Thursday Proto Photo, May 4/23

[Lenny53]

Beaconsfield, QC May 11,2008

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[Philip H]

Gulfport, MS Tuesday 5/2/2023.  An old soldier, now on its third owner (the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad 0 subsidiary of the revived Rock) doing duty as a shoving platform.

[C855B]

Gulfport, MS Tuesday 5/2/2023.  An old soldier, now on its third owner (the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad 0 subsidiary of the revived Rock) doing duty as a shoving platform.

I know it's trivial and really in the weeds, but the antenna (that cylinder on top of the cupola) caught my attention - as in slapped me silly. I briefly worked in a Santa Fe radio shop 45 years ago, and swore ever since that this antenna style was peculiar to the Santa Fe. I replaced a few because the radome tended to leak and the trapped moisture would would corrode the guts at a critical weld.

I guess I add IC to that short list. Live 'n' learn.

[wes_sutton]

128 wagons of iron ore and 11200 hauled tonnes could be too much for one loco, but there are two more out of sight bringing up the rear as distributed power. On Monday 24 April 2023, GWB103 (built in the US by Progress Rail) heads Aurizon Bulk Central's train #9612 from Wirrida to Whyalla as it approaches the Stuart Highway overpass, just outside Port Augusta, South Australia. Locos still carry Genesee & Wyoming colours, despite G & W having had no presence in Australia for three years now.

Ore in the landscape by Bingley Hall, on Flickr

[lock4244]

Been editing more pics, mostly from January's trip to the MRL.

ML on the approach to Mullan Pass summit at Blossburg... easier climb than what westbounds face:
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LM crossing the Yellowstone River at Twin Bridges (now lone bridge as the old highway span is removed, opening this view). Re-edit, cropped tighter, works better imo:
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Eastbound gas local nearing Evaro on the easy side:
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Shot from February 2022 trip, five unit helper at Blossburg about to start the long decent to Helena and another shove. Yes, it was as cold as it looks:
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[Ed Kapuscinski]

Shot from February 2022 trip, five unit helper at Blossburg about to start the long decent to Helena and another shove. Yes, it was as cold as it looks:
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That shot makes me cold just looking at it. Killer stuff. You submit that to RailPictures.net?

[mu26aeh]

CSX L137-05 coming into Gettysburg Friday morning.  Loaded stone hoppers inbound for Vulcan Quarry outside of Hanover.  Wait, what ?  Stone getting delivered to a quarry ?  Yep.  Bittinger mines a lot of limestone but they get Stalite aggregate shipped into the property and they load it out by truck.  Added traffic for your model railroad if you've never thought about it

You can read up on Stalite here

https://www.stalite.com/structural-concrete

[eja]

Yes, it was as cold as it looks:

I think I'll save that last pix and use it for my home screen image and in August.

[mu26aeh]

And ended up back in town for the westbound counterpart

[eja]

Yes, it was as cold as it looks:

I think I'll save that last picture and use it as a home screen during August !

[lock4244]

That shot makes me cold just looking at it. Killer stuff. You submit that to RailPictures.net?

Thx Ed. And negative, I did the RP.net thing for a while but I run hot and cold with posting pics for mass consumption. I mostly just share them here and with some foamer friends back home.

[lock4244]

I think I'll save that last picture and use it as a home screen during August !

Days like that are why I've always been more active in the winter... just something about a train in the snow.

Also no bears.

[C855B]

Sadly, no photo, I couldn't move fast enough. Yesterday while at a restaurant next to the tracks, a CN train graced us with CN 2448, a C40-8M. I thought they'd put all the Draper-tapers out to pasture last year, but there it was, 4th in a 5-unit consist with a pair of Death Star SD70s on the point. Couldn't tell if it was powered-up.

[Lenny53]

I thought they'd put all the Draper-tapers out to pasture last year.

Former BCOL 4609 is the only cowl left in service, the remaining stragglers are being sent to the scrappers.

[lock4244]

Sadly, no photo, I couldn't move fast enough. Yesterday while at a restaurant next to the tracks, a CN train graced us with CN 2448, a C40-8M. I thought they'd put all the Draper-tapers out to pasture last year, but there it was, 4th in a 5-unit consist with a pair of Death Star SD70s on the point. Couldn't tell if it was powered-up.

I think the 2448 would've been quite dead. Five went dead to Battle Creek two weeks ago out of Toronto, 4605, 2439, 2403, 2417, 4608, all dead. Afaik still there. There's 20 or so -8's of all types being shipped dead to Council Bluffs I'm told. Odd place to gather them, but sure there's a reason. Outside of the -8's assigned to the fmr DMIR, only the aforementioned 4609 and 2100 (at Jasper as a crew trainer) are left running.

Getting to be very little left worth shooting out there. Once MRL's gone, why do I even need a camera?