Shots from NS' ex-NYC Chicago main in Gypsum and Sandusky, Ohio.
Finally some sun for a few grab shots!
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We were heading to L&S Aquatics in Sandusky on the afternoon of Thursday, April 26 for some cory catfish so we stopped by CP242 just to see if anything was happening.
We heard a horn at a nearby grade crossing and as luck would have it NS RoadRailer 562 was coming out of the ex-PRR Bayside Yard on the NKP/LEW connection through the ex-NYC Sandusky Yard to the main at CP 240. 800x600 JPEG 145kb File="img_0570.jpg" Size=148788 |
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It's 4:02 PM and the mini-chase to CP240 is on!
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The connection is not in great shape so they tiptoe through this mile at about 5 mph.
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We did a run-around move of our own to get to Sandusky Yard on S. Depot St. near the LS&MS station which is on N. Depot St.
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562 passes the yard office and is about to cross over Rt. 4.
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A quick scoot east takes us a mile down the road to CP240 in plenty of time to shoot the approaching 562.
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The fence in the background prevented me from shooting on the light side of the train :(
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The 562 hits CP240 at a blistering 10 mph on track 3.
The B&O Sandusky line crossed the NYC at this location oh so many years ago. 800x432 JPEG 91kb File="img_0577.jpg" Size=93563 |
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Dash 9-40CW's 9322 and Plain Jane 9620 snake the crossover to the main at 4:19 pm and we bid farewell to the 562 for today.
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Friday, April 27, 2001, 5:06 pm, Gypsum, Ohio.
Grab shot of NS Dash-40CW 9417 leading ex-CR C40-8W 8346 and GP38-2 5026 on a track 1 westbound mixed freight at CP 251. There is a dragging equipment detector at this location. 800x437 JPEG 83kb File="img_0579.jpg" Size=85577 |
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Going away shot of the westbound mixed.
The Rt. 2 overpass and CP253 signals are in the left background. Without a scanner we have no clue what train this is! 700x476 JPEG 56kb File="img_0580.jpg" Size=57660 |