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Western Railroad Discussion > December Trip, CO, NM, AZ, NE - Part 3Date: 01/05/19 16:45 December Trip, CO, NM, AZ, NE - Part 3 Author: 37176 Last Batch from this 8 day trip.
Cheers Rugby UK Image 34: I camped next to the tracks at Wild Rose Rd between Hershey and North Platte, NE. This was the first photo of the day on 23rd December 2018. The moon is close to setting as the Sun rises and UP 8195 approaches with an eastbound manifest. Image 35: A UP SD70ACe undertakes DPU duties on an eastbound coal load made up entirely of NS bethgons and TopGons at Wild Rose Rd, NE on 23rd December 2018. Image 36: The trains in both images 34 & 35 line up to enter Bailey Yard, NE.    Date: 01/05/19 16:52 Re: December Trip, CO, NM, AZ, NE - Part 3 Author: 37176 Image 37: A busy morning scene at the west approach to Bailey Yard, NE on 23rd December 2018.
Image 38 & 39: Two UP AC4400's push this loaded OMAX train eastbound from North Platte, NE on 23rd December 2018.    Date: 01/05/19 16:56 Re: December Trip, CO, NM, AZ, NE - Part 3 Author: 37176 Image 40: The train in image 39 approaches Brady, NE...
Image 41 & 42: and again passing Gothenburg, NE.    Date: 01/05/19 17:02 Re: December Trip, CO, NM, AZ, NE - Part 3 Author: 37176 Image 43: Also on December 23rd 2018, the following train was also a loaded OMAX coal train, seen here at Willow Island, NE.
Image 44: Followed by this Jeffries Energy loaded coal train, approaching Cozad, NE. Image 45: ... and a UP/CMO coal train approaching Darr, NE.    Date: 01/05/19 17:22 Re: December Trip, CO, NM, AZ, NE - Part 3 Author: 37176 Image 46: A trio of rebuilt SD40-2's approach Cozad, NE with a local on 23rd December 2018.
Image 47 & 48: (phone photos) An AEPX coal train passing the abandoned slaughter house at Darr, NE.    Date: 01/05/19 17:28 Re: December Trip, CO, NM, AZ, NE - Part 3 Author: 37176 Final trio. I fly back to the US again in two weeks and hope to do some railfanning along both sides of the Columbia River Gorge bordering Oregon and Washington states.
Cheers Rugby UK Image 49: (phone photo) OMAX speeds past a crossing in Nebraska at sunrise. Image 50: An eastbound manifest approaches the US 30 bridge near Maxwell, NE on 23rd December 2018. Image 51: A coal train heads east toward North Platte. Taken from Hershey. O'Fallons can be seen in the distance.    Date: 01/05/19 17:44 Re: December Trip, CO, NM, AZ, NE - Part 3 Author: MEKoch I like the final pic with O'Fallons in the background. It is the signals, the trains, the business of the pic!
Date: 01/05/19 21:08 Re: December Trip, CO, NM, AZ, NE - Part 3 Author: ATSFSuperChief Image 34 is awesome and for me is IOTD.
Don Allender Date: 01/06/19 00:12 Re: December Trip, CO, NM, AZ, NE - Part 3 Author: 37176 ATSFSuperChief Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Image 34 is awesome and for me is IOTD. > > Don Allender Wow! Compliment accepted. Thank you. Never had an IOTD before. Posted from iPhone Date: 01/06/19 05:16 Re: December Trip, CO, NM, AZ, NE - Part 3 Author: 55002 Thanks for all the photos. Looks a great trip, and far better than here in the UK! Image 34 and 51 are stunning!! Chris UK.
Date: 01/06/19 08:41 Re: December Trip, CO, NM, AZ, NE - Part 3 Author: SP8595 Fantastic series! Really love that SD40 trio!
Date: 01/06/19 14:15 Re: December Trip, CO, NM, AZ, NE - Part 3 Author: SD70M Looks like a great trip. Looking forward to my trips across the pond,in summer will be in some of the locations featured here.
Date: 01/07/19 00:06 Re: December Trip, CO, NM, AZ, NE - Part 3 Author: CimaScrambler There are some really good shots here. And congrats on the IOTD - well deserved.
Kit Courter Menefee, CA LunarLight Photography Date: 01/07/19 03:10 Re: December Trip, CO, NM, AZ, NE - Part 3 Author: GBW309 Strong work. Excellent images, all of them!
Dave Date: 01/07/19 09:09 Re: December Trip, CO, NM, AZ, NE - Part 3 Author: HAMMER Whew!
That first one is the bomb!!! (Really awesome for you older cats....wait I’m 43.....) Excellent! Mark Posted from iPhone Date: 01/07/19 09:20 Re: December Trip, CO, NM, AZ, NE - Part 3 Author: oklachaser Outstanding series of photos. Congratulations on IOTD.
Ronda Thomas Posted from Android Date: 01/07/19 14:13 Re: December Trip, CO, NM, AZ, NE - Part 3 Author: jmbreitigan Just tremendous. I like the compostion in photo #49.
John Date: 01/08/19 07:17 Re: December Trip, CO, NM, AZ, NE - Part 3 Author: 37176 Wow! I wasn't expecting that. I actually missed it. Thank you, all.
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