Pic of the Day (904)

The unofficial start of fall is here now that Labor Day has passed, though you wouldn't know it on such a warm Tuesday afternoon. NS train 904 is the research/test car train and is being pulled by NS GP38-2 # 5566 (rebuilt from NS/NW high nose GP38-2ac # 4156), and also features a track test unit converted from an NS slug, # 34 (formerly NS RPE6 # 9951, ex-NW # 9921, and originally Norfolk & Western high nose SD35 # 1530), along with one passenger car. The train was westbound through Fostoria at 3:04 pm, seen here passing the B&O depot at Main Street crossing on main 1, while an NS local works on main 2. Although this is the fourth or fifth trip (at least) this year for this train through Fostoria, heads up is warranted anyway along the NS Fostoria District west of Fostoria and to Ft. Wayne, IN.