It's kind of a "yucky" looking morning to start April, with a "yucky" looking (as in DIRTY!) UP SD70M leading Q-351-31 (Selkrik, NY - Proviso, IL/UP/North Platte, NE freight) alongside T-942-27 (Meadows Creek, WV - Curtis, IN coal loads) coming off the southwest transfer (and powered by a single AC6000CW, CSXT 669...hey, the horsepower is equivalent to two SD40-2's....so why not?). However, there is a bright spot in this view, that being the last two locomotives in Q-351's consist, a pair of brand new UP ES44AC's. 351's power lineup was as follows: UP SD70M #'s 4368 & 3944, NS (Conrail paint) C39-8 # 8212, NS SD70 # 2560, and UP ES44AC #'s 7623 and 7647, both fresh from GE in Erie, PA.
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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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It's kind of a "yucky" looking morning to start April, with a "yucky" looking (as in DIRTY!) UP SD70M leading Q-351-31 (Selkrik, NY - Proviso, IL/UP/North Platte, NE freight) alongside T-942-27 (Meadows Creek, WV - Curtis, IN coal loads) coming off the southwest transfer (and powered by a single AC6000CW, CSXT 669...hey, the horsepower is equivalent to two SD40-2's....so why not?). However, there is a bright spot in this view, that being the last two locomotives in Q-351's consist, a pair of brand new UP ES44AC's. 351's power lineup was as follows: UP SD70M #'s 4368 & 3944, NS (Conrail paint) C39-8 # 8212, NS SD70 # 2560, and UP ES44AC #'s 7623 and 7647, both fresh from GE in Erie, PA.
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