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| Author: | ottergoose [ Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Chasing 261 |
I spent 8/13 chasing 261. The day started at Dayton's Bluff, where the weather sort of cooperated: http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=246686 I attempted to get ahead of it, but after making a bonehead move (waiting next to the wrong track - d'oh!), I wasn't able to get ahead of it until Red Wing. Arriving in town: http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=246679 Getting some grease at the depot: http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=246678 A roster shot of AMTK 518, complete with Hiawatha logo: http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=246694 Detail shot of the builder plate: http://flickr.com/photos/ottergoose/2760822699/ After it started rolling again in Red Wing, I hightailed it down the river to Maple Springs, where I got up the side of the bluff just in the nick of time: http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=246680 I took a short hike back to the car and started heading south again, passing 261 at Winona. I continued past without stopping so I'd have time to setup in La Crescent to catch it crossing the river into Wisconsin: http://flickr.com/photos/ottergoose/2761999816/ After consulting a map, I decided to follow the BNSF main back home to Hudson, so I crossed the river and started driving through La Crosse. After realizing that 261 was stopped there, I got out for another round of pictures. I've been trying to get a shot of Cedar Rapids with a passenger in the window, and I halfway succeeded: http://flickr.com/photos/ottergoose/2761075553/ As an added bonus to anyone who actually read this far, here's a nice wedgie of a pair of clean Cascade Green EMD's (with an SD60M on the point) at the head of a short manifest: http://flickr.com/photos/ottergoose/2760954805/ It was certainly more fun than working. |
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| Author: | MNNRFAN [ Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Chasing 261 |
Looks like a pretty successful day. I would been out there getting some photos but I had an interview down in Waseca for a conductor position with DM&E. Hopefully I can get some shots on the return trip. |
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| Author: | busyemt [ Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Chasing 261 |
| Author: | RS27 [ Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Chasing 261 |
Nice shots - and good luck on the job! |
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| Author: | ottergoose [ Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Chasing 261 |
Thanks all. Good luck w/ the job and your shots on the return trip - unfortunately I won't be able to shoot it on its westbound trip. |
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| Author: | xrayguy [ Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Chasing 261 |
| Author: | 2weelr [ Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Chasing 261 |
Thanks for the pics Otter. I'll bet it was a fun road trip. |
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| Author: | ottergoose [ Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Chasing 261 |
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