Plymouth 10/2/2020
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:06 pm
I had the chance to spend a bit of time at the beginning and end of the day around Plymouth. It's been a while since I've spent much time here after several years in the 2002-2011 era of having it as a fairly regular haunt. I've only been there once since all of the new signals were installed, and that time was just a quick pass through. The whistle-every-five-minutes rule no longer seems to apply post CP take-away, recession and pandemic, but there were still enough green signals to give us a few good photos. Plymouth offers some great fall colors - they're just starting to pop out and will probably be at peak around the middle of the month.
First up, I located a northbound grain train tied down at Lilley Road south of the diamond, behind CSXT 979 and 992. No crew in sight, but within minutes a series of high greens lit up northbound on the main with a straight shot across the diamond. I headed north to Middle River, where the first of the sugar maples were just starting to show. No scanner so I didn't catch the symbol, but it turned out to be a northbound western CPOX coal drag heading the the Kern/Weadock plant, behind BNSF power.
First up, I located a northbound grain train tied down at Lilley Road south of the diamond, behind CSXT 979 and 992. No crew in sight, but within minutes a series of high greens lit up northbound on the main with a straight shot across the diamond. I headed north to Middle River, where the first of the sugar maples were just starting to show. No scanner so I didn't catch the symbol, but it turned out to be a northbound western CPOX coal drag heading the the Kern/Weadock plant, behind BNSF power.