my trains had the NS Penn Central heritage unit on the second half on the lead A-A pair. I've been on a PC roll lately so I took it as a good sign!
Some years back, just because I was out there, I stayed at that little railfan motel on the tracks leading up to the curve … The Station Inn. While sitting on the porch with the other folks, comes a train with the NS Central of NJ heritage unit in the lead … the railroad I model.
I guess I good sign for me, too.
