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Eastern Railroad Discussion > Memphis ImagesDate: 08/06/01 06:30 Memphis Images Author: jch9596 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 Date: 08/06/01 06:32 RE: Memphis Images v 2.0 Author: jch9596 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.
Date: 08/06/01 06:37 RE: Memphis Images v 2.1 Author: jch9596 Date: 08/06/01 06:45 RE: Memphis Images v 3.0 Author: jch9596 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.
Date: 08/06/01 06:59 RE: Memphis Images v 3.0 Author: DE30AC 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.
Date: 08/06/01 06:59 RE: Memphis Images v 3.0 Author: jch9596 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.
Date: 08/06/01 07:02 RE: Memphis Images v 2000 Author: jch9596 Date: 08/06/01 07:10 RE: Memphis Images v 2000 Author: jch9596 Date: 08/06/01 07:18 RE: Memphis Images v 2000 Author: jch9596 Date: 08/06/01 13:03 RE: Memphis Images v 2000 Author: trackn Date: 01/11/19 13:52 Re: Memphis Images Author: SD80MACfan jch9596 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > 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. |