Norfolk Southern (NS) 5273 - EMD GP38-2

We felt that we should drive our friend by the yard to show him where we railfan.

Still plenty of CR blue in evidence at Conway on 13SEP2000

opec creek

NS 5273 pushes NS L96 back into East Wayne yard in New Haven

NS 4633, an Operation Lifesaver GP-59, leads 312 down the Redkey after arriving from Elkhart just after sunrise.

312 heads to Goodman Yard after arriving from Elkhart

12T usually got whatever power was handy at Allentown, and you never knew what to expect. One of the more mundane, in the sense of unit models, but unusual sets rolls west with 119 cars. That's a long train for a relatively low horsepower consist-only 5000 HP, when you consider all the trains I've seen over the years with 40 cars and 12000 HP.

Note the stacks of ties. Next week, Metra will replace ties between Manhattan and Orland Park.

This local mainly serves the Procor plant in Manhattan and usually runs late at night. After the former Wabash main line was abandoned south of Manhattan in the mid-1990's, this was the only train that ran on this segment of the line until Metra service began in 2005.

But she still runs, so she is online!

STATION ex conrail 8063

A PAIR OF "NS" GP38-2 SIT IDLE AT THE WEST BOUND HUMP TOWER.

5273 rests while near record temps and drought grip Northern Indiana

opec creek

opec creek

leasor on nysw. mayhill st

CR 5294

Just before I snapped this, one of the kids actually climbed in BETWEEN one of the cars to get across. He was lucky the train wasn't moving at the time of his stupid stunt.

WS-6 holds the main while WS-3 shoves into the clear

WS-2 returns to the NYS&W engine facility