Eastern Railroad Discussion > Memphis Images

It's been almost two years to the day that I went to Memphis for the first time. After some bad luck at railfanning and map reading, I was ready to keep heading west. Just over the river on I-40, I looked to my right and saw a train. I took the first exit, backtracked and this is what I found:

A BNSF train with Candaian National SD75I and Santa Fe blonde was stopped on the main with a broken knuckler. I stopped a few miles down the track and waited.


Joe H.
http://www.carolinarails.com

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The next day, after a night's sleep at the Ramada Inn in W. Memphis, I caught this train in Turrell, Ark. It was the first time and last time seeing a Kodachrome in person.

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Then it was to Kentucky Street where H1 #1101 was leading a pig train out of Memphis.

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Next up, I found my way to the Norfolk Southern yard and caught an east bound train led by a Union Pacific SD40-2. Out of six units on this train, only one is NS black.

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Thanks for bringing back some memories. I was in Memphis in 1991. I saw a lot more Illinois Central back then. Memphis was the first place I ever saw a stack train. I look forward to any photos taken in Memphis.

Most of my good Memphis shots come later in the year. But here is one final shot from late summer 1999.... a four unit train coming through Harvard complete with red and silver B unit.

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Later in the year, I was living there and getting better shots in my opinion.

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At Mound City Rd. just off I-40....

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In Marion w/Memphis in the background.

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i like this last one a lot. nice job!
-tim

http://www.angelfire.com/al3/trackpix/

jch9596 Wrote:
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> A BNSF train with Candaian National SD75I and
> Santa Fe blonde was stopped on the main with a
> broken knuckler. I stopped a few miles down the
> track and waited.

The number on that CN unit looks like 5604. If so, that would make it an SD70I, which is a rare catch in itself as there were only 26 ever built, CN 5600-5625.