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Eastern Railroad Discussion > Circus train, Powerbars, and the AshlandDate: 09/27/05 07:34 Circus train, Powerbars, and the Ashland Author: railfan4449 Yesterday was another odd railfan trip for me, to start off I went to Wellington,OH. to catch the RBBB circus train, there is heavy track maintance east of town and only one main could be used, first was a parade of EB's then came four WB's the second one had three new BNSF "powerbars" in tow. To me seeing these units in person with the new logo doesnt look that bad.
 Date: 09/27/05 07:35 Re: Circus train, Powerbars, and the Ashland Author: railfan4449 Here's a better shot.
 Date: 09/27/05 07:39 Re: Circus train, Powerbars, and the Ashland Author: railfan4449 And then in the distance I could spot the 54 gray cars coming, And of course what really made my day was that it was headed by two UP SD90MACS, who knew it took so much horsepower to haul all those elephants?
 Date: 09/27/05 07:45 Re: Circus train, Powerbars, and the Ashland Author: railfan4449 To me at least these look like modern day "Big Boys"
 Date: 09/27/05 07:46 Re: Circus train, Powerbars, and the Ashland Author: railfan4449 Ahh, traveling on these seem better than Amtrak, and there is more entertainment too! :)
 Date: 09/27/05 07:49 Re: Circus train, Powerbars, and the Ashland Author: railfan4449 Well, I tried to chase the train to Greenwich, and Crestline, but the train beat me. I got stuck behind too many drivers and was stopped by a train in Nova, I got as far as Shelby and saw a headlight on the tracks, lucky me it was WLE 200!
 Date: 09/27/05 07:50 Re: Circus train, Powerbars, and the Ashland Author: railfan4449 And coming right behind the Wheeling on the other track was an Ashland train!
 Date: 09/27/05 07:55 Re: Circus train, Powerbars, and the Ashland Author: railfan4449 Went to the diamond in Shelby to await the return of the Ashalnd train, then came a CSX with a dirty UP on the front, a funny note was written on the nose of the loco, "Pimp my ride" I guess the crews can't wait to install spiners and a spoiler onto the loco!
 Date: 09/27/05 07:57 Re: Circus train, Powerbars, and the Ashland Author: railfan4449 I chased the Ashland train for a few milies, and for one shot the gloomy clouds parted and out came the sun for one stellar shot!
 Date: 09/27/05 11:20 Re: Circus train, Powerbars, and the Ashland Author: conrailfan Wow! Great catch on that circus train led by two 90macs. Nice shots.
Ryan Date: 09/27/05 15:18 Re: Circus train, Powerbars, and the Ashland Author: Ster2Block Great as always 4449!
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