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Hardcoaler Mar 26, 2015

  1. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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  2. HemiAdda2d

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    This one hurts my soul to see patched...:(
     
  3. BNSF FAN

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    A patch was still better than a full on repaint. Just sayin'
     
  4. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    CP 199 rumbles over the diamonds at Soo Tower:

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    Rock Island caboose has seen its days as it is parked in Clarence, IA.

    April 9, 2022


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  7. Hardcoaler

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    From 1975 or 1976, a "scoot" on a triple track main makes a stop at Palatine, IL.

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  8. HemiAdda2d

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    CP train 148 (renumbered recently from 198), the daily Vancouver-Chicago intermodal, blasts thru Logan, ND at track speed.

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  9. r_i_straw

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    UP rock train on the BNSF between Sealy and Rosenberg, Texas.
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  10. Kurt Moose

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    Like the repainted Tunnel Motor to the right....:cry:
     
  11. Kurt Moose

    Kurt Moose TrainBoard Member

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    Ouch.....:(
     
  12. Sepp K

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    Sometimes you just fight the sun angle and hope. NS 21E had a colorful consist of NS 8101, CoG, and NS 8114, original NS, sandwiching a Western visitor this morning at Wernersville, PA. DSC02626.JPG DSC02630.JPG DSC02632.JPG
     
  13. Hardcoaler

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    Wow, that's quite a catch there @Sepp K ! (y) The NS line near our house is north/south, so shooting anything northbound is near impossible. There's short stretch of east/west on the line north of here and it works a lot better.
     
  14. Kurt Moose

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    Hey, saw that train on one of the railfan cams last night!(y)
     
  15. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    An interesting 1950's auto up in the air, in the background....
     
  16. Doug Gosha

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    '58 Chevy? My eyesight is not so good.

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    Doug
     
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  17. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Nope. '58 was the first year for double headlights on each side. This might be a '57. Can't quite be sure without some magnification. If so, hard to believe someone would waste a body of that year, when they are worth a ton of money these days.
     
  18. Sepp K

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    This line is roughly East-West, but it's amazing how many times the most interesting train of the day is coming out of the low sun. It's great for eastbounds in the AM and westbounds in the PM, but it seems like they run them opposite of that just for spite.
     
  19. Hardcoaler

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    Then there're the locations like this. As taken today, L647 at Lugoff, SC with the sun dead on the nose and both sides in shadow. :rolleyes: A lot of locations on this line are like that in the afternoon and it makes me crazy. I count my blessings though. PTC killed off this daily train in favor of another route, a bummer because this line (the former SAL main) sees scant traffic. After 3 years, CSX just reestablished the run. (y)

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  20. Doug Gosha

    Doug Gosha TrainBoard Member

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    Yeah, that's why I referenced my eyesight. I couldn't make out whether the headlights were double or not. So, I thought '57 too but same reasoning. Why would anybody waste a '57 Chevy for that? Or, a '58, for that matter.

    Hmm, the bumper/grille (down low) does look like a '57, though. Where are those digital photograph enhancers when you need 'em? :D

    Doug
     
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