Rail-Fanning 2013 Part 1
Author: Matthew Schimmel
My first album of 2013. Started the year off by hitting some major traffic areas. Hope you like my shots. Stay tuned for more shots of my favorite shots. Nickel Plate Heritage Unit and its builder plate 1/2/13. Lehigh Valley and Virginian NS Heritage Units are in this album when they were leaving Missouri on 2/4/13.
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BNSF 5884 and crew have had a rough day for the first day of the year. The train in the siding I didn't get a chance to photogr`ph but heard the chatter through the scanner. Apparently they a bad car in the middle of the train. The car needless to say now has 8 bad wheels and caused a shutdown of the line for 4 hours since the freight was blocking the main. The crew of the BNSF 5884 helped lended a hand in trying to fix the car as well as fix air leaks.
BNSF 403695
NS 9593 and UP 4798 wait for clearance to get on their way.
NS 8429
CNW 520042
UP 4798 is about to pull off after the NS 9593.
UP 8674
3 "bad" coils on this car.
3 "bad" coils on this car.
New 3 Bay Hopper
NW 182812
One of the DPUs for a coal train.
Nickel Wlate! NS 8100 sits near W. Pontoon Rd as a DPU on a coal train.
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NS 7684 leads 70E through Granite City, Illinois after passing under 19th Street overpass.
TILX 49832
One of the DPUs for 70E
NS 1017 is the second DPU on 70E
rewNS 1039 leads this loaded coal. This is the train that has the NKP Heritage Unit as the DPU.
NS 5249
NS 6164
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NS 6565 and crew backing into the yard.
Sitting on the side of the TRRA Madison Yard.
Sitting on the side of the TRRA Madison Yard.
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Hiding behind the trees by the TRRA Yard in Madison.
UP 3108 is one of the SD40-2's working the Alton and Southern Yard today.
UP 3120 is the lead unit working the hump in the Alton & Southern Yard. The hump tower is in the background and the end of the train at this point in time is just behind this locomotive.
UP 4961 leads another SD70M around the Alton & Southern Yard.
Second unit with another SD70M moving around the Alton & Southern Yard.
UP 3486 leads a fellow EMD with a manifest past the Alton & Southern Yard.
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Roster shot. Always liked these big beasts.
DNAX 123005
KRL 701222
NS 8849 leads another NS GE with an HLCX GP38-2 that looks like it has fresh paint.
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NS 8849 leads another NS GE with an HLCX GP38-2 that looks like it has fresh paint.
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NS 8849 leads another NS GE with an HLCX GP38-2 that looks like it has fresh paint.
HLCX 1053 is the 3rd unit behind the NS 8848 as it rolls around in the Alton & Southern Yard.
BNSF 9203 is missing the swoosh or wedge on its side. Parked by US Steel in Granite City, Illinois.
Parked in the US Steel Yard in Granite City, Illinois.
0Parked in the US Steel Yard in Granite City, Illinois.
NS 1635 leads a short string of hoppers through the W.R. Tower area.
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BNSF 5130 leads an all GE lash up on this empty crude oil train. Parked in Mitchell, Illinois waiting or a crew.
