Sonic Surprise
"Looks like 224 was on the move at Luther about 25 minutes ago. Still hasn't passed St. Peters so you might be in luck for that one."
With limited time for railfanning on a weekend trip to St. Louis, the note above from Doug Howell proved to be incredibly helpful to me as I set out on a trip to Mark Twain Hobby Center in St. Charles, MO. From the hobby shop, the Norfolk Southern tracks are just a hop, skip, and a jump to the north, so I took a bit of a detour on my way to the shop, scouted out a nice location, and waited it out. After hearing the detector east of the Missouri River bridge start squawking, I knew that it was close, and I was thrilled to see a BLUE GE on the point. Whether it was Sonic or Conrail, I knew that I'd be happy.
Sure enough, NS 4000 aka "Sonic" was on the point of this 224 train, making for quite the nice catch! 224 is NS' daily Atlanta-Kansas City intermodal, and it's got a good track record of attracting interesting power.
Sonic Surprise
"Looks like 224 was on the move at Luther about 25 minutes ago. Still hasn't passed St. Peters so you might be in luck for that one."
With limited time for railfanning on a weekend trip to St. Louis, the note above from Doug Howell proved to be incredibly helpful to me as I set out on a trip to Mark Twain Hobby Center in St. Charles, MO. From the hobby shop, the Norfolk Southern tracks are just a hop, skip, and a jump to the north, so I took a bit of a detour on my way to the shop, scouted out a nice location, and waited it out. After hearing the detector east of the Missouri River bridge start squawking, I knew that it was close, and I was thrilled to see a BLUE GE on the point. Whether it was Sonic or Conrail, I knew that I'd be happy.
Sure enough, NS 4000 aka "Sonic" was on the point of this 224 train, making for quite the nice catch! 224 is NS' daily Atlanta-Kansas City intermodal, and it's got a good track record of attracting interesting power.