Canadian Pacific TH31, the Hamilton yard job, gives Montreal-bound stack train no. 142 a push up the 'mountain' towards Waterdown, ON. This operation is almost a daily occurrence now and crews have the manoeuvre down to a science. Nonetheless, listening to the scanner chatter is rather entertaining.
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It's 0656 and morning light illuminates the CSX Terminal Subdivision at Depew, New York. It is here that some of the last surviving New York Central target signals in the Buffalo area stand, but not for long. Under the vintage signals, CSX's Chicago (BRC) to Selkirk, NY train Q386 is seen passing by with a handsome pair of units. Despite feeling half past dead after a sleepless overnight trip from Worcester on Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited, I managed to get up at sunrise to capture all the action going down on this busy CSX line.
A special thanks goes to Rob Ball for the lineup!
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A pair of consecutively numbered GE B39-8Es trundle over a Providence & Worcester lettered bridge in Worcester, Massachusetts. Apparently this bridge was nearly taken out last week when a truck rammed into the east-facing side of it. The result was a bent communication tube and a few less teeth in the truckers mouth...
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Still painted in a special 'Greenbush Grand Opening' paint scheme from 2007, MBTA 1052 smokes up as it accelerates into the morning sun, leaving Worcester for downtown Boston.
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Staring face to face with a beast, MBTA 2013 undergoes its morning inspection while golden light illuminates the Worcester storage yard.
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