Sliver shooting
Those low sun angles and an early departure from Loogootee made for a challenge to shoot from the U.S. Highway 50 overpass east of town.
This is a repositioning move of grain hoppers in storage, something not typically on local J780's workload. The crew had travelled west from Mitchell, their normal turning point, the day before. On duty at 0730, they departed Loogootee siding at 0845.
Looking at schedules for B&O trains from 1972, this eastbound could have almost passed for train 88 from St. Louis or an early running CI98, but given that it's a CSX local job, the schedule best fits SWSS, the "Southwestern Switcher" which departed Washington, 20 miles west at 0830.
This was a most enjoyable chase, especially given the fact that a train hadn't used the main here in three years.
Sliver shooting
Those low sun angles and an early departure from Loogootee made for a challenge to shoot from the U.S. Highway 50 overpass east of town.
This is a repositioning move of grain hoppers in storage, something not typically on local J780's workload. The crew had travelled west from Mitchell, their normal turning point, the day before. On duty at 0730, they departed Loogootee siding at 0845.
Looking at schedules for B&O trains from 1972, this eastbound could have almost passed for train 88 from St. Louis or an early running CI98, but given that it's a CSX local job, the schedule best fits SWSS, the "Southwestern Switcher" which departed Washington, 20 miles west at 0830.
This was a most enjoyable chase, especially given the fact that a train hadn't used the main here in three years.