Thursday Proto Photo, Nov 12/09

[Lenny53]

[Philip H]

Lenny,
What's in those gons?

[Bob Bufkin]

Same question as Lenny. 

[Guilford Guy]

Went train riding on my day off from school! Always fun!

[Caleb Austin]

Heres, a shot from last year...

Amtrak #3 peeks around the corner in apache canyon NM.

[up1950s]

Lenny,
What's in those gons?

Al Kyda ( my spelling , screw them ) in tents ?

[Packer]

Lenny,
What's in those gons?

I'm not lenny, but my guess is either steel or trash.

[Chris333]

This morning there was a new hot metal car down the street that wasn't there yesterday:

[Bob Bufkin]

Coke train Eastbound at St Denis with lots of W&LE hoppers:



First MARC train of the day:

[John]

who's the guy in the ROW?? conductor?

[Bob Bufkin]

Yes, that's the conductor.  Eastbound stack train  being held for MARC and he did a quick walk back several cars checking for something.

[RockGp40]

Bob, I saw those WLE hoppers sitting next to a string of seemingly fresh CSX gons over I-695 in Halethorpe Tuesday afternoon. I like how the WLE has big fancy lettering compared to some of the lifeless and terribly plain cars of today.

[Bob Bufkin]

Did you notice the low number on those hoppers.  There was also an empty string of them heading west the same day.  I was told they are going to one of the steel plants in Baltimore.  They also have a bunch of second hand cars from various roads including a lot of Denver and Rio Grande.

[RockGp40]

Bob, I saw WLE 590 and 613 among others, but I couldn't tell if they were loads. They were on the northern most track if that helps.

[Lenny53]

Lenny,
What's in those gons?

I'm not lenny, but my guess is either steel or trash.

I'm really not sure but it is not uncommon for the railways to move traction motors this way.