Spend most of the week in Hazleton PA. Flying is for sure a challenge right now. One cancelled flight and hoping the next one stays on time. I did manage to get out of the office yesterday afternoon with just enough light to get a quick shot of NS 5664 and a friend taking a break in the yard in Hazleton. Based on access, there wasn't much else I could shoot. Hope you enjoy this shot and that you all have a great weekend!!!!
From almost 31 years ago on 06/29/1991 at Lugoff, SC, a rail train runs south on the former SAL main. The 5729 is a GE U-36B. The depot remains today, continuing to serve as the origin of a daily local CSX freight.
Westbound grain loads grind out of the Souris River valley at Des Lacs, ND well into twilight. BNSF grain loads labor west at MP 20, BNSF Glasgow Sub, near Berthold, ND:
I have spent the last few days at the Austin Steam Train yard working on our ex SP dining car. Early this morning I was up on the roof doing some work before it got too hot. Cool vantage point for an old Santa Fe caboose.
I need to hire you to go scrounge the attic. I need a SAL dated train order from Lugoff for my collection!
Just after 4:00 PM today, I was in Genesee, MI (just north of Flint). The thermometer was hovering around 90F and a the aroma of fresh creosote emamanted from a number of newly replaced ties. A headlight appeared in the west and a distant whistle announced the approach of the Huckleberry Railroad's 4:00 PM train.I took several shots, but the sun wasn't in my favor. I was, however, fairly pleased with these two. I caught this shot on the outbound leg: Since the Huckleberry is really a 1:1 scale model railroad with a loop-to-loop track plan (Yes, I have thought about modeling it), there are always two chances to get a photo. I caught this one at the same location on the return trip: Ex Alaska RR 152 is looking good as always.
While driving through Hearne today I spotted a string of weird looking bulk head flat cars with special adaptations for handling some sort of load. Anyone know what these are designed to carry? They were all empty. The stuff you see is behind the car.
Cartwright Tunnel and Fairview Lift Bridge, the only ND RR tunnel and one of only 2 lift bridges in the state.
Not sure about lift bridges as most of what we have in Michigan are swing and draw bridges. but we are only even with you on tunnels if two half tunnels count. The other halves of both of them are in Canada.
I finally found something on RRPictureArchives: AAR Class: FBS: Specialty Bulkhead flat cars. Equipped with fixed or permanently attached movable bulkheads or ends a minimum of three feet in height and flat floor for general commodity loading. They're owned by International Catalyst Corp. One photo with a load: http://www.railzfan.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1586683
Cool shots. I'm guessing North Dakota Railroad? Is there a place on the web that I can learn more? If my guess is correct, the name is so generic that I can't find anything on it.
In my collection, I have a MILW document about the proposed GN/MILW line east of Lewistown, MT. The whole thing pretty much folded, when the USRA took over during late WWI. (Under the USRA, a lot of new construction projects died, and thereafter railroads never regained that initiative.) There were post-USRA talks lingering into the early 1920's. One driving force on the part of the MILW were the oil fields in that vicinity. It would created a 2nd MILW main line, west from Melstone, MT, through Lewistown, Great Falls, through a new mountain (Cadotte) pass, and down the Blackfoot River to Missoula. Many of us have wondered how that would have been for business, as the MILW had a large amount in mid-Montana, right to the end.
My hat (with me in it) almost went into the Yellowstone River, as a very strong gust of wind nailed me as I entered the east end--almost tossing me into the river! My hat would have been off if not for my jacket hood tightly cinched...