When They Were Fresh
Here is another from the tops of 2018 files I'm just now getting on Flickr. This way first time shooting a painted C40-8 back when there were only three and they were shiny and looked good! Here is the story I wrote at the time on FB, copied here for posterity:
After chasing the OCS down to Worcester I fully intended to follow the deadhead move back as it was towed in reverse by a pair of those ratty ex CSX C40-8s. But the sense of urgency was gone and once I found out that the original crew was having lunch and a dog catch was coming I figured I should consider other options.
Meanwhile, another old railroader/railfan friend has called to let me know that PAR's train POED was at Ayer working and would soon be headed west with a clean repainted Pan Am Dash 8 in the lead. Having never shot one of these moving, I figured why not head back from whence I'd just come and see if I could beat them!
Well, it was less than a 30 min drive, and I made it before they finished their work and got on the move west from Ayer.
It was a nice little chase with a good friend and mixed results. Take a look for yourself. And stay tuned here for yet a other surprise from this epic day.
This long telephoto is taken from Walker Road crossing at MP 37.5 on the Fitchburg Route mainline or MP 317.5 on Pan Am's freight main.
Shirley, Massachusetts
Thursday August 16, 2018
When They Were Fresh
Here is another from the tops of 2018 files I'm just now getting on Flickr. This way first time shooting a painted C40-8 back when there were only three and they were shiny and looked good! Here is the story I wrote at the time on FB, copied here for posterity:
After chasing the OCS down to Worcester I fully intended to follow the deadhead move back as it was towed in reverse by a pair of those ratty ex CSX C40-8s. But the sense of urgency was gone and once I found out that the original crew was having lunch and a dog catch was coming I figured I should consider other options.
Meanwhile, another old railroader/railfan friend has called to let me know that PAR's train POED was at Ayer working and would soon be headed west with a clean repainted Pan Am Dash 8 in the lead. Having never shot one of these moving, I figured why not head back from whence I'd just come and see if I could beat them!
Well, it was less than a 30 min drive, and I made it before they finished their work and got on the move west from Ayer.
It was a nice little chase with a good friend and mixed results. Take a look for yourself. And stay tuned here for yet a other surprise from this epic day.
This long telephoto is taken from Walker Road crossing at MP 37.5 on the Fitchburg Route mainline or MP 317.5 on Pan Am's freight main.
Shirley, Massachusetts
Thursday August 16, 2018