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Posted: **Sun Oct 30, 2011 3:55 pm**

Three friends and I headed up to Wellsboro yesterday and here is what we got. We caught 16 trains with 38 engines in total.

1352-SB Empty Coal: BNSF 6284/9811/9282:
http://csxindyline.rrpicturearchives.ne ... id=2788884

1456-Q389: CSX 8804/4555:
http://csxindyline.rrpicturearchives.ne ... id=2788797

1523-Northbound Intermodal/Freight: CN 8963/EJE 669:
http://csxindyline.rrpicturearchives.ne ... id=2788887
http://csxindyline.rrpicturearchives.ne ... id=2788888

1535-Q388: CSX 5306/8542:
http://csxindyline.rrpicturearchives.ne ... id=2788804

1546-Q158: CSX 5394/5004:
http://csxindyline.rrpicturearchives.ne ... id=2788806
http://csxindyline.rrpicturearchives.ne ... id=2788807

1634-K380: CSX 8571/8141:
http://csxindyline.rrpicturearchives.ne ... id=2788873

1703-Eastbound Ethanol: CN 2176/HLCX 7176/CSX 8409:
http://csxindyline.rrpicturearchives.ne ... id=2788875
http://csxindyline.rrpicturearchives.ne ... id=2788876

1708- Southbound Manifest: CN 2692/8821:
http://csxindyline.rrpicturearchives.ne ... id=2788889

1712- Eastbound Manifest: CSX 327/8745:
http://csxindyline.rrpicturearchives.ne ... id=2788877

At this point, we headed out to go search for the Chessie unit by the elevator on the CKIN. We walked about a mile, only to find that it wasn't there. Nonetheless, IBCX 818/8314/2003 were resting by the road:
http://csxindyline.rrpicturearchives.ne ... id=2788881

1801-Q015: CSX 9013/280

1812-Q500: CSX 4529/4585/8603

1821-Southbound Grain: CN 2685/IC 1008

1826-Northbound Autorack: UP 4254

1833-Eastbound Intermodal: CSX 7746/8743 & Westbound Intermodal: BNSF 7240/?

1848-K257: UP 7727/2406/CSX 8091/7791

All in all it was a very successful day. Videos will be up at a later date. Thanks for reading!

Posted: **Sun Oct 30, 2011 6:45 pm**

Nice pics. Even though its a little blurry I like the pic of the IBCX units. What a motley roster.

Posted: **Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:18 pm**

AARR wrote:Nice pics. Even though its a little blurry I like the pic of the IBCX units. What a motley roster.

I wish they turned out better. We were using the last ray of sunlight. At least I got my exercise, running a mile to get there

Posted: **Mon Oct 31, 2011 5:40 pm**

Nice variety and a decent day you had there at the Boro.

I wonder if the SD18 got moved down to their "facility" so to speak. LaCrosse has a bunch of old relics tucked away. It's sort of hard to get at **legally** As I did in Wellsboro, I advise asking a crew member, if present, for permission to walk down the ROW to get shots, or, if no crew members are around, someone at the mill is normally friendly enough to OK it. A while back some knucklehead douchebag stole the horns of a unit there in Wellsboro, and I have been told that they are being watched by a "concerned neighbor."

Back in June, on a sweltering hot summer day:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=2612972

Posted: **Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:22 pm**

Posted: **Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:24 pm**

StrayWolf716 wrote:Nice variety and a decent day you had there at the Boro.

I wonder if the SD18 got moved down to their "facility" so to speak. LaCrosse has a bunch of old relics tucked away. It's sort of hard to get at **legally** As I did in Wellsboro, I advise asking a crew member, if present, for permission to walk down the ROW to get shots, or, if no crew members are around, someone at the mill is normally friendly enough to OK it. A while back some knucklehead douchebag stole the horns of a unit there in Wellsboro, and I have been told that they are being watched by a "concerned neighbor."

Back in June, on a sweltering hot summer day:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=2612972

That might explain the "No Trespassing" signs and security cameras around the 3 parked CKIN units.

Posted: **Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:35 pm**

Hah yea, you may have been on camera! lol
The Chicken crew are all quite friendly, so if you make it down to LaCrosse you'd probably have no problem gaining access to their area. I know there's a variety on hand, and without looking at my pics, I believe a couple Geeps of ex-CR and ex-CN heritage are tucked away. The ex CN Geep sees some use occasionally I think. There is an old switcher back there too. It's sort of a junky setting with lots of barrels and parts laying around, so expect your roster shot to be cluttered.
Also, you'll notice an old tower alongside their mainline just on the west side of the 421 grade crossing. I always thought it would be a nice shot to get a CKIN train alongside that ghostly looking tower.
Nice YT videos to compliment the report.

Posted: **Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:51 pm**

StrayWolf716 wrote:Hah yea, you may have been on camera! lol
The Chicken crew are all quite friendly, so if you make it down to LaCrosse you'd probably have no problem gaining access to their area. I know there's a variety on hand, and without looking at my pics, I believe a couple Geeps of ex-CR and ex-CN heritage are tucked away. The ex CN Geep sees some use occasionally I think. There is an old switcher back there too. It's sort of a junky setting with lots of barrels and parts laying around, so expect your roster shot to be cluttered.
Also, you'll notice an old tower alongside their mainline just on the west side of the 421 grade crossing. I always thought it would be a nice shot to get a CKIN train alongside that ghostly looking tower.
Nice YT videos to compliment the report.

Thanks. Yeah we were directly on camera, I looked right into it. I don't think we were doing anything wrong as we were standing on whatever county road that is.

Posted: **Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:25 pm**

Great photos! It looks like you had more luck then me when I went...

Posted: **Tue Nov 01, 2011 4:40 pm**

B-Town wrote:Great photos! It looks like you had more luck then me when I went...

Thanks!

Posted: **Wed Nov 02, 2011 5:43 pm**

The Chessie SD18 is now parked in Malden, IN next to their grain elevator, which is located near US 421 in Malden.

Posted: **Thu Nov 03, 2011 2:28 am**

Last time I went down there I got to see the old Missable SD working. The Chicken has quite a cool operation and I'd love to see more. They also seemed quite nice.

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