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Today, N&W Business Car No. 300 was operating for the very first time since its restoration over the INER in Michigan. The car has not ran occupied in over 30 years, so I decided I wanted to go see some history take place this afternoon. The car was operating between Coldwater and Hillsdale under Little River Railroad Crews (the cars home for now) between Coldwater and Hillsdale, MI. I ended up getting up too late to go catch the first run, but I was plenty awake to get to the second run in time. In fact, I was a bit too early so I had a little time to kill. On my way up I followed the Wabash Main toward Butler, and I ended up stopping around Spencerville to grab NS 181 coming west with a BNSF H3 GEVO leading an H1 Dash 9 in a freak lake effect snow shower. A pretty good way to start the day! |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 9:05:08 PM |
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Spencerville, IN |
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Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 7000(ES44C4) |
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BNSF 978 |
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Definitely would have preferred to see this lead, but I will certainly take what I can get. I believe this is the first H1 unit I have caught on camera this year. I document so many trains I usually forget what I have and havent seen! |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 9:07:21 PM |
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Spencerville, IN |
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Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 978(C44-9W) |
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CP 8126 |
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Had a tiny bit more time to kill so the next stop was on the west side of Butler to grab CP 528, which is the former CP 640, preparing to take the corner at CP 358. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 9:09:41 PM |
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Butler, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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CP 8126(AC4400CWM) |
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| Title: |
CP 7047 |
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A rebuild CP SD70ACe brings up the rear of CP 528. One of my all time personal favorite engines to see the golden beaver scheme on. I havent seen a bunch of these red SD70ACus. Long hood forward bothers a lot of fans out there but it never has me very much, especially on these SD70ACus. I find it quite nice, however, that GP at least adds the logo to the rear! |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 9:15:37 PM |
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Butler, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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CP 7047(SD70ACU) |
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| Title: |
IN 1601 |
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Unfortunately I did end up spending just a little too much time on the Waterlevel Route, as the second run of the business car had already left Hillsdale before I could get up there. I did, however, make it to the curve at Thompsan Road north of Allen, MI well before the train got there. I met fellow railfans Ethan Hopper and Noah Smith trackside there and we followed the train back to Coldwater from there. Leading todays train was INER 1601, one of 3 high hood GP9s featured on the INER roster, facing nose out nonetheless! A fantastic combination! |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 9:20:35 PM |
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Allen, MI |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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IN 1601(GP7) |
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| Title: |
N&W 300 |
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Looks fantastic and plenty of ridership today by the looks of it! (Per Railfan and Railroad)Built by Pullman in 1917 for the United States Railroad Administration, it was sold to the N&W in 1920, modernized in 1955 and deemed surplus and sold in 1977. Privately owned and renamed “Ocean,” it went into storage in 1991 and was donated to the society in 2020. The car was repainted in its original N&W Ocean Blue Paint scheme and named "Roanoke", where the car was built. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 9:23:47 PM |
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Allen, MI |
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Jacob Werling |
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| Title: |
IN 1601 |
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The train passes Con Agra Foods on the west side of Quincy, MI. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 9:26:36 PM |
| Location: |
Quincy, MI |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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IN 1601(GP7) |
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| Title: |
N&W 300 |
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The train continues west toward Quincy. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 9:28:29 PM |
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Quincy, MI |
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Jacob Werling |
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| Title: |
IN 1601 |
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The train passes the original Star of the West Mill in Quincy. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 9:30:01 PM |
| Location: |
Quincy, MI |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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IN 1601(GP7) |
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| Title: |
IN 1601 |
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The train passes the "new" portion of the mill as it continues west. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 9:32:43 PM |
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Quincy, MI |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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IN 1601(GP7) |
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| Title: |
N&W 300 |
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The train continues west out of Quincy. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 9:36:05 PM |
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Quincy, MI |
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Jacob Werling |
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| Title: |
N&W 300 |
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Due to traffic I was unable to get a shot of the head end crossing US 12, but I did get a quick grab of the passenger car from out my window. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 9:40:26 PM |
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Quincy, MI |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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| Title: |
IN 1601 |
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I made a wrong tunr and ended up having to settle grabbing the train by a new set of ties that are slated to go in someime over the summer. The railroad received a hefty COVID relief fund from the USDOT and the entire stretch of track from Coldwater to just east of Quincy is slated to undergo a major rehabilitation project; new ties and new rail! Goodbye 10 MPH runs! |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 9:44:43 PM |
| Location: |
Quincy, MI |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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IN 1601(GP7) |
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| Title: |
N&W 300 |
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The train continues west toward Coldwater. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 9:48:01 PM |
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Quincy, MI |
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Jacob Werling |
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| Title: |
IN 1601 |
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The train crosses Lott Road on the east side of Coldwater, MI. I probably sholuld have taken more effort to remove that small bracnh out of my shot, but I ended up getting there with less time than I figured I would. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 9:50:50 PM |
| Location: |
Coldwater, MI |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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IN 1601(GP7) |
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| Title: |
IN 1601 |
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The train crosses the very tiny Sauk River. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 9:53:50 PM |
| Location: |
Coldwater, MI |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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IN 1601(GP7) |
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| Title: |
N&W 300 |
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A side shot of N&W 300. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 9:55:51 PM |
| Location: |
Coldwater, MI |
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Jacob Werling |
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| Title: |
IN 1601 |
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The train comes to a stop by the Coldwater Depot and passengers disembark as the rail gurus get all their photos. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 10:00:08 PM |
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Coldwater, MI |
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Jacob Werling |
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IN 1601(GP7) |
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| Title: |
N&W 300 |
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We move to the other end to grab some shots of the passenger car. Brakeman Kyle Steinke was generous enough to give Noah, Ethan, and I a grand tour of the inside of the car. I am floored at how well it has come along. It is immaculate from top to bottom on both the inside and out. The car will remain on the Little River Railroad for the near future and will be rented out to private VIPs when the Little River Railroad runs or INER runs their own business excursions. The next project for the car is to be installed with a fully operational kitchen. After our tour I Noah and I said our goodbyes to Ethan as he took off back north to college in Kzoo while Noah and I booked south to catch CP 234 on the Chicago Line, which had both CP 8781, the Hapag-Lloyd Specialty Unit, and CP 7015, one of 5 block lettered heritage units, on the front. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 10:06:09 PM |
| Location: |
Coldwater, MI |
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Jacob Werling |
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| Title: |
CP 8781 (Hapag-Lloyd Specialty Unit!) |
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Thankfully for us, Waterloo is a straight shot down from Coldwater on I69, so we were able to book it south. Noah was a bit too far behind me though, and we wasnt able to squeeze the tiny gap of time between arriving in Waterloo and when the train passed. I, however, did, and waited less than 2 minutes before the train roared east by the depot doing an easy 60 MPH! |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 10:11:19 PM |
| Location: |
Waterloo, IN |
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Jacob Werling |
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CP 8781(ES44AC) |
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CP 7015 (Block Lettering Heritage Unit!) |
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I can now say I have caught this unit twice. Both times trailing of course. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 10:14:17 PM |
| Location: |
Waterloo, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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CP 7015(SD70ACU) |
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CP 8781 (Hapag-Lloyd Specialty Unit!) |
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Thankfully for us, the train had to stop for opposing traffic on Main 1 before crossing over just east of MP 362, so we were able to grab all of our roster shots and other shots there. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 10:17:43 PM |
| Location: |
Waterloo, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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CP 8781(ES44AC) |
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| Title: |
CP 8781 (Hapag-Lloyd Specialty Unit!) |
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A shot from the other side of the crossing. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 10:20:11 PM |
| Location: |
Waterloo, IN |
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Jacob Werling |
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CP 8781(ES44AC) |
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| Title: |
CP 7015 (Block Lettering Heritage Unit!) |
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Roster shot of CP 7015. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 10:22:28 PM |
| Location: |
Waterloo, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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CP 7015(SD70ACU) |
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| Title: |
CP 8781 (Hapag-Lloyd Specialty Unit!) |
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Roster shot of CP 8781. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 10:24:52 PM |
| Location: |
Waterloo, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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CP 8781(ES44AC) |
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CP 7015 (Block Lettering Heritage Unit!) and NS 4382 |
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After getting all of his rosters, Noah took off back toward home in Indianapolis, while I stayed behind to catch the opposing train. Minutes later, a giant NS 23M came slowly rolling by with 2 NS units on the head end and one about midway deep. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 10:27:27 PM |
| Location: |
Waterloo, IN |
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Jacob Werling |
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CP 7015(SD70ACU) NS 4382(AC44C6M) |
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| Title: |
NS 1833 |
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NS 1833 brings up the middle of NS 23M. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 10:29:06 PM |
| Location: |
Waterloo, IN |
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Jacob Werling |
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NS 1833(SD70ACC) |
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CP 8781 (Hapag-Lloyd Specialty Unit!) |
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After NS 23M passed, CP 234 got the light at CP 360, crossed over, and made the turn at CP 358, here seen crossing State Road 1 in Butler. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 10:31:24 PM |
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Butler, IN |
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Jacob Werling |
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CP 8781(ES44AC) |
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CP 7015 (Block Lettering Heritage Unit!) |
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One last roster shot of CP 7015 before the train continues north toward Canada. I wouldve hands down preferred this to have been the leader (and it should have been, but for some reason they spun the power) but I suppose Ill take the orange turd! Ha! |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 10:34:02 PM |
| Location: |
Butler, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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CP 7015(SD70ACU) |
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| Title: |
NS 7710 |
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NS 7710 leads NS I6E almost directly behind CP 234 on the opposite main. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 10:35:41 PM |
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Butler, IN |
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Jacob Werling |
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NS 7710(ES44DC) |
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| Title: |
BNSF 7996 |
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BNSF 7996 and another BNSF GE bring worm train NS 41A around the corner westbound out of Butler. After this train, things got pretty quiet. NS L96 was prepping to leave SDI so I decided to go check out to see if I could catch them. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 10:40:14 PM |
| Location: |
Butler, IN |
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Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 7996(ES44C4) |
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NS 6325 and NS 6338 |
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By the time I made it to Sdi NS L96 was already leaving, but thankfully the traffic ahead of me was pretty sparse so I was able to get down to the giant pond just north of Saint Joe and shoot it there. To this day I still cant figure out why in the world you would want to run your power like this, but if thats what works for you, then do what you want. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 10:43:43 PM |
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Saint Joe, IN |
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Jacob Werling |
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NS 6325(SD40E) NS 6338(SD40E) |
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CSX 5214 and CSX 7811 |
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After L96 I decided to go sit at CP INDO for a bit on the CSX Garrett Subdivision to see if I could catch any CSX action. Tied down there already was what I believe was CSX Q201 with a GEVO in the new YN3c "website scheme" and a YN3b Dash 8 on the head end. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 10:46:54 PM |
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Saint Joe, IN |
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Jacob Werling |
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CSX 5214(ES40DC) CSX 7811(C40-8W) |
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BNSF 7517 |
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It took a bit of waiting, but finally I got my first moving train in CSX I172 with a trio of BNSF leaders. CSX is also undergoing a symbol change. Intermodals will now be under the letter "I" instead of "Q", Manifests under "M" instead of "Q", locals under "L" instead of "J, H, M, etc..." and so forth. Not sure what this is all about, but its the railroad. They like to do confusing things! The intermodal and local symbols have already changed, whereas the manifest and bulk train symbols are supposed to go under their changes by the end of the month. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 10:51:21 PM |
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Saint Joe, IN |
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Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 7517(ES44DC) |
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CSX 3134 |
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I heard CSX I016 coming right up behind I172. I thought I could do a little maneuvering, and I was wrong. The train almost beat me to EE SDI. Thankfully I pulled up just in time to get a grab shot. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 10:54:54 PM |
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Saint Joe, IN |
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Jacob Werling |
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CSX 3134(ES44AC-H) |
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CSX 554 |
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CSX 554 brings up the middle of CSX I016. I think this is the first time Ive ever seen anything in YN2 serve as DPU. |
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4/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/15/2022 10:57:29 PM |
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Saint Joe, IN |
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Jacob Werling |
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CSX 554(AC44CW) |
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