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In the gloom and rain, Wisconsin & Southern grain train comes through Edgebrook, Chicago, meeting a northbound METRA. Thanks to Mike Gramm, Joe Z. and Keith Pokorny for the headsup!
The local gets out on the main and heads north at Waynesboro VA. Thanks to Steve Bauer for the headsup on this through his ATCS.
Colas 56078 with the 4V60 Donnington Railfreight Terminal - Cardiff Canton heads through Wistanstow with a rake of 18 ex-stored Freightliner HHA coal hoppers which, I anticipate, are bound for future use in south Wales on coal duties. My thanks to Mike for the initial headsup - greatly appreciated.
Jersey cows
the County Fair series
I apologize for not keeping up on contact comments right now. I'm doing my two groups and taking some time out to watch the Olympic Games, which are on at our house almost 24 hours/day. I don't care who wins, it's all wonderful. except for over-critical announcers and networks who dwell on mistakes.
A short NS 223 crosses the bridge over the Missouri River. Thanks to some timely headsup from Jeff M and Kelby S, I was able to pull up to this location just in time to snap this shot!
-CREX ES44AC #1515, CN ES44AC #2865 leading power
-NS Train #223
-NS (ex-Wabash) St. Louis District, near MP S21
-Missouri River
-Earth City, MO
-January 27, 2018
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91119 "Bounds Green Intercity Depot 1977-2017" (LNER).
0Z91 : 0930 SO VSTP Bounds Green T&RSMD - Langley Jn & return (Test Run).
Bayford - 0943 - 08/08/20.
A big thanks to Allan Jenkins (one of the few, who has hepled during the recent Dark days) for the headsup on this working & if I don't see you before you go, have a good Holiday mate!
Great Egret chick - Dixie Chick - nesting
In the Wild - In the Nest - Waiting for Mom
Saint Augustine, Florida U.S.A. - Summer '24
Independence Day 2024 - Northern Florida
The Oldest U.S. City (1513) - 4th of July 2024
---------Independence Day 2024 ----------U.S.A.!
In the Wild - Nesting - Rookery - Treetop - 7/4/24
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - nesting area]
69001, 66725 t&t 764 - 4E12 - Bayford - 1401 (off route) - 23/09/21.
A big thanks to my friend John for the headsup!
Running in DPU service towards the tail of the train is reletter and renumber #8100. Thanks to Tom Heher for the headsup on this guy!
It would appear that after dropping the autoracks in Moberly, the train became much easier to pull, first evidenced by the noticable lack of setup time we had at Huntsville, the west end of double track coming out of Mobery.
Thanks to EA for the headsup on the unit being in the area!
-NS ES44AC #8101(Central of Georgia Heritage), NS AC44C6M #4484 leading power
-NS Train #224
-NS (ex-Wabash) Kansas City District, CP S155.0 Huntsville
-W Depot St Crossing, Huntsville, MO
-May 7, 2022
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Little known fact about me. I'm kind of a big deal in the gull world, I would say with all birds in fact. You see, when a bird spots me out in the wild, I am instantly recognised as one of the winged world's most desirable targets.
Unsure if they have actually spotted the real me, they drop little packages to try to get me to look up. This allows for a more positive identification towards their 'big year' challenges.
Sometimes when one of these feathered creatures comes across me, they are instantly starstruck and sit there not knowing how to react. Such as the case was with this one, who followed me around for a bit before he asked for my autograph. I think he was happy about it.
73961 & 964 - 6O57 - Hertford North - 1409 - 17/09/21.
A big thanks to John for the headsup & if you went to Bayford, I hope you got it in the sun!
Finally, after several delays of setting out bad orders and a FRED problem CP train 687 gets out of B'ville and heads north for the C&M with quite a lash up that was worth the wait, even though they are quite faded. Thanks to Joe Z. for the headsup!
Reflected Greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) at sunrise in an alert pose with their long necks and heads stretching up, standing in Lake Ndutu, Tanzania. Some of the flock were also feeding with their long necks reaching down to the water.
11/05/2018 www.allenfotowild.com
20th June 2023
60074 makes a rare appearance for the class and route on 6M16 05:40 Wilton EfW Terminal - Knowsley Freight Terminal seen passing Daisy Hill.
Thanks to Alan Hart for the headsup.
CP train 470 rolls around the curve at Howard St. with it's Dash 2 power looking good. Thanks to Joe Zaky and David Lemke for the headsup on it's location.
Cocktails are out and ready to go!
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NS train 11Z at Waynetex, Waynesboro VA. Thanks to Steve for the headsup while we were out running errands!
Thanks to a surprise headsup, I was alerted to an elusive daylight (see: rainy) D32 run that happened to coincide with my lunch break perfectly. Well, almost - ATCS had him green from Bement up to Mansfield, and when I reached Osman, he had come to a stop in Mansfield itself for work. While this did make me a fair bit late for work - an hour, actually - it was worth it to finally snag the north-facing signals that protect the main and siding alike at Osman. A rare two-headed dwarf guards the siding, with its much larger two-headed companion holding down the main. Excellent pieces of Wabash history still standing tall, a rare thing in and of itself. I'm yet one step closer in capturing every single remaining searchlight on the Bloomington District, and with this & the hidden Monticello Intermediate under my belt, I'm nearly there!
NS5174 leads the two-unit procession and was once a Southern high hood, but was chopped all the way down to an admiral cab back in 2015. The trailing motor, NS6411, is a brand new SD40-3 rebuild, tracing its heritage to the C&S / BN 7857.
07.01 37422 passes Marston Jabbett on 0Z37 Crewe to Crewe via Rugby , Big Thanks the sources on Headsup Gen for the advanced tip
A loaded UP grain train comes through Mt. Prospect IL. with a rebuilt SD40-2 leading on the Harvard Sub. this afternoon. Thanks to the Wagonmaster for the headsup!
One more shot of the Snow Geese taking flight in honor of the local Snow Goose Festival here in Chico California this weekend. All the heads on the ground are up waiting to take their turn in lift off.
A fresh pair of ICs, 1033 and 1011, have A407 moving fast by MP 130, entering Champaign with a ballast train leading the usual manifest. With no work in the yard today, a crew change will be all that this train needs before it leaves for Otto and the work there.
It seems like any day I tell myself that I'm having the day off to myself and not going anywhere that I get a headsup there are ICs or something else flying my way. It's becoming something of a way of life these days. A strange life indeed, but it is certainly a fun one at times.
After Huntsville, the next location I had in mind was here at Bentley, which is the east end of the siding at Salisbury, a jump I've made in the past. But, I was really sweating as to whether I'd make it or not. Guess that shorter train really meant he could get up and go!
Thanks to EA for the headsup on the unit being in the area!
-NS ES44AC #8101(Central of Georgia Heritage), NS AC44C6M #4484 leading power
-NS Train #224
-NS (ex-Wabash) Kansas City District, CP S171.2 Bentley
-Along US 24, Salisbury, MO
-May 7, 2022
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The sun was good and I knew there were were a few more Searchlights in the area, so I kept on going. I didn't quite have enough time to get setup for Mettler/DeWitt signals and headed for Wakenda. Turns out the 224 went into the siding for an eastbound. The eastbound was already sitting there waiting, holding the main and pulled right up to the eastbound signal. So, this limited some of my shot options for the EB signals. So, I opted for shooting 224 passing the WB signal.
Thanks to EA for the headsup on the unit being in the area!
-NS ES44AC #8101(Central of Georgia Heritage), NS AC44C6M #4484 leading power
-NS Train #224
-NS (ex-Wabash) Kansas City District, CP S203.9 Wakenda
-Highway B Crossing, Wakenda, MO
-May 7, 2022
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GB Railfreight class 92 no. 92020, formerly 'Milton', passes through Hampton in Arden on Sunday 7th February 2021 working 0Z92 Wembley Inter City Depot to Polmadie light locomotive.
Tah to Tim Moran & Lewis Hurley for the headsup.
65R is tied up at Western on BNSF awaiting a new crew. Thanks to Keith Porkorny and Mike Raia for the headsup.
One theme that came about in our handful of days on the Roanoke District was ATCS - or often, lack thereof. There were chunks that worked, but they were all north of Roanoke - nothing really seemed to work too close to it. Headsups on trains were hit or miss as a result of this.
The morning after our late night run-in at Ellis Run and 12Z, we awoke bright and early to find that there was a southbound blasting its way towards Roanoke on ATCS, and it was not all that terribly far away. We hurriedly gathered our things and headed north to meet it. The previous nights scouting had seen us meet the signal at Kinsey, the northern end of the Troutville siding. To say that we liked the spot was an understatement, and we all agreed it was a place we wanted to go.
Lo and behold, our first train of the day was NS 11Z. We arrived at Kinsey with just a few minutes clearance, then the three GEs leading it came flying around the bend. Quite a way to start the day if I do say so myself!
Poppy's here! Let the party begin!
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The ex-CSX turned leaser of much notoriety has NS 111 in tow, with its PRLX identity fully re-established and its temporary markings as "C&O 4834" removed.
Thanks to Jeff M and Kelby S for the headsup and updates which helped me get this shot!
-PRLX SD70ACe #4834, NS SD60E #7025 leading power
-NS Train #111
-NS (ex-Wabash) St. Louis District, MP S34.8
-Cool Springs Road, O'Fallon, MO
-April 22, 2018
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UP Oak Creek loads approaches Mt. Prospect Road in Des Plaines IL. with SD40-2 1972 leading NS GE's and a BNSF 70Ace. Thanks to Jim Lewnard for the headsup.
Only days old and already an amazing poser. Hope I see her every year.
From a new born session.
I am a tweeter now, I just don't know any peeps yet. Follow me here.
Thanks to a timely headsup, I was able to sneak away from work for a few moments and nab this shot of yet another different kind of power passing the searchlights at Ferguson.
This ex-CSX recently turned leaser was probably a bit of overkill for the 3 cars that were returning to Luther as D67.
-GECX C40-8W #7653 (ex-CSX) leading power
-NS Train D67
-NS (ex-Wabash) St. Louis District, CP S12.5 Ferguson
-Ferguson, MO
-March 14, 2018
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After waiting for 125 to meet 224 in High Hill and then 224 to make its way west, the sun was finally really starting to come around and be good. Another set of Wabash Searchlights that I don't have a lot of shots of -- check!
Thanks to EA for the headsup on the unit being in the area!
-NS ES44AC #8101(Central of Georgia Heritage), NS AC44C6M #4484 leading power
-NS Train #224
-NS (ex-Wabash) St. Louis District, S103.2 Benton City
-Rollins St Crossing, Benton City, MO
-May 7, 2022
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A small intimate gathering...
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I think they set a record on how quickly a westbound got in and out of Moberly on this day. As soon as we were done shooting the train coming into town at Stamper, we headed down to the crossing past Wayside and figured we'd be settling down for a good long wait until the train would continue - even contemplating how long we'd wait before calling it a day and heading back home.
Well, that ended quickly as not even 2 or 3 minutes had passed when the fired up the headlights and started pulling west. I wasn't complaining. We were getting to the good part of the chase!
Thanks to EA for the headsup on the unit being in the area!
-NS ES44AC #8101(Central of Georgia Heritage), NS AC44C6M #4484 leading power
-NS Train #224
-NS (ex-Wabash) Kansas City District, CP S150.0 Wayside
-CR 1217 Crossing, Moberly, MO
-May 7, 2022
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66129 Approaching Millstream Lane Claymills,Staffordshire with loaded car carriers with Toyota Aygo and Yaris from the Valenciennes Toyota Factory,headsup to K Payne for this one.
Anhinga - In The Wild - 10/27/21
Palm Beach County, Florida USA
Water's Edge - Green Cay Wetlands
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - wing-drying]
*['juvenile' - the snake bird - the swimming bird - I AM BATMAN]
*[Yes, the Anhinga is in the 'cormorant-family'. Anhingas have
straight-bills, and double-crested cormorants have hooked-bills.]
*[The Anhinga lives in shallow, slow-moving, sheltered waters
and uses nearby perches and banks for drying and sunning.]
*[It 'bobs' and 'weaves' its head in somewhat of an
'Anhinga Dance'! It's fun to see. Thanks for looking.]
67020 passing Barrow upon Trent with Charter ECS to Burton Wetmore Sidings,Headsup to K Payne for this one.
Catching up on some of my stuff, I know it's been awhile since I've posted here...but it's been awhile since I've done anything photography based. Life happens! Here's a few straggler shots from when the CofG came through on an NS224 a few months back. Thanks again to EA for the headsup on the unit being in the area!
Last location of the day for NS224, after this is was off to the buffet in Brunswick for dinner!
-NS ES44AC #8101(Central of Georgia Heritage), NS AC44C6M #4484 leading power
-NS Train #224
-NS (ex-Wabash) Kansas City District, CP S203.9 Wakenda
-Highway B Crossing, Wakenda, MO
-May 7, 2022
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06:45, Saturday, December 31st, 2022. Wake up to the phone alarm. Check Messenger. Nothing. Shower. Check Messenger. Voice message at 07:09 from Gary L.: “…We have a nice treat on 101 this morning, it’s all EMD six-axle power. By me in West Palm Beach at seven ‘o eight AM…” Verify the power via VRF Cocoa live cam. It’s two SD40-2s. Get dressed. Pack up equipment. Bail out the back door and drive up to Dania Beach.
This really wasn’t the headsup I was expecting to receive on New Year’s Eve; I was anticipating a report on CSX M45330 and it’s CM44AH leader, but alas, a rarity on the Florida East Coast Railway takes priority once again. In another odd move by Bowden Yard, FEC 101-31 would have two of the railroads SD40-2’s act as power for one of last southbound freights to traverse the mainline in 2022. Word within inner circles state that the reason behind this decision was because of a lack of LNG sets in Bowden. #FEC715 leads the train, the unit being one of three former Union Pacific “Snoot Nose” SD40-2’s, a nickname derived from the locomotives’ extended noses. Photographed at the MP 347 curve, commonly referred to as the “Dania Curve” by local buffs, 101-31 had completed setting out one multi-platform IM car at Port Everglades a few minutes prior, now roaring south to Hialeah Yard with 101 cars and the two EMDs howling in run 8. Traffic for Hialeah Yard was compromised of empty rock and cement tubs, manifest, one autorack, and two IM cars.
There’s too many people I’d like to tag so I’ll keep it brief: thank you to everyone who made 2022 great to me!
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Dania Beach, FL
FEC Mainline
Date: 12/31/2022 | 08:20
ID: FEC 101-31
Type: Manifest
Direction: Southbound
Car Count: 101
1. FEC SD40-2 #715
2. FEC SD40-2 #702
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