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J T wrote:Is there a fandom for the type of work you do?

I have to beat off the accounting groupies with a stick. They darn near cream their pants when I use a 10 key because it's "heritage equipment"...

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TrainWatcher wrote:Saw a photo from today that the new signals at CP 285 (Vickers) on the Chicago Line are installed, but still turned. Get the NYC bridge while you can!

This perhaps?

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/r ... ?2,3133470

I was careless today so somewhere in Lima, Leipsic or Oakwood is one of my SD cards. Has the going away shots for about 10 trains I filmed today. MAD! Not sure if its worth trying to find it tomorrow. It most likely fell out of my pocket getting out of the car so most likely been ran over or washed...

And in a nod to the AA's long history,like the Wisconsin Southern,is not going to repaint their locomotives from the classic DT&I/AA orange to Watco Black & Yellow. 4 of their loco's are painted in UP colors...think I'd rather see the Watco bumble bee scheme At this point, I honestly could agree. J...

Thanks for the updates guys! Go figure, I spent Saturday out there and the 272 got hung up for various reasons not leaving Savanna until almost noon. I'll post some pictures of that when I get a chance.

Thanks,
Michael

I take mine by the tracks. no way Say! I like great pics and trains! I do!! I like them, foamer-brains! And I would shoot them in a boat! And I would shoot them with a goat... And I will shoot them in the rain. And in the dark. And on a train. And on a car. And in a tree. They are so good so good y...

I made a 2 and 1/2 day trip out to IL/IA from Toledo starting mid-day Friday and back by Sunday night. In the process I spent Friday evening on the BNSF racetrack between Hinsdale & Downers Grove, woke up Saturday in Rochelle and shot UP before heading out after CP 272 and then visiting the Mississi...

Things are changing again. The 272/273 turn crew is no more. For the past couple weeks 273 has been called at Bensenville around 1000ish and heading west between 1200 and 1300. 272 has been called at Savanna at about 1400. Now word has it that Huron-Bensenville trains 276/277 that ran across Wiscon...

The train with the 8099 trailing was sitting crewless at Glenwood Rd as of 5PM waiting on the road crew.

Michael

Sometime late morning today (6/21) the NS 8099 Southern unit ran light power (with the 8009) up the Toledo Terminal from Stanley to CN Lang yard as Y112. They are currently in Lang yard waiting on Z247 to leave (typical CN power - heading to Stanley) before doubling up their train of empty Detroit E...

FWIW the NS 8099 was sitting at the fuel pad at Stanley facing north with the same other NS unit facing south behind it as of 12:10 today (6/20).

Here's one of my shots from the chase. Started at Cairo and got them a handful of times between there and Tontogany. This was my favorite shot. Nice job Y@!, good comp. with the flowers. Here's a shot pulling into Stanley: http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3700/9062190071_deb383deff.jpg Q512 rolls into...

It's probably childish that I laughed when I saw the "big red Johnson"...

In Maine on Pan Am right now - should go across Ontario & Michigan on CN to Chicago then south from there.

See this for details:

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/r ... ?2,3098557

Locomotives, Wings & Wheels/Train Expo 2014 is coming to SRI. Only the name of the event has been listed which can be seen on the main page of the site. http://michigansteamtrain.com/ Completely vague, zero real info and not even so much as a 'save the date' kind of notice - one wonders why they ev...

With the FRA all but shutting Barr Yard down. Northwest transfer at Deshler is getting a work out Wednesday. S508-22 X550-22 X552-22 X324-22 With Q509 and Q209 yet to come along with more X550 series trains to be classified at Stanley. Hah! Another round of "let's move the problem around the system...

Had a T859-27 go north through Vickers (in Toledo) today around 12:30 or so.

Michael