Eastern Railroad Discussion > Three on Thanksgiving

I normally do very little railfanning on Thanksgiving as most of the time NS and KCS have stuff tied down everywhere, but this year everything was ran business as usual, so I went out and shot what I could. In a two hour time frame, I shot 3 trains with decent leaders on them. Usually the Railfan Leaders behind the green curtain only bless me with DC GEVO's and Dash 9's on NS, but today was a good and quick outing. 

Image one is NS train 131 rolling south out of Meridian, MS on the old NO&NE with the Penn Central unit on the point. 

Image two is 131's counterpart, NS train 130 with the "original" NS heritage unit on the point. This shot was captured at a favorite spot of mine on the NO&NE: Basic Siding. On the north end (shown) the train come up a steep grade and into a sharp curve, so the Hogger's really have the engines digging in. For those curious, Basic is pronounced "Bah-Sic" not "Bay-Sic" like most would think. 

Lastly, Image three shows NS train 345 coming down the mainline into Meridian on the AGS South with a UP SD70ACe-T4 (UP Calls them SD70AH's) in the lead. This is my first time shooting one of UP's versions on the head-end of a train. I'm glad these are starting to be released into service again. It appears the warranty dispute, or whatever UP and Progress Rail had going on is settled. 

Nonetheless, a very colorful day down here in the South. Enjoy!

-Dylan

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Very little moving on the Dayton District in Ohio today. What's the official word from NS on operations today?

Posted from Android

Outstanding images, Dylan.  You definitely had an impressive day by any standards.  Three excellent leaders in a short time simply can't be beat.  Basic is one of my favorite locations as well, and I hate to admit that I haven't been there in many years.  

P Wrote:
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> Very little moving on the Dayton District in Ohio
> today. What's the official word from NS on
> operations today?
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> Posted from Android

I was told by a few crews and the local yard master that things down here were running like it was a regular day.

P Wrote:
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> Very little moving on the Dayton District in Ohio
> today. What's the official word from NS on
> operations today?
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> Posted from Android

Their Instagram page post from yesterday had a caption that basically said “Happy Thanksgiving, most of our people are working today business as usual.”

Dan

Posted from iPhone

Up here on the Chicago Line it was business as usual. The usual trains I see through my backyard were all present and accounted for, save a few bulk commodity trains.

Michael Fair
Royal Oak, MI

Nice pics!!

It was business as usual in Pa as well....