Wednesday December 23, 2009: schools are closed. Time for trains:
1. NS Z854 local, Conrail SD40-2, shave and haircut
2. Amtrak 84, Northeast Regional, P42 #5
3. Amtrak 89, Palmetto, with P42 #191, my favorite unit, which I had not seen since February 2008
4. CSX Manifest (possibly Q400)
5. Amtrak 176, Northeast Regional, P42 # 156
6. Amtrak 20, Crescent, P42s #158, #98
7. CSX Q401
8. Amtrak 79, Carolinian, P42 #88
9. CSX Q741
Very nice! Amtrak in snow is really cool.
singwith 2 years ago
@singwith Yeah, this was the first time I'd been trackside with much snow on the ground. Not pleasant, considering it was so cold, but most of the shots turned out nicely.
Amtrak839 2 years ago
I thought you were done railfanning for the year.
Trainlover4ever2006 2 years ago
@Trainlover4ever2006 I was. Then it snowed 20 inches. So I had to make one more trip.
Amtrak839 2 years ago
This explains where #98 came from and why they chose to tack it as the lead to the Sunset tonight (12/25). It may also explain how its perfectly good K5LA got fouled.
Curious: were you anywhere near the camera for trains 7 & 8 of your list?
kanjo007 2 years ago
@kanjo007 Haha, no, I was standing farther back taking pictures, I doubt the engineers would have appreciated me being that close.
Amtrak839 2 years ago