Well, you guys did good chasing and posting. I also belong to some other area RR email reflectors. You may be interested in this from the CICYRAILS yahoo group:
Posted by: "David R." sswbluestreak@gmail.com iory_gp40
Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:16 pm (PST)
Myself and my brother were out this afternoon and decided to take a
jaunt along the CIND. A stop at Valley Junction found HLCX 1401, CF&E
3889, and CORP 4023 idling in the yard but no crew around. After a
stop in Aurora, we made the quick decision to follow the CIND up
Guilford Hill to check out the trackwork that had been done. Nothing
really going on but trackwork was definatly in evidence. A stop in
Sunman found several DJJX cars undergoing repairs on a siding, but
nothing else, so then it was off to Greensburg. Just south of
Greensburg we caught the tail end of a parked pipe train with an EOT
on it, so we continued along until we found the head end, and CEFX
9400 in the lead. Much to our surprise, there was a crew on board
ready to head north. They were parked in an open field just south of
town next to a private crossing in PERFECT sunset light, so I clicked
off several shots. As I was crossing the tracks to head back to my
truck, I waved to the crew and the conductor waved for me to hold on.
He came down off the engine and told me that if I wanted some really
neat shots, I should wait around because there was a southbound train
in Greensburg waiting for them to clear up that had two borrowed
Union Pacific units on it. He told me where they were located (behind
a car wash), so north I went. Sure enough, sitting behind the car
wash on siding off the main were two Union Pacific 6-axles and an
empty pipe train. Much to our delight, the units were UP 8195
(SD9043MAC) and UP 5153 (SD70M). The siding breaks off just about
where the CIND makes a curve north toward the Honda plant and is part
of an old PRR line. So I set up for a shot of 9400 passing the UP
power, and to add to the coolness, the Conrail "Green" block sign was
still standing and fit perfectly into the shot. As soon as 9400 and
its train got by, the crew on the southbound threw the switch and
started heading south onto the CIND main. He departed about 5:30pm,
so by now it was pretty much dark and a chase back to Cincinnati
would be all in darkness, so we hopped on I-74 to head back home for
some dinner. This was the 1st time I've gotten anything north of
Guilford on the CIND, so getting two in Greensburg was incredible! I
haven't got my photos edited yet, but when I do I will get them
posted onto rrpicturearchives.net and send the links out to the list.
Dave
Owner/Moderator
Here are some of my pics from today guys. I apologize for the lighting
in some of them but the sun was quickly setting on me and I just HAD to
get pics of these events!
9400 leads the northbound pipe train just south of Greensburg:
http://iory4036.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1000492The surprise of big UP power on the southbound, an SD9043MAC and an
SD70M:
http://iory4036.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=10005089400 and the northbound meet their southbound counterpart. Note the
Conrail block sign at left:
http://iory4036.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1000500The southbound starts his journey down the CIND:
http://iory4036.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1000509Enjoy!
Dave
