Good morning everyone! It's finally Friday, and if you're like me, the short weeks are the longest ones... Here's some glinty fresh material from MP 14, BNSF Glasgow Sub, just west of Des Lacs, ND on a hot eastbound Zipper at last light (the headlight in the distance is Amtrak 8, hot on the Z's heels): MP 471, CPKC Portal Sub at twillight, complete with a Soo Line code pole:
It's a hazy day in 2017 at UP's West Colton yard looking east from Riverside Ave. Plenty of inspiration for yard modeling. Everything departs eastbound in the yard so the departure tracks on the left can handle quite a few trains. There is a balloon track beyond the next overpass(Pepper Ave) for west bound trains. There was once Slover Mountain in the background which flew a lit up US flag 24/7. The cement plant is gone and so is the mountain. My understanding is that UP is planning an intermodal facility for the area.
Good Afternoon everyone Some random Conrail photos I found on the web greetings from Gotham Sadly ↓ this will never be used again ↓ Have a Great Weekend everyone... James Ian McKeveny ZosoRailway Z Scale Style
Westbound empty coal train at Viaduct Junction in Cumberland, MD headed for Grafton, WV on the Mountain Sub. The line to Sand Patch and Pittsburgh is on the other side of the tower. That's ND Tower, closed 01-22-1997 and demolished 07-24-1997. [November 1981]
Great action pics Hardcoaler! Interesting paint on the tower, company colors? Reminds me of my neighbors house, lol!
Thank you Kurt. Yellow did appear on some other towers, often faded. However, the B&O seemed to have a limitless realm of exteriors and colors with all kinds of brick, shingles and novelty siding. CA at Terra Alta, WV was an example. It too has since been demolished. [10/15/1995]
Mike, I was thinking the same. But then, I remembered what it was like to live a year with the Neenah switching yard and twin main line just across the street. And these little towers are right beside the tracks.
Thinking of that, the upstairs floor of the former C&O cabin at Staunton, VA is a residence. Amtrak uses the bottom floor. This would make a swell spot for a weekend getaway. The line is now operated by the Buckingham Branch RR and sees some serious tonnage. [April 2003]
The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania's 1951 ex-Navy Baldwin switcher has been getting some stabilization work from the volunteer crew. It was last active shuttling munitions between the Earle Naval Weapons Depot and the Leonardo pier.
Here's that same locomotive at the Earle Naval Weapons Depot in June 1981, the 65-00369. My memory has become hazy on the details, but some friends and I rode a fantrip around the Depot in former CNJ coaches behind a pair of other USN Baldwins. There were quite a few VO-1000s on the property. Looking back, it seems whacky to have invited a bunch of fans to tour an active Naval munitions station to run on track that ran in the midst of dozens of ammunition bunkers.
I remember hearing about that trip, couldn't swing getting tickets for some reason. Rare mileage indeed! Even at the time, given the security there , it seemed whacky. I remember a couple times having to pull over on the public roads outside the perimeter of the base for car trouble, and within minutes a pickup truck appeared to eyeball us as we changed the tire or topped off a leaky radiator.
