Eastern Railroad Discussion > Bluebird, 2 Flared Radiators SD70MAC's, BNSF H2's, YN2 & More...

This afternoon into evening, I went trackside in Mentor Ohio. Train traffic in the mid afternoon wasn't very good, but as evening got closer, it got better. But anyway, I was defentely pleased with the engines though.

CSX Q166 lead by CEFX Bluebird AC4400CW #1037 & CP ES44AC #8851.

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CSX eastbound freight Q388 lead by 2 YN3 flared radiator SD70MAC's #4748, #4797 & BNSF H2 C44-9W #5149.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/19/19 18:14 by cornerfieldhobby.

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CSX westbound crude oil K139 lead by YN2 AC4400CW #42 & BNSF H2 C44-9W #5606.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/19/19 18:13 by cornerfieldhobby.

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CSX eastbound autorack Q262 lead by solo YN3 ES40DC #5302.

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CSX westbound UPS intermodal Q001 lead by YN3 ES44AH #723 & YN3b ET44AH #3390. Note the headlight glare on the autoracks of Q262.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/19/19 18:17 by cornerfieldhobby.

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Your first and last photos from today's images are your best for image quality.
Very well done. Keep this quality up.
Bob

Last 2 photos are of CSX westbound intermodal Q017 & eastbound intermodal Q008 in twilight lead by some CSX GE's.

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refarkas Wrote:
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> Your first and last photos from today's images are
> your best for image quality.
> Very well done. Keep this quality up.
> Bob

Bob, thank you. Yea, I keep trying to get better.

cornerfieldhobby Wrote:
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> CSX westbound crude oil K139 lead by YN2 AC4400CW
> #42 & BNSF H2 C44-9W #5606.

Ah Ha!!!   The meaning of life, the universe, and everything railroading is... CSX 42.
(Railfan Guide to the Galaxy)
 

CSX602 Wrote:
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> cornerfieldhobby Wrote:
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> > CSX westbound crude oil K139 lead by YN2
> AC4400CW
> > #42 & BNSF H2 C44-9W #5606.
>
> Ah Ha!!!   The meaning of life, the universe,
> and everything railroading is... CSX 42.
> (Railfan Guide to the Galaxy)
>  

Little confused, what do you mean by what you said?

cornerfieldhobby Wrote:
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> CSX602 Wrote:
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> > cornerfieldhobby Wrote:
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> > > CSX westbound crude oil K139 lead by YN2
> > AC4400CW
> > > #42 & BNSF H2 C44-9W #5606.
> >
> > Ah Ha!!!   The meaning of life, the universe,
> > and everything railroading is... CSX 42.
> > (Railfan Guide to the Galaxy)
> >  
>
> Little confused, what do you mean by what you
> said?

It is mostly harmless

Posted from iPhone

It was a reference to the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy...   According to that novel/radio series/TV series/video game/ movie a higher intellignce alien race programs a super computer to provide the ultimate answer to "Life, the Universe and Everything".  And after millions of years it came back with the answer of... "42".  Since then it has been a common joke that the answer to everything is 42, and if not the question was wrong.
(PS. I'm not a big sci-fi fan but have friends who are and repeatedly refer to the answer to everything as 42)
 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/20/19 12:37 by CSX602.

CSX602 Wrote:
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> It was a reference to the Hitchhikers Guide to the
> Galaxy...   According to that novel/radio
> series/TV series/video game/ movie a higher
> intellignce alien race programs a super computer
> to provide the ultimate answer to "Life, the
> Universe and Everything".  And after millions of
> years it came back with the answer of... "42". 
> Since then it has been a common joke that the
> answer to everything is 42, and if not the
> question was wrong.
> (PS. I'm not a big sci-fi fan but have friends who
> are and repeatedly refer to the answer to
> everything as 42)
>  

To add a bit to this, the actual galaxy guide lists the planet Earth as “harmless” at the beginning of the story and at the end it is revised to “mostly harmless.”

I’m not a sci-fi junkie but this book is a pretty fun read.

Posted from iPhone

CSX602 Wrote:
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> It was a reference to the Hitchhikers Guide to the
> Galaxy...   According to that novel/radio
> series/TV series/video game/ movie a higher
> intellignce alien race programs a super computer
> to provide the ultimate answer to "Life, the
> Universe and Everything".  And after millions of
> years it came back with the answer of... "42". 
> Since then it has been a common joke that the
> answer to everything is 42, and if not the
> question was wrong.
> (PS. I'm not a big sci-fi fan but have friends who
> are and repeatedly refer to the answer to
> everything as 42)
>  

Ok, thank you.