Folkston Trip, October, 2010

Folkston Trip, October, 2010
(click on each image to see a larger version -- approximately 1024X768)

Day 1
Howard and I drove from the metropolis of Ireland, WV to North Carolina, basically just "making time" but we did stop for one view.

New River Gorge

October 28, 2010

Westbound Carolinian

Mebane, NC
6:10pm

Day 2
We drove from Bill's house in Mebane, NC to Point South, South Carolina, following the railroad as closely as we could along the way.

Mt. Holly, SC
2:35pm
October 29, 2010

Howard! GET OUT of MY SHOT!!!!!

Ravenel, SC

Kress Signal Point South, SC 6:16pm

Day 3
Continuing down the "A-Line"...

Savannah, GA
October 30, 2010

	A Southbound coal train on the Nahunta Subdivision passing the Lodge Signal North of Hinesville,GA 11:11am

	The entire consist was brand-spanking-new aluminium hoppers.

Jesup, GA


	Folkston, GA
	Folkston, GA

Day 4
Ten hours on the platform... In my chronicle below, I tried to catch at least one shot of everything that passed us that day. I missed the first two of the morning and was away for at least one more so the actual count was higher.

October 31, 2010

1
09:08am

2
9:29am

3
9:34am

4
10:01am


5 -- 10:34am

6
10:51am

7
11:32am

8
11:53am

9
12:10pm

10
1:17pm

11
2:05pm


12 -- 2:50pm


13 -- 3:17pm

14
3:40pm


15 -- 4:01pm

16
5:33pm


17 -- 6:04pm

18
6:47pm

19
6:52pm

20
7:12pm

Day 5
We went to the platform for a short time but the only moves we caught were from the overpass where the lines converge. That's cool! Now let's head for home...

8:36am
November 1, 2010

Day 6
Back in North Carolina we said goodbye to Bill and Howard and I headed East for some more railfanning.

Southbound Carolinian, only about 45 minutes late!

Selma, NC
4:42pm
November 2, 2010

Southbound Palmetto only about 10 minutes late -- a temporary schedule change put it after the Carolinian.

4:55pm

Daily bolt replacement on the diamond...

In the yard at Selma, a 158-car freight is tied down on the main waiting a crew while the local has just arrived from Goldsboro on the pass track.

5:55pm

Day 7
A lovely, overcast day. We stayed around Selma for most of the day, watching trains like this northbound abuse the diamond.

Selma, NC
9:58am
November 3, 2010

	Didn't I see a guy replacing bolts just yesterday???

More punishment...

2:11pm

Northbound Palmetto

2:56pm


3:34pm -- a Southbound grain train past the connection.


3:39pm -- a Northbound coal train bouncing over the diamond.

Day 8
We Spent the night in Petersburg, Virginia and awoke to rain. Oh, well...

Dinwiddie, VA
9:56am
November 4, 2010


5:03pm -- a Westbound past the Webster signal, Webster, VA

6:14pm
near Eagle Rock, VA

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