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[Chessie8638]

Sweet Photos!

Love the paint scheme on Amtrak #184 in Shicoe30's photo. Should be the standard Amtrak scheme, matches all the cars perfectly.

[up_8677]

Thanks! I decided to use 8677 as my username here because that crew was friendly and gave me a nice little horn show.

[shicoe30]

Good stuff UP 8677!

Someday I'm gonna run out of good luck....but it hasn't happened yet...so here are some of favorite catches of the past week or so.....

WSOR's T004 rumbles through Waukesha with a massive train. Usually this train has between 30-50 cars. This one had a whopping 157. As you can see, the engineer had plenty of power!

WSOR T004 by Shicoe30, on Flickr

CP 282 gets talked past Grand Ave. as Miller Brewing dominates the skyline.

CP 282 by Shicoe30, on Flickr

UP 708 pauses just long enough for me to snap this shot while doing late night switching in Butler.

Butler at Night by Shicoe30, on Flickr

[shicoe30]

Caught 2 out of 4 remaining SOO SD60M's in one day...on point and in decent light...once in a lifetime kinda stuff...

60M #6059 starts em back up after the conductor removed some dragging equipment...

CP 484 by Shicoe30, on Flickr

Candy Apple Tri-clops 6062 leads CP's hottest little westbound. Formerly the Ford Fast to the Ranger Plant in the Twin Cities, but the plant closed this year. No idea why it's still an XT train....

CP 281 by Shicoe30, on Flickr

One of my favorite spots on the CN....this run down old house has seen the passage of SOO, WC, and now CN trains. Here WSOR's daily Horicon-Janesville train slows to get off the CN.

WSOR T004 by Shicoe30, on Flickr

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The redcoats are coming! Two fresh rebuilds (1 being the only CP SD60M) and a crusty CP SD40-2 drop towards Milwaukee through Elm Grove.

CP 276 by Shicoe30, on Flickr

Two IC EMD's bring the Fond du Lac - Waukesha local through Vulcan Materials in Sussex. Nice to see a unit that hasn't yet gotten it's CN yellow sill stripe.

CN L510 by Shicoe30, on Flickr

Frankenstein lives! This SD40-2 seems to have an identity crisis, but still is a sweet catch, being the last IMRL patch job around...

CP Work Train by Shicoe30, on Flickr

[shicoe30]

My last batch....

After passing under it's former home rails (now the UP Adams Line) and an ancient Milwaukee Road branch (Formerly the "Bug Line", now a bike path)...this former CNW unit charges north out of Sussex.

CN M341 by Shicoe30, on Flickr

DME's Mt. Rushmore tribute unit and some Royal Canadians bring a manifest past the beautiful shores of Pewaukee Lake. Let's just say the train wasn't the only sight to see at the lakefront

CP 276 by Shicoe30, on Flickr

The gorgeous INRD MACs bring an empty hopper train west through Ixonia, WI. This has to be one of the classiest paint jobs of the modern era.

CP 801 by Shicoe30, on Flickr

[NS9030]

Hey shicoe nice pics! I was the one who messaged you on flickr. I also have one to share from tontogany today

[up_8677]

Good stuff UP 8677!

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Thanks! Your photos are fantastic as well. I really envy you guys who get to shoot trains in places where it is super green.

[NS9030]

Nice stuff up!

[shicoe30]

Here's the catch of the day!

UP's CNW Heritage unit leads MPRSS west on former CNW rails on it's way through North Lake, WI.

UP MPRSS by Shicoe30, on Flickr

[up_8677]

Sweet! Good to see that they keep them very clean. I was just watching a video (not mine) of that unit on UP's Pratt Sub (which incidentally is my "stomping ground" for railfanning).

[up_8677]

Nice stuff up!

Thanks!

Here's the rest of my best grabs from my recent trip.

1. Dalhart, TX; BNSF Dalhart Sub. The Dalhart Sub (formerly Burlington Northern) mostly carries northbound coal empties along with traffic related to local area industries (grain, petrochemicals). Southbound loaded coal trains traverse the Boise City Sub to the east (formerly ATSF), which to this day is dark and operates with track warrants. The Dalhart Sub crosses the UP Pratt Sub at grade in Dalhart, and there is an interchange as UP holds trackage rights on the Dalhart Sub.

As an aside, the grade crossing just out of view to the right scares me; it is a normal street intersection AND a railroad crossing; I always pray for a green light here.








Yes, he really was that small.


2. Dalhart, TX; UP Pratt Sub. UP has a small facility in Dalhart; most trains stop for a crew change. The Pratt Sub is single tracked, but very busy with traffic ranging from smaller merchandise trains to Z-trains. Grainers are also very common. It is also not uncommon to see Ferromex, CSX, and NS power.



3. UP Pratt Sub; Just east of of Stratford, TX. Small local with leased power makes its way to Texhoma.





4. UP Pratt Sub; Just west of Goodwell, OK. This is the eastbound manifest I posted above.









Really love how this pacing shot of my namesake turned out. (I obviously was not driving)


5. Waiting for the same manifest in Guymon, OK...







(same as post above)


(my camera makes it appear that I'm much closer to the right of way than I actually was)

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[thecanadianrail]

Just got back from my RR Fanning trip, the locations include as follows: Inside the town of Jasper (MP 0.1 of Albreda Sub.) , Just beside English on the Edson Subdivision, and Red Pass on the Albreda Sub. (Red pass is in BC, while the rest were still in Alberta)

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