cmherndon
02-09-2005, 05:46 AM
And working overtime. OK, not really, but that's how the song goes.
Saturday, after taking care of some matters up north early in the morning, I head back towards home in search of a few trains to catch(a good railfan ALWAYS takes their camera with them). Taking US 25 south because I-75 just sucks for railfanning, I stumbled upon two rather quickly (229 and 375) which I was luckily already ahead of. I stopped at Mason to wait on 229 which arrived about 10 minutes later behind a pair of EMD's.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=93855 - Finally, 229 has some good power!
Looks like I wasn't the only one to catch it either as Emmett and Randy caught it caught it at Pemberton about 4 hours after I saw it.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=93469
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=93831
Also while at Mason, I decided to take a shot of the searchlight style signals there since NS is replacing those left and right.
http://www.cmherndon.com/other/masonsignal
With 229 long gone, I headed south in search of a suitable location to shoot 375. I heard that they were going to meet M74 at Rohan, so I did a little exploring. I didn't use a map because real railfans don't need maps, and ended up finding the CP at Rohan. Lo and behold, I have a good shot of an EMD trio that gets screwed by AF. Ah well, c'est la vie (not that I speak French or anything).
So further south, I hear 167 getting a warrant on the Louisville District and start heading towards Lawrenceburg. I miss my shot at Pumphouse Road while making a pit stop here at the house. Luckily, they have to meet 284 so the chances of getting a shot are excellent. As I arrive at Talmage, 284 is going in the siding. A few minutes later, 167 pops around the curve, with the sound of a pair of 645's filling the air.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=93856 What a sound!
The train passed me while making a pit stop for gas and grub in Harrodsburg, but I stil beat it to Danville with no inspired driving. Amazing. I decide to head down to Palm to bag another shot of this train. That didn't go to well since I had forgotten the angle I had discovered just a few months ago and completely screwed up my shot. I settled for Dash 9 leading a heavy 179 around the curve. However, I did get a friendly wave from the conductor.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=93857 - It's better than nothing, but that aint sayin' much.
With some clouds rolling in and 179 being the last southbound for "a while" I headed back home with a few keepers. A slow day, but for the most part the quality made up for the quanity.
Hope y'all enjoy, and thanks for looking!
Saturday, after taking care of some matters up north early in the morning, I head back towards home in search of a few trains to catch(a good railfan ALWAYS takes their camera with them). Taking US 25 south because I-75 just sucks for railfanning, I stumbled upon two rather quickly (229 and 375) which I was luckily already ahead of. I stopped at Mason to wait on 229 which arrived about 10 minutes later behind a pair of EMD's.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=93855 - Finally, 229 has some good power!
Looks like I wasn't the only one to catch it either as Emmett and Randy caught it caught it at Pemberton about 4 hours after I saw it.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=93469
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=93831
Also while at Mason, I decided to take a shot of the searchlight style signals there since NS is replacing those left and right.
http://www.cmherndon.com/other/masonsignal
With 229 long gone, I headed south in search of a suitable location to shoot 375. I heard that they were going to meet M74 at Rohan, so I did a little exploring. I didn't use a map because real railfans don't need maps, and ended up finding the CP at Rohan. Lo and behold, I have a good shot of an EMD trio that gets screwed by AF. Ah well, c'est la vie (not that I speak French or anything).
So further south, I hear 167 getting a warrant on the Louisville District and start heading towards Lawrenceburg. I miss my shot at Pumphouse Road while making a pit stop here at the house. Luckily, they have to meet 284 so the chances of getting a shot are excellent. As I arrive at Talmage, 284 is going in the siding. A few minutes later, 167 pops around the curve, with the sound of a pair of 645's filling the air.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=93856 What a sound!
The train passed me while making a pit stop for gas and grub in Harrodsburg, but I stil beat it to Danville with no inspired driving. Amazing. I decide to head down to Palm to bag another shot of this train. That didn't go to well since I had forgotten the angle I had discovered just a few months ago and completely screwed up my shot. I settled for Dash 9 leading a heavy 179 around the curve. However, I did get a friendly wave from the conductor.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=93857 - It's better than nothing, but that aint sayin' much.
With some clouds rolling in and 179 being the last southbound for "a while" I headed back home with a few keepers. A slow day, but for the most part the quality made up for the quanity.
Hope y'all enjoy, and thanks for looking!