Thursday Proto Photo, Jun 23/22

[Lenny53]

Dorval, QC Mar 23,2007

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[nickelplate759]

UP freight (sorry, no engine data), westbound, near Dragoon AZ, 4 June 2022.
Taken from the rear window of Amtrak train 2/422,  eastbound Sunset Ltd./Texas Eagle.

[sd45elect2000]

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This stray was scratching on my door Wednesday, might be feral.

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Eastbound Sunset Ltd (Amtrak 2) on the left, northbound Texas Eagle (Amtrak 422) on the right.
San Antonio, TX, 5 June 2022.

[RockGp40]

So, how did you spend your Saturday? Did you go to the beach? A park? Have a picnic? Me, I watched as 2021 soybeans were loaded in to hoppers for hours. It's not nearly as enjoyable as it sounds. Here was my perspective as the MDDE helped Perdue load about 24,000 bushels on a beautiful Saturday morning in Lynch, MD:

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DCR 88601 does a terrible job sporting it's prior owner's heritage:

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[MK]

2021 soy beans?  They keep them that long before letting them out to market?

[RockGp40]

As long as they are kept dry inside the bins, nothing to fear here. Most of these will be turned into oil anyway.

[MK]

Ah, I see.  Just curious as I'm a city boy with no farming knowledge.   

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I really prefer N scale