204 at Kentland
I didn't really have a large selection of trains to photograph at Kentland when I was a kid, and #204 was one I could count on to appear around 11 am to noontime somewhere.
Today, southbound Soo Line train #204 accelerates through Kentland, Indiana on July 9th, 1987 at 11:20 am. Train had the following in it's consist:
SD40-2's Soo 765-767-Milw 157
64 cars (22 hoppers [Milw-Soo-WISX], mixed freight and 1 trailer)
Soo Line cupola caboose #14
Running on a clear signal today. Train is coming by the location of the former NYC passenger depot, platform can be seen at right. I would drag out a lawn chair and cooler and sit here. Would also have my jambox tuned into WAZY in Lafayette. Sometimes it was a long wait for this train, on occasion he wouldn't show up until 3 or 4. If he was really late, he would have to pull into the siding at Sheff and meet northbound train #201. They stopped using the siding at Sloan around this time due to severe track issues which I don't recall were ever fixed, so Sheff it would be.
Soo Line SD40-2's #765 & 767 were built by EMD in March and November of 1973.
Milw SD40-2 #158 was built by EMD in July of 1972.
Southbound Soo Line train #204
CR Danville secondary
(nee-NYC Egyptian line)
MP IH 61.75
Kentland, Newton County, Indiana
July 9th, 1987, 11;20 am
204 at Kentland
I didn't really have a large selection of trains to photograph at Kentland when I was a kid, and #204 was one I could count on to appear around 11 am to noontime somewhere.
Today, southbound Soo Line train #204 accelerates through Kentland, Indiana on July 9th, 1987 at 11:20 am. Train had the following in it's consist:
SD40-2's Soo 765-767-Milw 157
64 cars (22 hoppers [Milw-Soo-WISX], mixed freight and 1 trailer)
Soo Line cupola caboose #14
Running on a clear signal today. Train is coming by the location of the former NYC passenger depot, platform can be seen at right. I would drag out a lawn chair and cooler and sit here. Would also have my jambox tuned into WAZY in Lafayette. Sometimes it was a long wait for this train, on occasion he wouldn't show up until 3 or 4. If he was really late, he would have to pull into the siding at Sheff and meet northbound train #201. They stopped using the siding at Sloan around this time due to severe track issues which I don't recall were ever fixed, so Sheff it would be.
Soo Line SD40-2's #765 & 767 were built by EMD in March and November of 1973.
Milw SD40-2 #158 was built by EMD in July of 1972.
Southbound Soo Line train #204
CR Danville secondary
(nee-NYC Egyptian line)
MP IH 61.75
Kentland, Newton County, Indiana
July 9th, 1987, 11;20 am