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WayBack Machine - October, 1966
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Today marks the final day of operations for American Airlines of their McDonnell Douglas MD-80, known to enthusiasts as the "Mad Dog". The airline operated these aircraft for years, and I have plenty of fond memories of seeing them through the years. Mad Dogs have become increasingly rare, particularly in the United States, making this even more unfortunate. I found it fitting to make tonight's post a photo that my dad actually took at DFW of a gaggle of Super 80s on February 4, 2009.
CSX must have been feeling like having a #waybackwednesday moment on October 23rd, 2019, because Q541-22, when it left Cincinnati, OH the day before, had 3 SD40's (2 dash-3's & a dash-2) for power. This naturally caught the attention of railfans along the route between Cincinnati, OH & Waycross, GA as many went out as it made the journey south. As an added bonus, while dropping off cars for Wyvern yard in Cartersville, GA, they picked up a GP39-2 & a rare non-dynamic brake equipped GP40-2 that were heading to the diesel shop in Waycross, GA. I don't know about you, but when 5 standard cab EMD's are on the point of a road train through your neck of the woods (& in 2019, no less), you try to find a way to catch it. Unfortunately for me, they were running earlier than usual, having arrived at Wyvern at around 1:30pm. Thanks to the commute from work, I wasn't able to get to area until around 5:40pm & I was just hoping that they weren't too far south. Fortunately for me, they were holding at the MP16 intermediates to let Q142 clear up the main a couple miles south of here. Sure enough, as the tail end of 142 rolled by, the headlight of 541 begins to peep through the trees as it heads south towards Atlanta. While it's not an ideal shot, considering the time of the day & what the power was, it was best I could do & at least I can say I managed to get it. 10-23-19