WCfan
Near Miss
IHB 3861 and 4018 are in charge of a relatively short BP4, destined for UP's Proviso Yard, as they initiate a rolling meet with a CSX stacker at Kedzie Ave in Blue Island, Illinois. The 3861 has been of particular interest to me as it's the Harbor's last non-genset six axle motor and is rumored to be retired soon. Bonus points for me is its ex-MILW lineage.
So I wrote up a huge description of all the B.S. leading up to this photo. But it was so long I figured no on would read it...I mean this is already long enough. Basically, I was overly confident, incognizant of developing train movements, and unaware of alternative escape routes. So I nearly got blocked in by trains hanging out at Seeley Ave.
But that wasn't the end of it. After dealing with all the B.S. of almost getting blocked in, I still made it up on Kedzie with plenty of time. However, I noticed a lineup up through BI MT1 and ATCS revealed that EB was rolling through Ridge. Now, obviously I wasn't worried about being blocked in here. Rather, I was worried about the lights being on dim for the meet, which with me being too picky about my own damn photos, is unacceptable.
By some shear luck, the EB CSX stacker was moving right along and completed their rolling meet with BP4 about midway into the widest frame I could get. And of course the last bit of luck being the engineer remembering to turn the lights on. All in all, everyone was able to get the frames they wanted. A good finish to the fight.
Near Miss
IHB 3861 and 4018 are in charge of a relatively short BP4, destined for UP's Proviso Yard, as they initiate a rolling meet with a CSX stacker at Kedzie Ave in Blue Island, Illinois. The 3861 has been of particular interest to me as it's the Harbor's last non-genset six axle motor and is rumored to be retired soon. Bonus points for me is its ex-MILW lineage.
So I wrote up a huge description of all the B.S. leading up to this photo. But it was so long I figured no on would read it...I mean this is already long enough. Basically, I was overly confident, incognizant of developing train movements, and unaware of alternative escape routes. So I nearly got blocked in by trains hanging out at Seeley Ave.
But that wasn't the end of it. After dealing with all the B.S. of almost getting blocked in, I still made it up on Kedzie with plenty of time. However, I noticed a lineup up through BI MT1 and ATCS revealed that EB was rolling through Ridge. Now, obviously I wasn't worried about being blocked in here. Rather, I was worried about the lights being on dim for the meet, which with me being too picky about my own damn photos, is unacceptable.
By some shear luck, the EB CSX stacker was moving right along and completed their rolling meet with BP4 about midway into the widest frame I could get. And of course the last bit of luck being the engineer remembering to turn the lights on. All in all, everyone was able to get the frames they wanted. A good finish to the fight.