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NS 1070, the Wabash heritage unit, leads train 223 eastbound. It is seen here splitting the Wabash era searchlights at Truesdale, MO, near Warrenton on the St. Louis District. When you have the Wabash heritage unit, on the former Wabash mainline, with Wabash signals as well... it's a nice mix.
CSXT P001 08 accelerates out of Terre Haute, Indiana on its way to Rose Lake Yard in Washington Park, Illinois. The train has just stopped in the CSX crossroad city of Terre Haute to swap crews and is now back underway and will not stop again until the train reaches Rose Lake in approximately 160 miles.
NS 223, Intermodal from Kansas City’s Voltz Yard to Austell’s Inman Yard, does track speed splitting former Wabash Searchlights at St. Peters, Missouri with the Erie Heritage Unit in charge.
Norfolk Southern's Wabash heritage is tied down at CP's Nahant Yard on train 474 for Kansas City. The outbound crew will get on after sunrise, double their train, and depart south.
January 28, 2021
This is my favorite sunrise spot on the Wabash River and this mornings sunrise didn't disappoint. The colors were soft pastels, very beautiful.
NS 911 & NS 6162 leading a D36 South into Monticello, IL. NS 911 has been on the local pool for this line for a couple of weeks now. This was my 3rd time shooting it on D36 (this time I didn’t go to the area specifically for 911, it just happened to work out.) I was able to final nail him at this set of signals though. Here he is passing original Wabash signals. Was hoping to get a sun sucker hole here but it didn’t quite work out but the shot still turned out satisfactory.
A 4 unit, 53 car CSS freight is crossing the intersection of 11th and Wabash in Michigan City, IN. The train is bringing cars to Kingsbury for storage. Thanks to KV for the scoop
On a beautiful spring day in late April, a pair of IC SD70s lead A408 over the seldomly shot concrete bridge over the Little Wabash River near Watson, Illinois. The train has spent the better part of the early afternoon switching Effingham and is now counting down the final miles to its destination of Centralia. The bridge was built in 1902 by Illinois Steel, then a wholly owned subsidiary of US Steel.
With the day's storms finally cleared up, Norfolk Southern's executive train is seen just east of Homer as they deadhead to Kansas City. Leading the way are NS's famed F9A and B locomotives that are specially used for this train. This train has constantly gotten hosed from Danville to Decatur and will take the siding a few hundred feet behind this photo to meet three eastbound trains.
Indiana Railroad's HWSZT has just crossed the Wabash River and is now rolling east through the floodplains, headed for their next stop at Linton. Would've been nice to see them do their work across the river in Palestine, IL, but the closest road bridge is 30 miles away!
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Its interesting that 2 very cool midwestern grain haulers move big tonnage on rails left behind by those of the Wabash. One that I've rarely seen in recent years is Illinois fave The Bloomer Line, run by Alliance Grain Company. Here they assemble cars at Strawn, IL after coming east from elevators west of Risk, IL. Old pole lines and a few random block signals still litter this old route of the Cannonball.
Norfolk Southern's NS 28T led by Wabash Heritage Unit hauling BMW cars for exports clears Branchville, SC.
On the point of L536, the Glenn-Kirk transfer job, CN/IC C40-8W 2457 squeezes between South Loop highrises and across S Wabash Avenue on a rare crystal-blue January afternoon.
The Norfolk Southern 1070 "Wabash" leads NS 223 out of the hole in Ferguson, Mo. on the NS STL District after a long drawn out meet with NS 239. Seen here passing the old triple search light signals near the former Wabash Depot in downtown Ferguson.
The street right below in the middle is Wabash running north / south. The album 'Randolph and Wabash' was taken at the first L station. You can see a 6 car train pulling out of the station and heading north. The station has a very pale green roof.
This is the only image this week that I did any processing to. I saturated the color a bit. The others will have minor cropping if anything.
Happy Monday and a good week to you.
Wabash F7A 1189 leads the Norfolk Southern Santa Train that used to operate west of Decatur. The morning was full of snow and the train looks great passing through Harristown, IL at speed.
December 14, 2013
Green Line trains meet at Madison/Wabash station on Chicago's downtown Loop Elevated. The 119 year-old station closed after the last Loop 'L' train service in the wee hours of March 16th, 2015. Here, workers can be seen preparing the station for demolition. It is to be replaced by a new, larger Washington/Wabash station- once it is opened, Randolph/Wabash station will also close.
What can you do when maps keep sending you to dead-end dirt roads and your phone signal is weak? My map apps and GPS each led me to a different dead end, and retracing my route wasn't possible. I finally followed the only paved road, paid a $1 toll for three one-lane bridges, and asked the attendant about nearby towns, but she couldn't help. How would you feel being truly lost in the middle of nowhere? This will be interesting!
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Visitindiana.com: The bridge carried the famous Wabash Cannonball train at one time. The structure initially served as a railroad bridge over the Wabash River. The railroad abandoned the bridge in 1965.
This one-lane wonder has to be approached with care. Turn on your lights and look to make sure another vehicle isn’t coming from the opposite direction. If you’re heading west from Indiana and don’t want to cross into Illinois, use the turnaround spot to cautiously cross back over the bridge.
This unique bridge is worth the drive. Turn up the music and enjoy “The Wabash Cannonball” and its bridge!
The song Wabash Cannon Ball was written by William Kindt and J. A. Roff and was first recorded and released by Hugh Cross in 1929. -AI Lyric refrain:
On the Wabash Cannonball
Listen to the jingle
The rumble and the roar
Riding through the woodlands
Through the hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of engines
Hear that lonesome hobo squall
Riding through the jungles
On the Wabash Cannonball
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