I took a driving trip to Texas the first week of May and covered a lot of ground and caught a lot of trains.
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May 3-10, 2008
Mack's (slightly less) Recent Railfan Photos
1st Half 2008
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I took a driving trip to Texas the first week of May and covered a lot of ground and caught a lot of trains. CLICK here for the story. |
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I spent a wet, windy, cold weekend in Northwestern Ohio with my buddy Howard. It was still a bit fun, we took a pretty good number of photos, and we saw a LOT of trains.
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Took advantage of a grey, rainy day to explore a piece of railroad that I've never been on -- the NS's Winston-Salem District South of Roanoke, VA. The old station at Boones Mill has definitely seen a better day, but it makes for an interesting shot though. Boones Mill, VA |
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We were just exploring but we did catch one train -- this Southbound at the Blaine signal lead by a trio of high-hood units. Near Rocky Mount, VA 11:47am April 05, 2008 |
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Showing off a new ride. Nathan's one day old Ford Explorer really captured the attention of passing railroaders; we never got a friendly beep of the horn or wave -- they were engrossed with this shinny thing by the signals. Oaks Signal Crewe, VA 9:43am March 22, 2008 |
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By late afternoon the sky was mostly cloudy but that gave me the chance to get a shot that otherwise would have been just too back-lit. I'm shooting this Eastbound at my maximum focal length to really compress the train. It also gives the false impression that I'm standing in the middle of the old passing siding (I'm not). Pamplin, VA 5:13pm March 22, 2008 |
| I stepped back to get a wider shot framed by the Eastbound signals, the inactive one on the right already being cannibalized for parts. The last third of the train was military cargo -- about a hundred humvees. | |
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We began the day with a visit to the East end of Crewe where we met this Eastbound grain train with a foreign leader. Oaks Signal Crewe, VA 9:37am March 15, 2008 |
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We then went to Abilene to see how things might have changed after the December derailment there. The first train we caught was this CN-lead Eastbound coal off the old Virginian line, now NS's Altavista District. Abilene, VA 11:24am March 15, 2008 |
| That derailment had been caused when a coal train similar to the one above (same direction, etc.) had run through a "red board" and into a container train, landing both locomotives in the ditch on their side and piling containers up in the woods. The Eastbound signals (below left) probably survived but everything else was wiped out. In the foregound (left photo) you can see the cables where the original signal bungalow stood. | |
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This auto-rack train is Westbound through the plant onto the Blue Ridge district (old N&W). Abilene, VA 1:20pm March 15, 2008 |
The skies darkened and even spit a little rain, but we visited the grounds of Patrick Henry's plantation home Red Hill, hoping for a shot. Obliged with this grey sky Eastbound we decided we need to revisit this spot when Spring fully arrives. Red Hill Plantation |
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Under nifty clouds after a storm. Berryville, VA 5:17pm March 8, 2008 |
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...clouds moving on. Boyce, VA 5:49pm |
A crummy (looking) winter Sunday ALMOST provided me with a genuine over/under at Shen. Shenandoah Junction, WV |
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A crummy shot of a nifty subject. There were two of these guys in the 5-unit consist of this Northbound 111. |
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