Same Spot - Freight Edition
Here is nearly the exact same location as my prior post but the freight edition.
After chasing the PF11 crew with the coal train to Bailey I was done before 0730 when the crew outlawed but that wasn't going to be a problem this day. An AF3 crew had come on duty at 0500 at the shops in Michigan City and run light out to Burnham Yard just across the state line. After switching out their cars they planned to depart around 0830 with a big cut to set out at Bailey before taking the rest of their train to Michigan City.
So we turned back west and headed to Hammond where I picked out a spot to wait just east of Hammond Station near MP 68.1 on the South Shore mainline where the electric interurban route climbs up and over CSXT's Barr Sub. The wait turned our to be a bit longer than planned, but just moments after train 504 slid by headed west to Chicago the South Shore Freight crew curled into view on Main 1 and started the ascent the ramp that will lead it up and over Columbia Ave. and CSXT's Barr Sub mainline right behind me. The crew has a healthy size train trailing original CSSB GP38-2s 2003 and 2000 from the ten unit order delivered by EMD during the Chessie System ownership era.
Hammond, Indiana
Monday July 5, 2021
Same Spot - Freight Edition
Here is nearly the exact same location as my prior post but the freight edition.
After chasing the PF11 crew with the coal train to Bailey I was done before 0730 when the crew outlawed but that wasn't going to be a problem this day. An AF3 crew had come on duty at 0500 at the shops in Michigan City and run light out to Burnham Yard just across the state line. After switching out their cars they planned to depart around 0830 with a big cut to set out at Bailey before taking the rest of their train to Michigan City.
So we turned back west and headed to Hammond where I picked out a spot to wait just east of Hammond Station near MP 68.1 on the South Shore mainline where the electric interurban route climbs up and over CSXT's Barr Sub. The wait turned our to be a bit longer than planned, but just moments after train 504 slid by headed west to Chicago the South Shore Freight crew curled into view on Main 1 and started the ascent the ramp that will lead it up and over Columbia Ave. and CSXT's Barr Sub mainline right behind me. The crew has a healthy size train trailing original CSSB GP38-2s 2003 and 2000 from the ten unit order delivered by EMD during the Chessie System ownership era.
Hammond, Indiana
Monday July 5, 2021