Think it's been since April 12th since I posted anything. Local @ Lebanon Junction,KY 4/16/08 Northbound waiting at Lebanon Junction. 4/16/08 A northbound local that was right behind the first northbound. By right behind I mean maybe just a mile or so apart.I could see both trains on the same track at the same time. And a video: CSXT Train Q534 from Nashville to Louisville @ Milepost 20 on the former Louisville & Nashville Main Line. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aay5xQrPZng"]YouTube Link[/ame]
Shots from April 21st,2008. CSXT J765 with #1540 sitting in front of the Pilot Truck Stop in Lebanon Junction. This is actually on the remaining three miles of the Lebanon Branch CSX still uses. Backing out onto the main line in downtown Lebanon Junction. J765 rolls south. CSXT Q275 rolling south at Coral Ridge later in the day.
Q275 from 4/21/08, continued End of Q275. This was the train that had the Penn Central and Chessie System boxcars in the consist. Q275 is a train I can seem to get with little effort,as I've gone out enough times to almost nail down a certain time frame that it rolls through certain areas.
Now,photos from 4/30/08. CSXT Train Q578 at Lebanon Junction. CSXT Train Q275,also at Lebanon Junction. Second locomotive of Q275 had a name on it. I guess it's one of the more "famous" engines on the system as Wikipedia puts it.(It's in the list on there.) The engineer of this train was pretty friendly as he went by.
Nice shots! Q275 is a regularly scheduled train so you'll see it around the same time every day. The main stem is a busy line but like always most trains run at night. Did you get any shots of the Derby train today?
Steve, I chased AMTK Derby special down the LIRC following behind Travis Collins and Charlie Buccola. We all went to LUS and hung out there for awhile then I came home cause I havent slept in over 27hrs. But saturday im hoping for good weather!
I'm not going to be able to catch any of the Derby trains this year. I've recorded times for Q275 on a few occasions. Day Location Time Wednesday | Park(MP 9.6) | 5:40pm Monday | Park(MP 9.6) | 6:30pm Wednesday | Park(MP 9.6) | 7:10pm Wednesday | Coral Ridge(MP 12) | 7:08pm Wednesday | Lebanon Junction(29.7) | 7:00pm I've got something similar for Q578,which is another train that runs late in the afternoon. I'm tempted to actually spend the night trackside to see what I can see,but I'm not sure where I could do it at.
