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Got up 6 am Sunday the 11th for a full day of rail fanning and put about 250 miles on my truck from 6:30 till 5 pm. I live in Cuyahoga Falls just north of Akron, OH and followed the New Castle Sub to Willard stopping first in Warwick in the early hours to catch a w/b ethanol train passing a CPL in the middle of the yard. From their I head to Greenwich and catch an e/b freight about to leave the Willard Sub and head east on the Greenwich sub and a w/b K341-11 coke train passes the freight on track 2.
After Willard where there wasn’t much I headed towards Bellevue and spotted a W&LE freight on the Sandusky Sub just out of Bellevue near Flat Rock. At Flat Rock I found the W&LE stopped on Main Street blocking the crossing and south of town at CP Shriver a waiting coal train. Back at Flat Rock W&LE starts backing towards Bellevue and beyond continuing past ST RT 18 up the Toledo Sub (?) and stopping their at RT 18. I now head into town near Mad River Museum and catch, well part of a catch, another coal train with an UP leader and a Southern Pacific second unit for a photo didn’t hear it till it was almost to late. I chase the two engine out of town down the Sandusky Sub a get a shot of the two engines about to enter the town of Flat Rock.
I head back down RT 4 towards Attica and catch the two engines again.
Photos marked accordingly.

Thanks for looking
Alan

Photo 1 first light at Warwick a w/b K*** ethanol train
photo 2 e/b freight about to leave the Willard Sub and head east on the Greenwich sub
photo 3 K341-11 coke train passes the freight on track 2



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photo 4 K341 crosses from track 2 to 1 on the Willard Sub
photo 5 at Willard, nothing, and I grab a shot of the engines sitting on the ready track with all the switches numbered
photo 6 At Flat Rock I found the W&LE stopped on Main Street blocking the crossing

thanks, alan



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photo 7 south of town at CP Shriver just north of a waiting NS coal train
photo 8 Back at Flat Rock W&LE starts backing towards Bellevue
photo 9 now the NS coal train heads into Flat Rock

thanks, alan

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note: the sun is coming out

photo 10 W&LE starts backing towards Bellevue and beyond
photo 11 back at CP Shriver another coal train pulls to a stop
photo 12 W&LE continuing past ST RT 18 up the Toledo Sub (?) and stopping their at RT 18

thanks, alan

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photo 13 an impatience Biker Dude goes around the signal, most impressive to other biker dudes and dudebts
photo 14 NS takes a slight lead even if they are stopped
photo 15 I catch, well part of a catch, another coal train with an UP leader and a Southern Pacific second unit

thanks, alan

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photo 16 I chase the two engine out of town down the Sandusky Sub a get a shot of the two engines about to enter the town of Flat Rock
photo 17 heading towards Attica and diamond
Photo 18 UP leader 6018

thanks, alan

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photo 19 Southern Pacific
photo 20 almost home I find two ugly W&LE engines siting crewless at Summit Street

Thanks for looking,

alan

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Nice pictures Alan and nice to see you out; how is the knee? I may have to have right ankle scoped again; would be the sixth surgery on that darn thing...Carl

Forever-Railfan-45 Wrote:
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> Nice pictures Alan and nice to see you out; how is
> the knee? I may have to have right ankle scoped
> again; would be the sixth surgery on that darn
> thing...Carl


Thanks Carl,
Since you asked that trip Sunday I made by myself drove about 250 miles long day and took four breaks. It was my right knee
and my gas pedal knee hard time working it thus the breaks and a few pain pills. I had a total knee replacement and it's barely
been two months, therapy said 3 to 6 months minimum and a full year for normalicy what ever that is.
I'm doing good for an old guy.
Thanks again Carl

Good report Alan! See ya trackside Thursday!

Hi Alan
Nice set of pictures in our neighborhood
Sorry couldnt meet you then,next time
Tom Boylan

Like #5 a LOT!

Bob

ATSF100WEST......Out

Alan, great set of pictures and narrative. Thank you for sharing your day with us. That early morning shot is impressive.
John



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jmbreitigan Wrote:
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> Alan, great set of pictures and narrative. Thank
> you for sharing your day with us. That early
> morning shot is impressive.
> John


Thanks John, first shot a little grainy but hey it was dark.......:o)
Alan

ATSF100WEST Wrote:
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> Like #5 a LOT!
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> Bob
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> ATSF100WEST......Out


Thanks, it was cropped, not photo shopped, cropped.
Alan

Looks like we are up to 4042 on the SD40-3 rebuilds.

Bath_wildcat Wrote:
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> Looks like we are up to 4042 on the SD40-3
> rebuilds.

Those locos have a face only a mother could love...

Apparently, all SD40-3 rebuilds 4040 and up will have the railcar logo on them.

GREAT set of pics!!! Thanks for sharing.

There are some nice images there Alan. Well done.