Recent Digital Photos
by Mike Condren
| On a trip to east Memphis, I caught this loaded coal train along Poplar Ave. on Jan. 27, 2010. |
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| On Jan. 28, 2010 I found this train of RBOX boxcars headed west at Cooper Street. |
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| The first train that I got at Kentucky Street on Feb. 3, 2010 was this NS transfer headed to the CN at CN Jct. |
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| The next train was an east bound freight headed for the CN and Harrison Yard crossing over the BNSF from the UP to get to the wye at CN Jct. |
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| While the UP train was crossing over, an empty BNSF coal train pulled up to Tower 17 for a crew change. |
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| The CN radio announces a UP train leaving Harrison Yard as soon as the in bound UP clears "Single Track". We see it come out of the wye and cross over the BNSF to the UP. |
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| The CN radio also told of a following IC unit leading a transfer to the BNSF. |
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| As it was getting dark, I decided to leave only to find a UP trains stopped at the crossovers just west of Riverside Drive. |
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| I then discovered that Main 1 had an "approach" signal which led to this loaded coal train for the last train of the day. |
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| On Feb. 7, 2010 I began my afternoon of train chasing by heading to Forrest Yard where I discovered a set of power getting ready for the transfer to the CN. We will see this power again later. |
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| On my way to Kentucky Street, I notice an eastbound UP train as I cross 3rd Street. I turn around and catch it crossing Danny Thomas Blvd. |
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| The first train at Kentucky Street was the CSX transfer returning from the UP intermodal terminal in Marion, AR. |
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| Next came the NS transfer to CN at CN Jct. led by the power seen earlier at Forrest Yard. It was a sunny but bitter cold day due to a stiff wind. My fingers went numb even with gloves. |
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| The signal for Main 1 at CN Jct. shows an "approach" for a loaded coal train with a 2-3 power arrangement. |
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| While easting pizza during the Super Bowl, I felt a loose crown. That gave me an excuse to get out on Feb. 8, 2010 to go to the dentist even with 4" of fresh snow on the streets. I first headed to the NS with a few side trips for snow pictures along the way. I caught this empty coal train stopped at Cooper Street before heading east to my dentist to get the crown glued down again. |
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2/9/10
| A leeased unit is seen switching an industry on the UP alongside of the NS mainline at the extreme west end of Southern Ave. in Memphis. |
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2/13/10
| This ICG caboose is in downtown Martin, TN. They had gotten 6" of snow 4 days earlier. |
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| This former ICG caboose is in downtown Greenfield, TN. |
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| This former ICG caboose is alongside of US45E just south of Medina, TN at a storage facility. |
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