Out in the cold, Saturday on the Louisville District

[E.M. Bell]

Saturday 02/03/07 dawned as a clear, very cold day. Snow from last week was still on the ground, and a nice 25mph wind kept the temps even lower. I had to head out for a few errands early, and took the camera along. The Louisville district sounded busy, but things where plugged up. 376 was having air troubles at Waddy, plugging up the RR.

First stop was at Lawrenceburg (Ky) for the standard roster shot of T19's power tied up for the weekend. NS GP60 7147 had the honors again this week.


376 was still stopped at Waddy, and Two Westbounds, 160 and 22A, where by Talmage. I went to a spot that I had only shot once before to try my luck. Here is 160 at East Lawrenceburg, passing over old US 127. I shall skip the 22A shot..it looks about the same.


After taking care of a few things, I met up with Shack later in the afternoon to shoot a few more. 376 finally got moving, and a fleet of eastbounds followed.  Train 223 had to recrew, and we got him at Nevin.


Next up was a 167 with a farily new GEVO, NS 7513, leading. Here he is rolling through the big city of Vanarsdale KY.


We caught up with 167 again at Harrodsburg, but the clouds runied my shot.. 167 stopped just East of town to wait on 223 to clear up, allowing for a couple of angles  of him at Bellows mill road.





The Eastbound parade continued to roll, and 111 followed close behind 167. Not having time to move to a new location, we shoot him at the same place. The wind has done a good job of stripping the snow from the ground by this time.



After 111 got by us, we moved over to North wye. 287 was tied up on the CS main there, but was ready to go West.


The last shot of the day, 287 as he rolls along town branch creek at Harrodsburg.

[stillbre]

Great shots as usual there.  We got some nice snow as well but too bad it melted off before the sun came back out.

[Ns Railfan]

Once again even with difficult weather and sunlight issues your photos still turn out awsome nice job E.M.!

[E.M. Bell]

A couple more from Yesterday.

A detail shot of the 7147 at Lawrenceburg



22A's power prepares to pick up the local engine and take it to the house at Louisville for fuel.

[NS2593]

Nice work braving the cold E.M.! The 7513 left Bristol tonight about 7:25 PM leading the 38Q toward Roanoke.

[Southern6482]

Why does the white "band" on the front of 7513 look twice as wide as the logos on the Trash-9s (like 9874)? Is this a GEVO thing or the paint shop playing a prank?

[nscnotp1]

Why does the white "band" on the front of 7513 look twice as wide as the logos on the Trash-9s (like 9874)? Is this a GEVO thing or the paint shop playing a prank?

I don't think it is a prank. It could be the way the locomotive was designed.  For example, if you notice the logo on the Catfishes (C40-9W)is a normal size, but on a Super Catfish(ES40DC), the logo is smaller.

Maybe someone else has a better explanation.

[TRNBUF]

No matter what the weather conditions, you are out always out getting some wonderful shots.   

Keep them coming!!!

~Mike

[Southern6482]

Why does the white "band" on the front of 7513 look twice as wide as the logos on the Trash-9s (like 9874)? Is this a GEVO thing or the paint shop playing a prank?

I don't think it is a prank. It could be the way the locomotive was designed.  For example, if you notice the logo on the Catfishes (C40-9W)is a normal size, but on a Super Catfish(ES40DC), the logo is smaller.

Maybe someone else has a better explanation.

I can see what you're saying, but the nose of a GEVO is no different than a standard Dash-9...i did a little research on Railpics and it doesn't appear any other GEVO has the "double" band...this could be a RARE BIRD!

[Michael Knight]

Why does the white "band" on the front of 7513 look twice as wide as the logos on the Trash-9s (like 9874)? Is this a GEVO thing or the paint shop playing a prank?

I have noticed this on many of the Dash 9s as well. This is apparently due to how each unit was masked when painted. For instance, some units have more of a black edge around the brow, while others don't.