I know that for most of you this is not a big deal, but my store right next to some railroad tracks that have recently been refurbished by B&P a subsiderary of G&W.
Today the first train came by, or at least the first I saw. These are pictures of thenegines (not sure of the third.) I had a customer I was waiting on and I had split attention.
The train consisted of 3 and 4 bay hoppers rusted beyond recognition and the cargo was light grey ballast. All in all a ragtag bunch. But they are my rag-tag bunch.
nice pics space mouse ,i know what your talking about 2 yrs ago i worked right across from some union pacific track ,and when they would go by i also had split attenion,of course when they ha 9 units going also ,hehe wow i thought ,
For a couple of years I worked for an architect in Warwick, NY. Our offices were in the old Lehigh & Hudson office building. It was at the time the NYS&W took over the abandoned line & began running freights.
My attention definitely wandered when trains begain to roll by outside my office window.
My office has two seats and a diesel engine (Van) and I often find my self taking a detour to see trains running, parking up and waiting. The customers don’t know where I am so they can wait!!
A few of these also landed in my state, on the Maryland Midland (former WM). Don’t know if they are still there though, haven’t visited in several years…
I like the pic of the yellow SD38’s (?) you posted a couple of weeks ago, when you discovered all this. I’m not real big on modern diesel but those would very attractive on a layout, in that color scheme.
I have a question about a couple of the rolling stock. They were attatched to the back of the train. they looked like short hoppers but it looked like the sides could fold outward.
What kind of cars are these and what are they for?
My work station looks out on our shop and the CSX track through Oxford Ohio. We get 3 to 6 trains a day. Work has to stop at least untill the engins rumble past. Ocassionaly the Amtrack between Cincinnati and Chicago runs late enough to be seen. In the last year I have seen a circus train - they really do exist - and a track inspection car that I first miss took for a passenger train.
