NS train 272 (Kansas City, MO - Bellevue, OH auto racks) pulls into town just before midnight after a LONG wait at "FS" to the west due to cross traffic on CSX. NS C40-9W # 9201 and C40-8W # 8404 in Conrail Quality paint are crossing aover from NS main # 2 to main # 1, and then onto the Mixing Center Lead at "Pelton's" to do work at the Fostoria Mixing Center:
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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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