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Gap in the Clouds
Two watco GP40s head south along the Pleasant Valley Branch on there way back to Endicott to tie up for the day.
The PCCs crew that morning started along the western portion of the line while we started out eastern, driving from Mockonema to Endicott. When we got to Endicott, there was no sign of any of the three WAMX locomotives assigned to the line. So we asked around the NWGG elevator and they suggested we head north to Sunset as PCC was supposed to pick up a couple loads there sometime soon. Instead, we ran into the 4043 and 4046 curving around the wye at Winona and onto the PV branch. They grabbed a fairly long cut of PCC/CWW/WAMX hoppers assigned to this specific line and headed north. Originally, I thought they might be headed all the way north to Sunset but instead, they only went as far as Willada before dropping the whole train off and heading back south as just power. We chased them back south, however the lighting was not ideal, if they had went all the way to Sunset, we may have got better light for the SB journey. I did end up getting lucky with this shot though. I hadn’t originally seen this spot but as they were headed away I decided to grab a shot anyway and the clouds and train lined up perfectly to give me this shot.
6/16/22
Gap in the Clouds
Two watco GP40s head south along the Pleasant Valley Branch on there way back to Endicott to tie up for the day.
The PCCs crew that morning started along the western portion of the line while we started out eastern, driving from Mockonema to Endicott. When we got to Endicott, there was no sign of any of the three WAMX locomotives assigned to the line. So we asked around the NWGG elevator and they suggested we head north to Sunset as PCC was supposed to pick up a couple loads there sometime soon. Instead, we ran into the 4043 and 4046 curving around the wye at Winona and onto the PV branch. They grabbed a fairly long cut of PCC/CWW/WAMX hoppers assigned to this specific line and headed north. Originally, I thought they might be headed all the way north to Sunset but instead, they only went as far as Willada before dropping the whole train off and heading back south as just power. We chased them back south, however the lighting was not ideal, if they had went all the way to Sunset, we may have got better light for the SB journey. I did end up getting lucky with this shot though. I hadn’t originally seen this spot but as they were headed away I decided to grab a shot anyway and the clouds and train lined up perfectly to give me this shot.
6/16/22