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HESR 8802 switches Georgia Pacific on the west side Owosso as a lite rain/mist falls on a rather nasty January night. As a kid i used to watch 8802, 8804 and the other CMGN and HESR units switch this line over the years. With the Railamerica take over by G&W and all their repainting & moving of power, it is really nice to see this engine working Owosso. 8802 and the 4 former HESR GP38's are the only ones left on the HESR that have not been renumbered or repainted. It is only a matter of time.
IHB SW1500 1505 leads a local -past one of the very few remaining EJ&E searchlights at Bridge 631 in East Chicago, IN.
Because my VicVipers always have to have a gimmick, I decided to try building one with variable swept wings this year. Like the 2017 model, it was based on sketching out various ideas, one of which was to have it be a "Sometimes Vic". It only strictly meets the criteria with the wings deployed.
The gearing situation was fun to mess with. You twist the engine to move the wings. There is an unfortunate amount of slop when doing so, however. Maybe some of you Technic buffs have pointers?
All in all, a highly enjoyable build and very swooshable.
EDIT: Uploaded higher res image.
No longer based out of Pointe St-Charles since this past Tuesday (!!), CN 500 enters the Port of Montreal with class leader CN 4700 and CN 4941 for power. CN 500 and CN 596 (previously the afternoon PSC switcher) are now based out of Southwark Yard. One plus for railfans is that means that CN 500 can end up with different power, as 3-4 local sets are based at Southwark.
Numerous other operational changes have taken place this week at Southwark Yard, among them:
-CN 321 originating at Taschereau Yard
-CN 527 being called a few hours earlier
-CN 522 no longer running to Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (CN 525 goes there at night)
GP38-2s in differing paint schemes (CN 4704 & CN 4709) are doing some switching at the MANA (Max Aischer North America) plant.
C&NW GP7 4104 switches the Morton Salt facility along Elston Ave. at Magnolia and Blackhawk. It is now the entertainment venue The Salt Shed. 1989.
KCS switching the Cargill plant on Nicholson Ave., Kansas City, 10-31-17. You just couldn't go wrong with this paint scheme.
OSR 1620 and 1591 finish up their switching at PDI just as the sun was setting. Sadly this was as close as they came before reversing north out of sight to pick up the rest of their train.
Coca Cola Bottling is switched by an NS High-hood GP38-2. Here the engine is seen shoving two tankers down the spur, across McDuff avenue.
CEFX 1569 and NECR 3840 work the yard at Brantford.
1569 was pinch hitting for a power short SOR and would be returned in a couple months to CEFX. It would then end up in Cardinal Ontario.
Amtrak's "Ethan Allen Express" contained multiple firsts for me, and among them was mid-trip power switching. This train requires power to be on both ends due to a change of directions in Rutland (another first), but going in-and-out of NYC, they only need one unit, so they add/remove a unit at the Albany-Rensselaer station.
From here, they run the surplus unit up to Amtrak's nearby Rensselaer shops for servicing. From a fan perspective, it also allows you to get out and photograph the train in the process. In this case, we're looking south towards NYC, and the 701 would be cut off in short order, allowing the rest of the train to run south with just the 716.
CSX YN2 GP40-2 #6957 is at work switching Sentry Industries on CSX's East Rail district, with a blooming tree creating some nice color behind the train amid the lousy weather.
A Canadian Pacific yard job with a Soo Line GP38-2 is switching tank cars at the Red Star Yeast complex just off of West Greves Street in Milwaukee. – As of this posting the 4414 is still around (although now wearing CP colors) – But the Red Star plant here is long gone, having been closed about three years after this November 2002 photo was taken and since completely torn down. ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©
GTW 4921 switches out cars at the Appvion paper Mill in Appleton Wisconsin. The overhead bridge was added in the later years of the mill.
Here is just another from last summer when GP40-2LW MEC 507 showed up on the docks in Everett to work BO-1 in her sparkling brand new paint. Truly one of the most improbable things to happen in New England railroading in 2020.
The red white and blue unit beside them is the Ciment Quebec plant switcher. This unit is the last privately owned plant switcher to be found in daily use in the immediate Boston area. It is a cabless 125 ton Alco blt. in 1960 and acquired from the bankrupt James River Coal company. The unit is remote controlled and has a hostler stand on it and once worked at a coal mine in Kentucky whose lettering it still wears. I'm not sure of the exact history of of the switcher. Some sources say it was ex Baltimore and Ohio but another says that it was originally Lehigh and New England Alco S2 616 before being sold to the Louisville and Nashville that eventually traded it in to GE that rebuilt it as an 'auto-haul 335.'
To read the whole story check out the original post here: flic.kr/p/2jtoazu
Everett, Massachusetts
Wednesday August 5, 2020
Switch Escape was my entry into The 100 Project | 2019 .Original works of 100 Community Toy Photographers.
A BAR brakeman rides two free-rolling tank cars into their intended track at the Searsport ME yard, September 16, 1991.
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Union Pacific SW9 No. 1854 pulls the 'Long Street' switch job down the middle of 4th West street in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 20, 1977.
Looking back toward Boulder City with the River Mountain Trail switchbacking between Red & Black Mountains. An easy trail, mostly because of the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps between 1935-1937. They built quality, and they built to last.
Gefunden in einer alten Fabrik in Görlitz / Sachsen
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