Pic of the Day

In Fostoria, when the sun goes down, it means the action on the rails is just heating up. Things go from busy as usual to something along the lines of "extreme railfanning" (and sometimes just downright continual organized chaos). Friday nights are certainly no exception. In this view, E-942-28 (West Ashtabula, OH - Cicero, IL/BNSF coal empties; BNSF ES44AC # 6016 and BNSF SD70MAC # 8984) heads west past the B&O depot on main 1 as the sun sets, while Q-340-02 (Cincinatti, OH - Willard, OH freight; new BNSF ES44AC #'s 6191 and 6190) cruises into town on main 2.

As I've said before, Fostoria is often just "UP East"....or maybe "BNSF East" (or, BOTH) tonight; check out the 8 trains that passed through the "Iron Triangle" between 4:35 pm and 6:14 pm today:

4:35 PM
CSXT Q-200-02
BNSF 2753 (GP39E (GP30 carbody); Green; Whiteface)
BNSF 2138 (GP38-2; Green)
CEFX 7095 (SD40-2; H1)

4:58 PM
CSXT Q-378-02
BNSF 845 (C44-9W; H2)
BNSF 4357 (C44-9W)
CSXT 5974 (B40-8; NS Black)
CSXT 8045 (SD40-2)

5:12 PM
CSXT V-740-02
UP 7165 (AC4400CW)
UP 8106 (SD9043MAC)

5:23 PM
CSXT E-492-02
CSXT 751 (SD70MAC)
CSXT 110 (AC4400CW)

5:41 PM
CSXT Q-288-02
BNSF 7069 (SD40-2; H1; VERY dirty!)
HLCX 6408 (SD40M-2; Trona Paint; A little less dirty!)

5:58 PM
CSXT E-942-28
BNSF 6016 (ES44AC)
BNSF 8984 (SD70MAC)

6:00 PM
CSXT Q-340-02
BNSF 6191 (ES44AC; Brand new; roaming CSX, not yet delivered to BNSF)
BNSF 6190 (ES44AC; Brand new; roaming CSX, not yet delivered to BNSF)

6:14 PM
CSXT Q-390-02
UP 5329 (ES44AC)
CEFX 1039 (AC4400CW)