My recollection is that this thing sounded like a wood chipper. Making vertical cuts through the brush, I was a bit surprised that there was not a safety crew on the ground to ward off looky loos (like me). Course, even as a looky loo, that 300 foot on the boom could have said 500 cuz I got no closer than that! Since this pic was taken (guessing early 2000s) this particular well used spur has not been allowed to overgrow.
I always find myself hoping the operator keeps the doors closed, just in case they hit a hornet's nest.
Just west of Minot's Gavin Yard is 55th St overpass. It used to be a level crossing back before 2003 when I last lived here. With all the snow we received recently, I waded through waist deep snow up the side of the overpass embankment to grab this Z train leaving for Seattle.
The Mexican Revolution of 1910 plagued life in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas for several years. On the 10th of October in 1915, revolutionary Luis de La Rosa, who lived on both sides of the border at various times, led a raid on the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway at Tandy's Station. This was about eight miles north of Brownsville and caused the derailment of the passenger train in this photo. By 1919 most of the open revolutionary activities had been subdued on both sides of the border.
From 02/07/2019, CSX local F765 rolls past the Amtrak station in Columbia, SC. The station is new, opened about 1991. Happily though, Columbia's old stations as built by SAL and SOU both survive as restaurants.
That is definitely a minimalist "Station". Doesn't even classify as an AmShak. Glad that the SOU and SAL stations have been re-purposed and survive.
I wasn't able to work the new station into the photo, but here's a picture of it (not mine). It serves only the Silver Star which calls on Columbia at 1:38 AM and 4:01 AM. Nice.
Okay, that That's a nice looking station. Not much personality, but better than the usual as modern stations go.
Aki - Thanks for the CSX 2312 roadslug pic! I was involved in the rebuild of those units when I was at the Mountaintop, PA Morrison'Knudsen shop. Good memories of a great bunch of folk!
