Western Railroad Discussion > Show-me Sunday: My bi-annual trip to Camden

It's labor day weekend once again, and for me, it wouldn't be one without catching something railroad-related. Base on what I could tell, I hadn't been to Camden since Labor Day weekend of 2018.

1-4: We start out with a westbound NS train of stacks and racks on BNSF main 1 at 1312.

Richie Kennedy
Lawrence, KS
route56.com



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/06/20 17:22 by route56.

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5-7: Behind the dark horse was a westbound "Supertrain" also on main 1, which passed through Camden at 1327

Richie Kennedy
Lawrence, KS
route56.com



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/06/20 17:31 by route56.

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8: Mid-train DPU  BNSF 6820

9-10: At 1332, A eastbound BNSF manifest rolled by on the NS main (AKA the #3 main)

Richie Kennedy
Lawrence, KS
route56.com



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/06/20 17:36 by route56.

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11: An ex-Rock Island hopper is now a privatly-owned car (i.e. reporting mark ending in "X"), but it's still running around in "bankruptcy blue" 

12-14: A half-hour later (1404) I caught another eastbound on 3... this time, it's a BNSF grain train.

Richie Kennedy
Lawrence, KS
route56.com



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/06/20 22:38 by route56.

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15-19: At 1422, I got a hotshot Z on 1.

Richie Kennedy
Lawrence, KS
route56.com



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Richie Kennedy
Lawrence, KS
route56.com

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20-25: Right behind the hotshot (1446) is a 2x1 frac sand train

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Richie Kennedy
Lawrence, KS
route56.com



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Richie Kennedy
Lawrence, KS
route56.com

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26-27: Heading out on the NS main at 1453 is an NS auto parts train.

Richie Kennedy
Lawrence, KS
route56.com

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28: There were still a couple of cars still carrying a faded Southern logo and reporting marks

29: Not only was this autorack the only non-boxcar, but it was the only car carrying CSX marks. All the other cars were connected to NS or CN.

30: At 1457, we had a slow-rolling westbound approaching. I caught this white Nissan Sentra running the gates. The unknown driver has now been shamed on Social Media.

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Richie Kennedy
Lawrence, KS
route56.com

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31-32: As for the train, it was an intermodal

33-35: At 1511, we do it all over again with another hotshot on 1.

Richie Kennedy
Lawrence, KS
route56.com



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/06/20 18:07 by route56.

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36: One last shot for the day before I switch to road trip mode, and the only action on Main 2: an eastbound 'Z' at 1519.

Richie Kennedy
Lawrence, KS
route56.com

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39: The only foreign locomotive spotted on this day concludes my set: KCS 4803

All photos were taken on September 5, 2020.

Thanks for looking,

Richie Kennedy
Lawrence, KS
route56.com

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Nice series! Camden. MO was a great place to catch many trains on the BNSF and a few on the NS. It was even more fun when they had the wig-wag at the grade crossing.

Larry