Eastern Railroad Discussion > Catching a Few Today - Lake Erie Land

Thursday April 25, 2024
North Central Ohio
Sunny but chilly and breezy, bring a jacket
On this date in 1959 the St. Lawrence Seaway opened.

1. & 2. Train 66X comes through Vermilion with NS 7662 and CP 8144 up front.
3. CP 7023, the Air Force unit, is the rear DPU.
 

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4.-6.  A closer look at the CP 7023 as it rolls by.

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7. Behind the 66X, but on Track 1, is Train 310 with NS 4006 and 1077.

8. & 9. Moving down to the NKP at Shinrock, we catch Train 315 coming in from Conneaut with NS 4002 and 7708. The fields are tuning green this week.

 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/25/24 15:12 by train1275.

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10. Train 315 takes the diverging move at Shinrock as .....

11.  ..... Train 10Q is coming out and passing them here. 10Q has NS 1251, 4803 and 9610 with NS 7584 as a mid-train DPU.

12.  A look at the nice fresh 4803. My first catch of a 4800.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/25/24 15:36 by train1275.

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13. And we'll end our outing with a shot of NS 7584, the mid-train DPU crossing Barrows Road.

The 316 was supposed to be out there, but I guess we missed him ... 

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Nice series!

Interesting as always, thanks for the look.
—Mac

Interesting catches today!
 Probably around 1962 Dad drove our family to Canada to see this great new St. Lawrence Seaway. Without the Internet and only paper maps somehow we wandered around in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada and stumbled onto the Saunders Generating Station Visitors Center. That was pretty much what we saw. No ships, no lakers, no locks just a big ole damn dam. Not such a successful trip in my humble opinion. As time has gone by I have become much more familiar with how much the Seaway impacted railroads similarly to how Ike's Interstate highway system undermined the freight railroads. Not saying it was right, wrong or indifferent, but undisputedly the Interstates had a HUGE impact on freight transportation.
 I like seeing fresh engines in new paint! There are so many neglected beat and and unwashed locos out there (reminds me of before deregulation and everything was let go to H*ll) This evening I saw four freshly painted NS High Top hoppers going east on the "Beltliner" (H38?) on the Harrisburg Line to reverse at CP Cromby to return to Spring Street Yard in Reading (PA). The Beltliner had an unusually long train, nearly 20 cars! Normal is 4-6 cars. Anyone know where these coke carriers came from or where they were going?
Thanks,
Gonut

Great catches