Thursday Proto Photo 10/27

[w neal]

Spent a few minutes at Dolton last Sunday. IHB never disappoints.

[havingfuntoo]

Where is Lenny?

[Lenny53]

[davefoxx]

I did some railfanning around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania last weekend with Ed Kapuscinski, Ben Snyder, Ryan Lamm, Sean McDonnell, and Rudy Garbely:











I'm sure that Ed can add some better photos.  It was a great time!  Thanks, guys!

DFF

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Still working on the Pittsburgh trip, but here are a few from the Friday before we headed west.

[Erik W]

Narrow Gauge Nerd Fest  .  I figured out that I can link high resolution photos from the thousands of Colorado railroad photos in the Denver Library's digital collection of photos:  http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/

Like this.
http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/fullbrowser/collection/p15330coll22/id/43957/rv/singleitem/rec/13

Apparently, I'm easily entertained . . . 

Erik

[mu26aeh]

Glad to see that CF7 still around after they received the unit from South Carolina Central

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Glad to see that CF7 still around after they received the unit from South Carolina Central

Yeah. I was really thrilled to catch it. I wish I had had time to setup for video, but he was right on top of us.

[bnsfdash8]

A rare visitor for these parts came through last weekend. It was definitely the most sought after train on the NS Chicago Line that day.

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[trainforfun]

A rare visitor for these parts came through last weekend. It was definitely the most sought after train on the NS Chicago Line that day.

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A BC Rail Draper Taper !!! In original color , anyone knows where or when the second set of ditchlights under the anti-climber are gone ?

[mu26aeh]

I caught CSX and MMID at Highfield at the same time on Friday. 

20161028_110734 by Adam Henry, on Flickr

20161028_110833 by Adam Henry, on Flickr

20161028_110900 by Adam Henry, on Flickr

20161028_110907 by Adam Henry, on Flickr

20161028_110931 by Adam Henry, on Flickr

20161028_111110 by Adam Henry, on Flickr

[Missaberoad]

A BC Rail Draper Taper !!! In original color , anyone knows where or when the second set of ditchlights under the anti-climber are gone ?

Recently, Here's a shot in June, 2015 with the lights removed but the housings still in tact...

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/534055/

Still had them summer 2014

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4111548

Its unique, so far the rest of the fleet and the dash 9s appear to still have their extra lights...

[Philip H]

This weeks' gulf coast randomness:

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[txronharris]

Been out of touch, but caught these this week:
Pic 1: BNSF runs brand new locos out of FtWorth and out through our town several times a week. These are the latest two.

Pic2: UP northbound in Denton, Tx.

Pic3: BNSF headed north in Sanger, Tx. with NINE locos on this train, but liked the contrast of the three different schemes on the front end. Will post a link to video.

[central.vermont]

A rare visitor for these parts came through last weekend. It was definitely the most sought after train on the NS Chicago Line that day.

So I wonder when it had its frame tweaked? Looks to me like it has a slight uphill curve in it.

Jon