Thursday Proto Photo, Oct 23/25

[Lenny53]

Dorval, QC Oct 14,2025

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[Ed Kapuscinski]

I got to meet Terri for lunch at her office yesterday. Her office is smack dab in the middle of all of the core of the old B&O, so of COURSE I flipped my scanner on when I was heading home.

That lead to this absolutely garbage photo of a neat train at CARROL interlocking. The light was 100% wrong, etc... but it was a fun catch. So I'll take it.

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Now, as for photos that at least one other person thought was decent... back in February Ben Snyder (I know some of you know him) and I went to go explore the remains of the NS Buffalo Line. We didn't expect to see anything moving but...

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/893786

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Not too bad!

We also bagged a bunch of stuff further north up in Northumberland, but I think I've shared those already.

[Tad_T]

Monticello, Arkansas
October 22, 2025

[samusi01]

BNSF ES44C4 7186 leads a stack train past a unit grain train led by ES44 5936.



A few minutes later, the stack out of the way, 5936 continues east.

[C855B]

BNSF ES44C4 7186 leads a stack train past a unit grain train led by ES44 5936.



A few minutes later, the stack out of the way, 5936 continues east.

Whose model railroad is this? Everything is impossibly trimmed and tidy.

[samusi01]

There are a couple of good spots out along that sub but I can probably generate a few pictures that feature more modern art and trash floating around if you'd prefer that...

[mu26aeh]

Another ICH sighting on a westbound CSX local out of Gettysburg PA

[Tad_T]

Another ICH sighting on a westbound CSX local out of Gettysburg PA

For personal/historical reasons. I need to go to Gettysburg. To the Wheat Field and the Peach Orchard. And to Cemetery Ridge where Barksdales’ Charge crested.

The last time that I was in that area, there was an earthquake that upset my plans.

That is very high on my to do list in the next couple of years.

I would very much like to do that in a way to combine it with one of the awesome N scale things that are in the area. It would be especially cool 😎 if that event would be one that could entail meeting other RailWire members in person.

Sorry for the thread drift.

[mu26aeh]

There's plenty of TRW members in the area.  I'm in Gettysburg, @wm3798 resides nearby in the great state of West ByGod Virginia, @John , @DeltaBravo and @Ed Kapuscinski are a short 45-60 minute drive to the south amongst others that are nearby but I'm forgetting their screennames or locations    

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Oh hell yeah! That'd be great!

Come down to Baltimore too. I'll show you where the civil war started AND the awesome BBQ eatery with a strip club in its parking lot.

[Tad_T]

I would definitely do that.  I was in Baltimore when the earthquake happened.

[packers#1]

Finally took the time to go see the Pickens U18Bs. Took today off work and literally standing trackside waiting for the local now, but here’s a grab from earlier

[packers#1]

Here's a link to the whole album on RR Picture Archives, lots of goodies and a whole explanation of the day there: https://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=202416

Here's a few favorites:

[Philip H]

A couple of those 18’s need a good bath!

[wm3798]

MARC Train 875  finishes its run to Martinsburg, WV on Friday 10/24 and ties down for the night near the historic B&O roundhouse complex.








Lee