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Frozen Weyerhaeuser.
On a frosty january morning, UP LIW44 shuffles some cars in the Springfield yard limits. This job was part of the package of local operations that got contracted out to CORP earlier this year, tis a shame.
Part of the amazing Sculpture Walk in Springfield, Missouri.
The vision is to "create a museum without walls with access to all. Public art rejuvenates public spaces by transforming them into destinations. Sculpture Walk Springfield will play a major role in the economic rejuvenation of Springfield, MO. Sculptures add to a city's heritage, character, and sense of place and diversity; it adorns a city with distinction, adding to pride of place and a sense of identity."
CP 2313 shoves K11 onto the CPKC Springfield Sub at Murrayville, IL. The crew had pulled these cars from Reynolds in Jacksonville, but an improper spot required them to drop their outbounds here and go back to re-spot the inbounds in Jacksonville. The power-assisted switch here resembles a Y-pattern dwarf signal. This is former KCS-GWWR-ICG-GM&O-Chicago & Alton territory.
The northbound Texas Eagle arrives at Springfield, IL on Labor Day weekend 1987. The Illinois statehouse looms over the scene.
NS 255, the world-famous Triple Crown RoadRailer from Detroit to Kansas City, crosses the I&M at the now-closed Shops Tower in Springfield, Illinois after getting nailed by a defect detector just outside of town. Leading the train is one of only a handful of unrebuilt NS C44-9Ws left on the roster.
Looking across the Lea Valley towards Walthamstow just after sunset. The River Lea is just visible at the bottom of the hill behind the trees, with Springfield Marina beyond the tennis courts just left of centre.
A view of the east side of S. 6th from Adams St. looking south toward Monroe St. With the exception of the neo-traditional style third building down from the corner that was built in the 1990s, all of the structures in this photograph are contributing buildings within the original boundaries of the Central Springfield Historic District. The District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
As light fades behind an approaching cold front, BNSF 9570 rolls east through downtown Springfield, OH, leading NS 305 towards its next stop at Columbus, OH.
Steam powered roller built by the Buffalo-Springfield Roller Company of Springfield, Ohio. Shop No (serial) 11523 is stamped on the name plate.
John A. Pitts produced Buffalo brand threshers in Buffalo, New York, in 1851; his firm was known as Pitts & Brayley when Pitts died in 1859. Portable steam engines were added in 1860, and by 1866, the firm had been renamed Brayley & Pitts Works, named for John B. Pitts and James Brayley, John A.’s son and son-in-law respectively. Pitts Agricultural Works was incorporated, also in Buffalo, in 1877, and the firm was called Buffalo Pitts Company by 1897.
The Buffalo Pitts name had been used since at least 1892, when the Buffalo Pitts Niagara Road Roller steam roller (three-wheeled roller) was in production. Roller production was assigned to a subsidiary, Buffalo Steam Roller Company, by 1901. Buffalo Steam Roller merged with Kelly-Springfield Road Roller Company in 1916 to form The Buffalo-Springfield Roller Company. Buffalo Pitts ceased operations in 1935.
I photographed this Buffalo-Springfield roller at the Museum of Transportation near St. Louis, Mo.
Amtrak Engineer Adam Sullivan has just crossed the Warehouse Point Bridge in Enfield with train 450 bound for Springfield, MA.
Springfield Falls is located on Falls Road in Leesburg, PA, near Grove City.
To the right of the falls is Bruno Fine Art Jewlers, which has limited all access to their side of the stream bank. The woods surrounding the falls was at one time the site of the Springfield Iron Furnace, which was the first Iron Furnace of Mercer County, circa 1850. The water from Hunter's Run powered the second tallest wooden water wheel in the United States at 38 feet. The power from the wheel was used to heat the bellows, allowing the furnace to reach temperatures of over 2500 degrees.
Sometimes the railroad's woes are the railfan's wins...and that was the case for the five of us on this day!
P40DC 6711 leads CTrail train 6455 southbound for New Haven running as a double draft. Northbound CTrail train 6402 had broken down just outside its final destination as P40DC 6701 (blt. Nov. 1993 by GE as AMTK 834, acquired in 2005 and rebuilt by Beech Grove in 2019-2020) suffered ground faults and sat disabled on the curve beneath Interstate 91 for over two and a half hours. The two passengers aboard were taken off the train and then management ultimately decided to leave the train until the next northbound showed up. After being rescued by train 6454 the two sets (one with three Mafersa coaches and one with three MBBs) shoves into the station and made a quick turn as this train. This view looks north off the pedestrian bridge right at MP 61 on Amtrak's ex New Haven Springfield Line main. Fortuitous timing allowed for this rolling meet with exactly two hour late Amtrak shuttle train 460 finally arriving after suffering equipment problems of it's own down in New Haven.
Springfield is New England's fourth largest city and has a compact but surprisingly impressive skyline mixed with modern and historic architecture. A close observation will note the 300 ft. Italianate style Campanile clock tower which dates from 1913 and is part of the municipal group collection of city government buildings. Due to a legal height restriction in Springfield imposed by the Massachusetts State Legislature in 1908, the Campanile remained the tallest structure in the city until 1973 when Bay State West (now called Tower Square) was built. Its views would remain largely unobstructed until the construction of Monarch Place in 1987 which is 100 ft taller and dominates this scene.
Springfield, Massachusetts
Sunday January 30, 2022
Connecticut Southern CSO-4 prepares to depart Springfield, MA on a hot Wednesday afternoon, leading the train south is CSOR 2011 and OHCR 8530. Although the heat was brutal and there was a wrong leader, it was nice to get out for a little while.
Springfield, Illinois, 217 E. Blackmore house converted into a number of apartments. This was demolished a few years ago.
Beneath the glow of the Pillsbury elevator at Springfield, Illinois, Chicago and Illinois Midland EMD RS1325 No. 30 and SW1200 No. 20 rest near the railroad’s shop in the twilight of a March 1984 day. Simply put, a RS1325 is a end-cab switcher on a longer frame with a GP20-style nose and Flexicoil trucks. C&IM had the only two built and they still operate today on home trackage for Illinois & Midland Railroad.
The late winter sun tries to sneak over onto the north side of the tracks here at the Farmward Co-Op near Springfield where the resident GP10 retains its Illinois Central Gulf number.
Here is my version of Springfield "Town Hall"
Part of the "Springfield Project" I'm working on for my LUG.
Already done:
My website: 6kyubi6 Lego Creations
Inspired by Pepa Quin's: www.flickr.com/photos/pepa_quin/14305549048/