Thursday Proto Photo, Dec 3/09

[Lenny53]

[Bob Bufkin]

Managed to catch another CSX named loco at St Denis last Saturday.  Was running on the northbound juice train:



Since Amtrak was running holiday day extras all weekend I went over to the Northeast corridor to see what was going on.  Most extras were running with MARC equipment with Amtrak locos:



One set of NJT MU's running:

[Mark5]

Most extras were running with MARC equipment with Amtrak locos:

Bob, no pix of MARC eqp with Amtrak locos?

Mark

[Bob Bufkin]

 The one shot I had turned out blurry and not worth posting.  Sorry.

[Mark5]

The one shot I had turned out blurry and not worth posting.  Sorry.

Ahh. So the NJT shot was at Seabrook eh? Pretty wild!

[asciibaron]

i used to hang out at Odenton and watch the Sunday rush.  i pity the people on the NJT Mu's that rode all the way from NYC...

[davefoxx]

Bob,

I've seen that very same unit: The W. Thomas Rice Special.  It's the second unit on this trash train on January 12, 2008:



A history lesson.  Things weren't always so rosy for this locomotive:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1153805
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=465199

Good to see it back on the rails!

DFF

[Chris333]

An update on the RR bridge replacement in Youngstown, OH:

The roadbed is all graded and I'm sure track isn't that far away. They had filled in a road over the river to work on the bridge, but that is now gone and the river is back to normal.
And now with the trees bare you car see the out line of the bridges from the Center St. crossing:

[Bob Bufkin]

Educate me.  Who is W. Thomas Rice?

[davefoxx]

Educate me.  Who is W. Thomas Rice?

W. Thomas Rice was a president of the former Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Coast Line.

DFF

[coosvalley]

I took these at work this summer, working for the railroad has it's advantages! Hope you enjoy.















 

[RockGp40]

Are they swapping traction motors in the two "craned" shots?

[coosvalley]

The Geep was getting a new traction motor, a warranty replacement from a recent truck rebuild. The U-boats swapped front trucks.The ex-Conrail unit had bad (thin) wheels on the front. The other u-boat needs a new prime mover:(