Hemi: No chains, had studded up 4x4. Also, that was flashing light, just happened to 'click' at the right time. That also dates the shot as the light was removed after they added the 2nd ventilation fan; circa 1998ish. Many moons ago my parents grabbed the Builder for a Seattle run to see Dad's brother. Even though it was a night trip, my face was plastered on the window just watching; think I was 12ish. When we rolled by Scenic there was a 'building light' over the top of some railroad building and I could see at least 3ft of snow on the roof, no cars, animals, people ..etc. Dead quiet with snow falling, ya could barely hear the 'clickety, click'. That is still etched in my train brain. Probably why I have more pix up that pass than anywhere else; although some other locations are now catching up! Later
Looking down the Union Pacific Sunset Route. The BNSF line from Galveston to points north, crosses from lower left to the right. No trains and no more Tower 17. The empty concrete slab where it used to stand can be seen behind the new control cabinet that replaced it. The tower now resides at the Rosenberg Railroad Museum a few blocks east of here. 2004.
"If it ain't all red, it ain't red at all..." Lots of red here! What's the uppermost signal head used for?
That signal stack on the right looks exactly like the one at the entrance to CSX's Waycross GA yard. I've never seen that lone top one any color other than red. Most of the action I've seen on the rail cam there involved the bottom group of 4 signals, and then mostly the white "lunar" signal unique to CSX AFAIK. I've run through my CSX signal references and I can't find anything about it except maybe a "distant signal" indicator.
A FIXED top aspect being RED makes the MAXIMUM indication that can be displayed is 'Limited' Clear or approach depending upon what the bottom two aspects display. The track that the 3 aspect signal applies to appears to be a signaled siding.
Looking west from the Miles City depot. -20F and saw a green signal for an eastbound so stopped here and waited for about 20 minutes. Finally got too cold and gave up. But got this neat compensation shot...brrrr!!!
It was!! And I paced around for about 20 minutes waiting for the train that never showed. We saw a green signal for an eastbound, and I thought it would be a cool shot to get one passing the old depot in snow.....But it didn't happen.
Taken in July 1980, this is the washout in northern NJ that closed the Susquehanna's remaining west end. A victim of Tropical Storm Doria in 1971, the washout ended interchange with the CNJ (and I'm guessing the L&HR as well) and put the railroad in even more serious financial straits. Observers suggested that railroad management took advantage of the damage to retreat east and make wholesale abandonment an easier process. Repairs were to come in the mid-1980s when the NYS&W rose from the ashes under fresh ownership of Walter Rich's Delaware Otsego as a revitalized route for stack trains.
Yes, quite the story. My apartment was a dozen miles east, adjacent to an overgrown and disused NYS&W. I moved from NJ in the mid-80s and shortly thereafter, the complete rebuilding of the railroad took place. Figures. 40 years later, I'm pretty sure this is near the location of my shot.
