Eastern Railroad Discussion > Well at least I got a photo this time...I guess.

Second time I've run into the NYC unit. Last time no camera, this time I had the camera.
NS train 311 being pulled into Elkhart yard Friday.
All three trains were moving.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/19/14 04:51 by howeld.

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Nice! Those tanks look brand new. Did you happen to see the build date? Oil tanks?

Btw, that is quite a feat to get a photo of the NYC unit between 2 moving trains!

i say that was magic to get that shot and if any thing was moving wow

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> Nice! Those tanks look brand new. Did you happen
> to see the build date? Oil tanks?

Yes the tanks were new with a build date of 7-14. They didn't have head shields so I guess they are not for oil service.

> Btw, that is quite a feat to get a photo of the
> NYC unit between 2 moving trains!

Complete luck as I have 4 other frames with bad timing like the one below.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/19/14 05:18 by howeld.

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Some of the new oil-service tanks have the extra reinforcement built into the tank ends, so you don't have the visible shield.

Nice catch, I think it's a cool photo, especially knowing the story.

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Seems luck was on your side. Nice catch.

That is one beautiful engine that is very elusive. I was set up at Brimfield, Indiana one evening while it was approaching in the lead of some empty oil. To make a long story short it went into emergency in Kendallville, and was back on the move in a reasonable amount of time. However not before losing the late evening light I was going to use. ;(