Action in Jackson 4-27-06

[Scooterb]

I hear NS 38J at signal 62W so I jump in the truck and set up at Felters for the shot.

Well I should have gone one more crossing to the east as the sun was shining thier.
Well I will get him in the yard
But first will shoot B16 power

38J comming through the yard

Well he pick these 2 engines up in Wayne


He ties some more cars onto the train and backs back into the yard for this shot


B28 power 5528
Not bad for a few minutes of fanning

[~Z~]

Not bad for a few minutes of fanning

Not bad at all sir, not bad Nice to see 38J with some older power up front.

[RailCanon]

Nice lighting in those pictures Scott

[signmasters]

Hi, first great pics, now what is 38J, B16 and where do you come up with them, I tried my own approach, GP40-2 times pie squared to the power of 9 = Conrail 3067 GP40-2, what am I doing wrong? Thanks, Stay safe, have fun, rail fan rule!

[Scooterb]

38J is the NS train symbol for the train that runs from Elkhart to Jackson then Jackson to Wayne back to Jackson. 39J is the symbol for the same train going from Jackson to Elkhart. B16 is the local train from Jackson to Albion. B28 is the Lansing train Lansing to Jackson weekdays. weekends it symbol is B36 why I dont know, (unless its pie r2, or pie d2 x.748) or the sum of wich is greater than the universe

In Conrail days it was ELDW= Elkhart Detriot Wayne
LAAA= Lansing Ann Arbor

[BB]

Nice pictures and lighting Action Jackson!!

[signmasters]

38J is the NS train symbol for the train that runs from Elkhart to Jackson then Jackson to Wayne back to Jackson. 39J is the symbol for the same train going from Jackson to Elkhart. B16 is the local train from Jackson to Albion. B28 is the Lansing train Lansing to Jackson weekdays. weekends it symbol is B36 why I dont know, (unless its pie r2, or pie d2 x.748) or the sum of wich is greater than the universe

In Conrail days it was ELDW= Elkhart Detriot Wayne
LAAA= Lansing Ann Arbor

Thank you can I find a chart somewhere with all this on it so I can keep up with you guys? Again thank you.

[Scooterb]

There arnt to many or any available on line but I have one with all the listings of manifest, intermodel trains I will post on line eventually, its a couple years old but it works for me

[signmasters]

There arnt to many or any available on line but I have one with all the listings of manifest, intermodel trains I will post on line eventually, its a couple years old but it works for me

Thank You!

[Hogger1225]

The "B-36" symbol is used on the weekends because it is an "extra" train as opposed to being a regularly scheduled train. If they used used the "B-28" I guess it would somehow mess up the computers or the "syetem" wouldn't accept the symbol. Remember, NS is the 51% partner of the hostile takeover in 1999 that loaded test data into the computers instead of the actual data and then wondered why cars were roaming the country instead of getting delivered to the proper customers.