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Eastern Railroad Discussion > Brunswick, MD, Audley, VA, & Shenandoah Jct., WV, 4/9/25Date: 04/10/25 14:11 Brunswick, MD, Audley, VA, & Shenandoah Jct., WV, 4/9/25 Author: GPutz Brunswick, Maryland
1. The e/b CSXT M415 led by CM44AH #7424, rebuilt from CW44AH #554 built 3//02, + ES40DC #5353 is tied down on #4 Runner at 09:18. Audley, Virginia Audley is the north end of the siding the south end of which is Berryville. 2. The s/b NS 25A led at 10:34 by ES44AC #8043 + AC44C6M #4210, rebuilt 2//19 from C44-9W #9001 built 4//96, meets 3. n/b NS 16T stopped in the siding. Between 10:00 and 11:45 the dispatcher calls the 16T engineer three times and asks if “they” have arrived yet. I assume it’s a recrew he is waiting for, and the answer is “no.” Gerry    Date: 04/10/25 14:13 Re: Brunswick, MD, Audley, VA, & Shenandoah Jct., WV, 4/9/25 Author: GPutz Audley, Virginia
4. About 12:00 three WELINC emergency response trucks arrive. The engineer informs the dispatcher, and the WELINC men assess the situation, determining that the locomotives will have to move north to the switch area blocking the Main, and the process will take about two hours. The dispatcher wants to get s/b NS 289 by before 16T blocks the Main. 5. The s/b NS 289 is led at 12:26 by AC44C6Ms #4473, rebuilt 7//21 from C44-9W #9271 built 2//99, + #4412, rebuilt 1//21 from C44-9W #9235 built 5//98. 6. ES44AC #8165 + ES44DC #7685 + AC44C6M #4181, rebuilt 3//19 from C44-9W #8898 built 1//96, off 16T get into position. It appears to me they are about to pump something out of the second unit. Gerry    Date: 04/10/25 14:15 Re: Brunswick, MD, Audley, VA, & Shenandoah Jct., WV, 4/9/25 Author: GPutz Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia
I arrive here about 13:15 and don’t see a CSXT train nor n/b NS 16T by the time I leave, about 16:00. 7. A s/b NS train is led at 14:18 by SD70ACC #1805, rebuilt 11//18 from SD70 #2533 built 8//94, + AC44C6M #4015, rebuilt 9//16 from C40-9 #8845 built 2//95, with 8. DPU ES44AC #8086. 9. The n/b NS 12R is led at 15:00 by AC44C6Ms #4032, rebuilt 8//17 from C40-9 #8776 built 1//95, + #4467, rebuilt 6//21 from C44-9W #9300 built 3//99, + ES44AC #8055. Gerry    Date: 04/10/25 14:16 Re: Brunswick, MD, Audley, VA, & Shenandoah Jct., WV, 4/9/25 Author: GPutz Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia
10. The s/b NS 27A is led at 15:49 by AC44C6Ms #4756, rebuilt 9//23 from C44-9W #9479 built 4//00, + #4752, rebuilt 8//23 from C44-9W #9472 built 4//00, with a hawk at upper right and 11. DPUs ES44AC # 8119 + AC44C6M #4782, rebuilt 2//24 from C44-9W #9656 built 3//01. Brunswick, Maryland 12. MARC 873 led by MP36PH-3C #20 arrives at 16:47, four minutes early. Gerry    Date: 04/10/25 14:21 Re: Brunswick, MD, Audley, VA, & Shenandoah Jct., WV, 4/9/25 Author: GPutz Brunswick, Maryland
13. The w/b CSXT M416 led by ES40DC #5286 + CW44AH #526, built 7///01, + ES44AH #3212 + Dead in Train GP40-2 #6025, built 9//72 as B&O #4125, + ES44AH #3247 + 14. GP38-3 #2024, rebuilt from GP38-2 #2627 built 3//73 as L&N #4120, to SBD #4120, crosses from #5 Runner to #1 Main at 17:08. Amtrak 40 is running late. References: That site that archives railroad pictures https://www.bullsheet.com/bullsheet.com/index.html https://www.thedieselshop.us/ welinc.com Gerry   Date: 04/10/25 15:24 Re: Brunswick, MD, Audley, VA, & Shenandoah Jct., WV, 4/9/25 Author: ClubCar As always, great photos and updates from both the old B&O and the old Norfolk & Western lines in your area. I always enjoy seeing them. By the way, those MARC engines look so dirty in the upper fronts of these units. I assume it is from the exhaust when they are pushing their trains. But I would think that the MARC people would wash these units from time to time to get rid of that oily grime.
John in White Marsh, Maryland |