FRESH CPKC Trio
OR, for the Millennials in the audience "A one, a twooooo, a three! A three."
On my way home from the Chicago Fire game (Nashville won 2-0, btw), I stopped by Franklin Park, knowing that five fresh CPKC ET44ACs were in town, having come in on the previous day's 181 train. Sure enough, when I showed up, Train 230 (Bensenville-Montreal) was sitting out there with two of these units on the point, and in a generally-accessible location, to boot! My hunch that they'd quickly get put into service, was right.
"But Jeff, there are clearly three units here. Are you dumb?" Well, math isn't my highpoint, but I AM adept at counting that high. While out photographing the 7459 & 7547 on the point, the 7461 came rolling by on an adjacent track. "Oh, I guess we're going for three. That'll do." Sure enough, they crossed over at Edgington, and came back onto the train to create the consist you see here.
These were straight out of the GE factory in Ft. Worth, having left there just four days earlier, and while it was after midnight when I took these, I know well enough that these sorts of opportunities don't often present themselves, so I was happy to put the time in to GTS.
FRESH CPKC Trio
OR, for the Millennials in the audience "A one, a twooooo, a three! A three."
On my way home from the Chicago Fire game (Nashville won 2-0, btw), I stopped by Franklin Park, knowing that five fresh CPKC ET44ACs were in town, having come in on the previous day's 181 train. Sure enough, when I showed up, Train 230 (Bensenville-Montreal) was sitting out there with two of these units on the point, and in a generally-accessible location, to boot! My hunch that they'd quickly get put into service, was right.
"But Jeff, there are clearly three units here. Are you dumb?" Well, math isn't my highpoint, but I AM adept at counting that high. While out photographing the 7459 & 7547 on the point, the 7461 came rolling by on an adjacent track. "Oh, I guess we're going for three. That'll do." Sure enough, they crossed over at Edgington, and came back onto the train to create the consist you see here.
These were straight out of the GE factory in Ft. Worth, having left there just four days earlier, and while it was after midnight when I took these, I know well enough that these sorts of opportunities don't often present themselves, so I was happy to put the time in to GTS.