Norfolk Southern train 27V is departing Fostoria off the Mixing Center Lead and prepares to cross the B&O diamond on Monday. 27V (Wayne, MI - Kansas City, MO) is a new train (for Fostoria) that began running its current routing late last fall in order to make set offs and pick ups at the Fostoria Mixing Center. Normally a middle of the night to early morning train, today's 27V, powered by C40-9W's 9132 and 9042, is running in mid-afternoon, seen here departing at 1:39 PM.
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March 5th, 2008:
Spring may be on the way soon, but it was certainly not here yet on this winter morning of storm recovery, full of snow, ice, and grey skies.
Through the scene next to old B&O depot in Fostoria blasts BNSF SD70MAC # 9618, looking rather ghostly with its "BN" logo no longer on the nose. She is leading CSXT train U-994-04 (Cicero, IL/BNSF - Colona, PA Powder River coal loads) eastbound on B&O main # 2, along with BNSF SD70MAC # 9404, also in the "executive" colors. Both units also have fairly newly applied "swoosh" patches on the sides of the cabs, not visible here.
The winter weather delayed many trains on this day, but didn't keep the Fostoria Rails from being just as busy as ever.
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Norfolk Southern train 27V is departing Fostoria off the Mixing Center Lead and prepares to cross the B&O diamond on Monday. 27V (Wayne, MI - Kansas City, MO) is a new train (for Fostoria) that began running its current routing late last fall in order to make set offs and pick ups at the Fostoria Mixing Center. Normally a middle of the night to early morning train, today's 27V, powered by C40-9W's 9132 and 9042, is running in mid-afternoon, seen here departing at 1:39 PM.
1 comment:
27V used tobe a daily trainon the NS Michigan Line, moved to the NS Chicago Line several years ago, now down to F-Town.... seemed to always have foriegn power or older power always a train to catch.
BTW great site.
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