http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6225002043/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6225520976/
We continued south and were able to catch it on a wooden farm bridge near Waverly.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6225521268/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6225521596/
We quickly departed and continued the chase. We caught it again at Stockdale.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6225003229/
The next stop was at Milepost 55 where a killer C&O signal bridge still stands!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6225003485/
The train soon stopped to allow a signal maintainer to finish working farther down the line. This gave us a great chance to get a lot of shots, including a pretty cool portrait of the conductor.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6225003799/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6225004047/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6225522960/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6225523212/
...Lots of photos from that spot!
After having a short conversation with the train's crew, it had to depart, so Geoff and I caught it for the last time at the Scioto River trestle.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6225523346/
After that we found ourselves driving aimlessly, looking for an NS train. We found one, but when it reached us, it wasn't in a well-lit location...So here's a backlit shot of NS 61J.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6225523570/
We ventured back into Portsmouth to photograph 61J sitting in better light at the yard.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6225005105/
Below the overpass sat a loaded coal train. That's still 61J in the background, too.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6225524118/
Unfortunately, we stuck around at the yard for too long, causing us to miss 218 which Geoff wanted to shoot at Spring Lane. We searched around that area, trying to find a spot to shoot the 194, which was close behind 218. Another fail! We ended up at a poorly lit place, making us have to rush back to the westbound-facing signals in a jiffy!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6225005597/
We started back to Columbus, but before we could, we had to catch 234 in Lucasville, speeding through in the day's last light.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6225524610/
We were still trying to get back to Columbus when we noticed a clear signal back on the Northern Sub, while approaching Circleville. By now, it was dark out and a long exposure was in order.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6225480104/
If you've made it this far in this report I wanted to thank you for reading and checking out the photos!
- Brandon T...
