simply bucolic

The shot I was waiting for the whole weekend finally came late in the day on Sunday: Conrail locomotives crawling up track one at Lilly with a long train in tow!!!

With the usual winter snow fall, note how tracks 0 and 2 are completely covered and hint of their uselessness this day in age. Years ago, eastbound trains would stop at AR on tracks 0, 1 and 2 to ... (more)

At CP AR, the 1% grade of the West Slope ends and levels out before hitting the steep descending grade of the Slide. A trio of Ex-CRQ SD60I's are still laying on the throttle with a South Fork to ... (more)

Southbound rounding the curve below mp 238 detector, with a loaded coal train in late afternoon sun.

642 with three blue SD60I's leans into the curve just before entering Montgomery.

Southbound at mp 242 below cp Wat heading out the Watsontown secondary with a pair of blue SD 60Is and old hoppers.

Despite faulty forecast, crashing dispatcher computers, rail grinder fires and lack luster leaves, some nice shots where had on the Slope.

Southbound with two Ex Corail engines in blue, with sun peeking out , in late afternoon