Wednesday afternoon I got home from class and was eating some lunch when I heard the NS Dearborn Dispatcher calling 39E and letting them know they would be taking the 1 main rusty rail at CP Ypsi down to Wayne as there was not enough time to get them toe Wayne junction on the 2 main, and then back onto the 1 before Amtrak would be on top of them. I knew they were a bit west of me so I decided that when I heard them at mp 35 I would head on into town to get a shot from the prospect road bridge of a freight in daylight. I discovered this shot last week when I shot 350 heading around the curve, which is supposed to be the tightest curve on the Michigan Central. 39E cleared 35 east and I headed out to prospect road, as I was on the way they cleared 32 and then got the approach at 30 east in preparation for the stop at CP Ypsi. As I set up I heard them sound for Lefordge road, then into depot town as they closed in on my position. Finally they came into view with the pair of CN SD70M-2's on point of a decent sized train. As they neared and passed under me they continued to slow their train down until they finally came to a stop 2 car lengths short of the bridge I was set up on.
NS 39E heads east and stops at CP Ypsi:
I took a couple pictures (as you can hear) and ended up with this as my final product of the train. The sun is a little behind the train as it was just after 3pm, but I still like the shot, and was happy to get a freight train rolling around the curve.
Overall I like the shot and look forward to using it in the winter when the leaves are gone and maybe I can shoot an EB in snow and cloud cover. It was also interesting to get to watch the freight train from above. Thanks for watching and reading!
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NS 39E with CN SD70M-2's Ypsilanti by Michigan Central Lines, on Flickr
