March 27th was again chilly, combined with an inactive start. When I first pulled in, every visible signal was either yellow or red. After 40 minutes of nothing, just after I noticed the northbound Shoreline Subdivision signal at Walnut Street turn green, I suddenly saw a light on the #1 Detroit Line main. I decided to move up to the other end of the gravel lot for a better view. The consist was just another typical autorack consist. Does anyone know the symbol for this? Like it's March 24th counterpart, a rare BN autorack was in the consist.
2006 NS SD70M-2 #2744
I was preparing to leave when I suddenly saw another light on the Shoreline Sub. I decided to head over to another parking lot. When I pulled into that, I found out that the Shoreline Sub milepost I railfan at was 41!
Soon enough, M371, with it's consist including autoracks carrying new F-150s from the Ford Rouge Assembly Plant in Dearborn, appeared from behind the bushes.
- *1997 CN C44-9W #2575
*2000 BCOL C44-9W #4647 (CN.ca livery, repainted from BCOL blue-with-white-stripes livery 2012)
*1999 CN SD75I #5766
What I didn't expect to see, however, was this quartet of Railbox boxcars, the first possibly dating from the 1970's...
...this BNSF coil car...
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and this autorack celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Kansas City Southern!
Feel free to leave your comments, especially those regarding the symbol of the northbound NS autorack train shown here.