Eastern Railroad Discussion > 3 Days of bad weather on the CNO&TP in KY

To Continue the winter railroading on the NS in Kentucky, here are 3 days of bad weather (Sleet, Snow, and then Arctic COLD!) on the CNO&TP here in Kentucky

February 14th and 15, I spent the weekend showing some friends of ours around. Its always great to show off your favorite piece of RR, and the NS did not disappoint. Besides a healthy of amount of trains, we also has some interesting weather to contend with...heavy sleet, freezing rain and then a little snow coupled with wind and temps in the single digits. This is the kind of weather that would keep most folks indoors, but I love it!

February 28th I was back out there again, taking advantage of some sun and the remains of a 16 inch snowfall from the day before. A busy day got even better with a solid set of EMD's on 167 plus a lot of other goodies.

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Saturday 02/14/15

#1 a 12 hour late 251 (Southbound TripleCrown) passes a crewless grain train at "Southern States" on the North side of Somerset, KY

#2 The sleet was trying hard to turn to snow as M16 came under the signal bridge at Geneva, KY

#3 229 crosses over 2 to 1 track at Gradison, KY

E.M. Bell , KD4JSL
Salvisa, KY
Jreb.org NS group



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/03/15 18:16 by EMBell.

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Sunday Feb 15th

#4 Train 167 works through the big cut at Wiborg, KY

#5 Southbound 197 climbs out of the Cumberland River valley at Tateville, KY. The temp was around 5 degrees this morning, but the sun was out!

#6 22A starts down the hill at Kings Mountain, KY

E.M. Bell , KD4JSL
Salvisa, KY
Jreb.org NS group

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Saturday Feb 28th

#7 Snow still clings to the knobs as train 275 heads out onto Single track at Southfork, KY

#8 167 tops over at Kings Mountain, KY behind a Groovy EMD Trio.....SD70Ace - SD90Mac - SD60M

#9 Clean Rock is Happy Rock....One of the home-built Ballast cleaners spends the weekend tied down at Burnside, KY

E.M. Bell , KD4JSL
Salvisa, KY
Jreb.org NS group

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That vantage point in shot 5 is awesome. Your efforts in 5 degree weather is appreciated

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Picture 5 is killer! Great composition!

Great pictures! Thank you for sharing. Just curious, does this route have switch heaters at the interlockings? I didn't notice any in a couple of the pictures.

Thank you again.

Great pictures! I really enjoy the art work on NS 1000.

Thanks for the comments guys!

Yes, all of the mainline switches (crossovers) have switch heaters, but I dont recall seeing any in operation these 3 days. All of the CP's have LPG tanks (that I usually try to keep out of frame)

E.M. Bell , KD4JSL
Salvisa, KY
Jreb.org NS group

Well, Emmett, get ready for a repeat of the weather. We're suppose to get 3 to 12 inches, depending on who you listen to, most likely 4 to 8 inches. You might expect 3 to 6 at your QTH. Nice bunch of pictures as usual. Just be careful out there because I know you'll be out there doing it again.

73 John

Absolutely stunning pics Mr Bell! You are right about the weather being a motivator to get out of the house!

Very interesting series and your usual good composition.
John

Really great photos.

Ronda Thomas

Hi, E.M. Great pics of territory that received less coverage than it deserves. Thanks!

GREAT stuff...!!! Thanks for posting. Nice catch of NS 1000.....:<)

Wow! that view at Tatesville is great Emmett.
But get ready for more Bad Weather -- it's probably snowing on you now.

Nice shots.

Bob Wilcox
Charlottesville, VA
My Flickr Shots

That track looks smooth as glass, even through a long telephoto lens. Great shot with the road in the foreground dropping off the hill.