MACs-n-Stacks: In a break from Popes Creek coal service, the 802&800 haul stack train Q190. The next night, the 802 suffered a major engine failure.
With dark clouds approaching quickly, Q300 crosses the Schuylkill River with a UP-HLCX pair. The second unit (6515) has an SDP45 carbody.
My first ACe sighting ! 4849 enters the Philly Sub at Vine St. 15 minutes earlier, most of this scene was in shadows.
Although Union Pacific was firmly in control of CNW, it was still common to see pure CNW consists. A pair of SD40-2s race east with a mixed freight.
The tri-weekly CP train to Philly kicks up the leaves as it races east by a few late blooming maple trees.
It's hard to believe that these trees look this good in late November !
A UP-HLCK trio cross the Schuylkill River as they depart west with empty hoppers.
A pair of NS SD80MACs still in Conrail blue pull a westbound steel train through the interlocking at CP KING.
Although it's November, the fall color in Philadelphia is at it's peak.
Although this might look like a rural branch line in a remote part of Virgina, it's actually a main line within the city limits of Philadelphia ! The fall colors are at their peak.
The UP 8444 puts on a show for a photo runby.
A trio of M630s work northbound with empties.
A colorful GP9-U18B-F7 trio work upgrade with 15 cars as the U18B belches flames.
Eastbound along the Columbia River
A rebuilt GP35 leads an eastbound garbage train along the Columbia River - with Mt. Hood dominating the skyline.