Eastern Railroad Discussion > An Eastern Where Is It (could fool you)

'Could fool you? It's part of a BNSF "brown worm" grain train -- somewhere EAST of the Mississippi River. And I mean WAY east! I'm going to leave this one up to whomever sees it to guess, but I'll wager the correct answer will come sooner than later.

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WAY in Richmond, Va???

Somewhere on the Chesapeake & Western

A WAG

Delaware Lackawanna, near Moscow, PA

csx6574 Wrote:
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> WAY in Richmond, Va???

Yeah, that was too easy -- even for a Western grain train. It is indeed West Acca Wye in Richmond, Va. - and this was the first half of a very long freight train with a significant number of BNSF covered hoppers, more than I've EVER seen in Virginia on a single freight train (on ANY Eastern railroad).

I have a picture of some guy hanging out of a vestibule on one of the RBX trains at just about that spot that I took a few years ago...

dharris

BNSF "earthworm" grain trains are very common across NY State on CSXT.. always features a mixed bag of BNSF power. They are G344 and G396 for the Port of Albany. Sometimes there are few BNSF grain trains heading to PAS via Rotterdam Jct to Ayer, MA.

CR


rbx551985 Wrote:
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> csx6574 Wrote:
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> > WAY in Richmond, Va???
>
> Yeah, that was too easy -- even for a Western
> grain train. It is indeed West Acca Wye in
> Richmond, Va. - and this was the first half of a
> very long freight train with a significant number
> of BNSF covered hoppers, more than I've EVER seen
> in Virginia on a single freight train (on ANY
> Eastern railroad).



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/06/11 10:00 by CR6444.

rbx551985 Wrote:
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> 'Could fool you? It's part of a BNSF "brown worm"
> grain train -- somewhere EAST of the Mississippi
> River. And I mean WAY east! I'm going to leave
> this one up to whomever sees it to guess, but I'll
> wager the correct answer will come sooner than
> later.


wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too easy...recognized WAY right away.

NS9850 out

dharris Wrote:
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> I have a picture of some guy hanging out of a
> vestibule on one of the RBX trains at just about
> that spot that I took a few years ago...
>
> dharris

Oh, yeah -- that guy again. (Ahem.)

NS9850 Wrote:
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> wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too easy...recognized WAY
> right away.
>
> NS9850 out

I guess I should have cropped out the building at right in the shot -- then it might have been just a bit more difficult to figure it out. (Next time.... different locale.)