Orange Conclusion
To wrap what would turn out to be a very long, but successful, day trackside with both NS & CSX, NS 29K dashes through Austell with CP 8781, the “Saint John Express” locomotive that sports the colors of Hapag-Lloyd, leading the way onto the East End. To remind myself what I got on this day, we had: 1. A CP heritage ACU. 2. Some H2 BNSF thrown into the mix. 3. A rare still active NS ACU. 4. The RF&P nose job. 5. A rare “GP38-2S” on CSX. 6. SD40-2’s on a rail train. 7. The Hapag-Lloyd at night. While that’s not impressive numbers wise, quality in my book matters more, so I’d say that’s a successful day trackside. 12-11-23
Orange Conclusion
To wrap what would turn out to be a very long, but successful, day trackside with both NS & CSX, NS 29K dashes through Austell with CP 8781, the “Saint John Express” locomotive that sports the colors of Hapag-Lloyd, leading the way onto the East End. To remind myself what I got on this day, we had: 1. A CP heritage ACU. 2. Some H2 BNSF thrown into the mix. 3. A rare still active NS ACU. 4. The RF&P nose job. 5. A rare “GP38-2S” on CSX. 6. SD40-2’s on a rail train. 7. The Hapag-Lloyd at night. While that’s not impressive numbers wise, quality in my book matters more, so I’d say that’s a successful day trackside. 12-11-23