Western Railroad Discussion > When Is It MY Turn?

I'm not a railroader, but I can understand sitting and waiting at a signal is not the most fun in the world, especially when traffic runs around and by you for a period of time. 

1 - BNSF 7342 leads a w/b container train down off the flyover and heading into Argentine.  Tracks curving to the left lead to Santa Fe JCT.  He stopped at 12th street, so I went over there to catch him again.  This was shot from the 7th St. overpass.

2 - W/b in 1st photo sitting in background.  I missed a going away shot of the front end of an e/b, but managed to get the DPU. 

3 - Manifest comes around the corner and sits at its signal.  Maybe BNSF 7342 gets a signal now??

..more to follow.

 

Russell Honey
Springfield, MO
My Flickr page



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/09/15 09:12 by ATSF2921.

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Not yet.

4 - Another w/b runs around 7342.  Manifest gets a signal to come in.  7342 still sits.

5 - Closer shot of manifest.

6 - I noticed that the switch points were lined against 7342.  A quick look behind me shows an e/b waiting to get out.  Said e/b now crosses over towards the South main and heads towards the flyover.  Same manifest crawling into the yard on left.

An hour later, 7342 was still sitting at 12th street.  I don't know when he was finally able to move.

All shots taken 9/26/15 in Argentine/Kansas City, Ks.

Thanks for looking.

Russell Honey
Springfield, MO
My Flickr page



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/09/15 09:13 by ATSF2921.

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GREAT pics!! Thanks.....

"They'll run Second and Four and then six eastbounds more while we wait in the hole at Navisky"

From the song Navisky written by Glenn Foster and sung by Larry Robinson.

Cheers,
Jack



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/08/15 13:31 by africansteam.

Great photos, Russell! I've never seen a shot from the 7th Street overpass - looks like a neat angle I'll have to try sometime.

-Dalton 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/08/15 13:38 by CP_M260.

Great series of images, thanks.  They have a kind of "golden glow" that is very seasonally appealing.
And here we are, with a "heat advisory" for tomorrow.  Yeah, I'm ready for Fall, Halloween. etc.  (-:
Thanks again.
The OP

Nice shots, neat locations!

An angle I hadn't seen pix of before.  I had to look up 7th St. on GoogleMaps-  https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0743476,-94.6238159,18z/data=!3m1!1e3  Their aerial view has 3 trains.  The Kansas River is just off to the left, visible after the leaves drop?  If you go back after the leaves drop, please post a picture.

mapboy

Looks like a neat location, very cool.

Very nice series,
~Ryan

"Were gonna have to hold you at Morris for a while, they forgot to call a crew for your train". or, "Waiting for a crew to get rested". or "The train ahead of you now has half a dozen bad orders on the fuel pad, and has to set them out first", or " The bowl doesn't have a track for your train just yet, they will pull one right after shift change". or "The fast tracks are all full right now, well let you know when we're ready for you". or "Well, you've sat there so long now, a hotter train from behind is going to get your track." or  "You're still out there? Why didn't you call us earlier". ( "well, we did two hours ago, then fell asleep") or, "You're still out there? I thought I told you to tied it down and call yourself a cab two hours ago".  (no, you didn't)

ddg Wrote:
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> "Were gonna have to hold you at Morris for a
> while, they forgot to call a crew for your train".
> or, "Waiting for a crew to get rested". or "The
> train ahead of you now has half a dozen bad orders
> on the fuel pad, and has to set them out first",
> or " The bowl doesn't have a track for your train
> just yet, they will pull one right after shift
> change". or "The fast tracks are all full right
> now, well let you know when we're ready for you".
> or "Well, you've sat there so long now, a hotter
> train from behind is going to get your track."
> or  "You're still out there? Why didn't you
> call us earlier". ( "well, we did two hours ago,
> then fell asleep") or, "You're still out there? I
> thought I told you to tied it down and call
> yourself a cab two hours ago".  (no, you didn't)

My guess would've been one of them.

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Russell Honey
Springfield, MO
My Flickr page

mapboy Wrote:
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> An angle I hadn't seen pix of before.  I had to
> look up 7th St. on GoogleMaps-    Their aerial
> view has 3 trains.  The Kansas River is just off
> to the left, visible after the leaves drop?  If
> you go back after the leaves drop, please post a
> picture.
>
> mapboy

Not sure when I'll be back to the 7th street overpass, but the better view of the Kansas river to tie in with a RR shot after all the leaves have fallen would be from 12th street.

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Russell Honey
Springfield, MO
My Flickr page

telling a traincrew to call their own taxi?  That's one I have never heard before....

At KC, it was common to tell us that, before the cell phone ban of course, and they had their own taxi channel we could switch over to.

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Agreed! Way cool shot this time of year. 
 

Nicholas Smith
Kansas City, MO

Great bunch.
JB

I can't believe you KC guys have never shot from 7th ST bridge before I've done that many times. upkpfan

Russell:

Great shots!

Does the 7th street bridge have a sidewalk or were dodging traffic?

Jeff N

sfn2633 Wrote:
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> Russell:
>
> Great shots!
>
> Does the 7th street bridge have a sidewalk or were
> dodging traffic?
>
> Jeff N

Jeff,

It has a walkway on the east side seperated from traffic.

Russell Honey
Springfield, MO
My Flickr page



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ATSF2921 Wrote:
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> 6 - I noticed that the switch points were lined
> against 7432. 

I have a question about that. I had always assumed (as a non-rail) that both switch points for a cross over were operated by the same signal, meaning they were both either lined for straight movement or both line for cross over. Obviously this is not the case, at least not in this setup.

Is that normal, or are there times with both sets are operated by the same signal?