Monday, November 12, 2012

Thanksgiving Holiday Train Annullments

As Thanksgiving is a pretty big holiday, local railroads operate on a much slower note during the holiday, Black Friday, and into the weekend ahead.

(copied from FECRailway)
FEC: 
Wed. Nov. 21,2012 - 335
Thurs. Nov. 22,2012 - 123-224, 193-292, 336, All locals except 963 & 965
Frid. Nov. 23, 2012 - 101, 109-210, 202,All locals except 963,965,970,937
Sat. Nov. 24, 2012 - 109-210, 202

CSX:
All trains that would operate on Thanksgiving day proper that are not of priority.
Expected: ALL SFL area locals, which are O721, O722, O717, O718, Y322, Y121, et al
Q453 and Q452 MAY run. New Years saw them running.
All K Trains are usually annulled. If a V-series coal train for Miami is coming, it may run.

Amtrak:
No interruptions

Tri-Rail
Weekend Schedule. P600-P649 do not run, instead P660-P675. Thanksgiving day only.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Record Length CSX O721 & New Camera

I have gone on a trip to Central Florida on the 27th and will be reporting on that soon.

On Sunday the 28th, the whale of the Lufthansa A380 came back. Also, I'd take the time to spot planes and watch for CSX  train O721 which had freight from Q453 plus what happened to be two rock trains' worth of hoppers. Tony (Train Hunters ) would join me.

This record train clocked in at 115 cars, 6,000'. Here are a couple of pinnacle shots from my Nikon S4000, the last train historically that would be shot with that Point-and-(you know what).

O721, led by SD60I 8738 and GEVO 5378. The last time this power would go on the HS before going north.


Nice little wave from the engineer.








So all I can say now is the winter season is back. And it is with a fresh start:
I purchased a Canon Rebel T4i with the 18-55 mm lens. It's a great deal and an excellent cam. Above's a night test shot, representative of a feature that I will really appreciate when it comes to catching the likes of Q453.