Indiana & Ohio (IORY) 4086 - GE C40-8W

The CIND rack train enters Valley Junction Yard Limits as the train crosses over the Miami River on the big steel bridge at Hooven. To get two different trains over both steel bridges in one day is a MAJOR accomplishment. We were especially happy to get this shot after we had missed out on it a month prior. This day could not have gotten any better than this, right?

About 10 minutes after we arrived, the CIND rack train came around the big curve into North Bend and passed under/by the C&GB facility with MALX 4444 playing peekaboo over to the left.

Sure enough, after doubling and picking up the conductor, the CIND rack train took off westbound. So, we were headed back to Cleves to grab the shot over the Miami River which was the big shot that we missed out on a month ago. But, since the trains move relatively slow between Idaho Street and there, we looked for a few places to shoot the train between. Unfortunately, the tracks so closely parallel US 50, we werent able to find a lot of places to just pull off and grab a shot. We were going to grab a shot of it passing the CG&B elevator where we shot the CSX local, but the clearance there was too close. So, we opted for a shot of them passing Growmark a little further down the road.

There was a small spark of hope in my mind that we would stumble across the CIND Honda Job at Idaho Street. Sure enough, we did. And not only that, but with a new crew that was just getting on. This job has been running nights for quite a while now, which was why catching the local coming from Greensburg was so important. When we were down here last month, we found the rack train with a crew, but it unfortunately didnt run until after dark. Things were looking up to catching it in all the places we missed then!