Trackside Log for Saturday, July 8, 2006

It was to be a sunny but hot day so I planned to go trackside in North East, Pennsylvania. I got up and drove straight there. While grabbing a quick breakfast an eastbound blew by but I didn't need to wait long for another train.

• 0939 North East, PA - CSX Q167 west - CSXT 5327-CSXT 4781
• 1005 North East, PA - CSX Q393 west - CSXT 773-IC 6135-HLCX 6248
• 1011 North East, PA - CSX Q114 east - CSXT 5302-CSXT 5398
• 1037 North East, PA - NS 310 east - NS 9522-NS 9072
• 1130 North East, PA - CSX Q363 west - CSXT 413-CSXT 7301
• 1132 North East, PA - CSX Q140 east - CSXT 5301-CSXT 5317
• 1142 North East, PA - CSX Q156 east - CSXT 5319-CSXT 8476
• 1152 North East, PA - CSX 112? east - CSXT 8782-CSXT 8762
• 1216 North East, PA - CSX Q378 east - UP 9590-CEFX 7084
• 1326 North East, PA - NS eastbound - NS 8201-GMTX 2621
• 1331 North East, PA - CSX Q377 west - CSXT 7653-CSXT 8875-CSXT 7567-HLCX 6521
• 1346 North East, PA - NS 206 east - NS 9514-NS 7502
• 1415 North East, PA - CSX Q364 east - CSXT 8859-CSXT 8079-HLCX 9028
• 1430 North East, PA - CSX Q116 east - CSXT 584-CSXT 5311
• 1432 North East, PA - CSX westbound - CSXT 615-CSXT 5227
• 1459 North East, PA - CSX Q159 west - CSXT 4775-CSXT 677
• 1508 North East, PA - CSX Q117 west - CSXT 675-CSXT 672
• 1510 North East, PA - CSX Q164 east - CSXT 4735-CSXT 4760
• 1517 North East, PA - CSX westbound - CSXT 5243-CSXT 5260-CSXT 7901

The sun was pretty much down the tracks so I decided to make a move. By the time I was able to get to Lake Avenue the sun would be good for trains in both directions. As luck would have it NS train 309 arrived just as I was leaving. Oh well.

• 1648 Blasdell, NY - CSX Q164 east - CSXT 4735-CSXT 4760
• 1657 Blasdell, NY - CSX Q264 east - CSXT 7356-UP 5464

While sitting on CSX, NS train 15M passed by. I elected to just watch it from afar. The leader was NS 2726 with two other black engines.

• 1815 Blasdell, NY - CSX Q161 west - HLCX 7168-CSXT 8766-CSXT 7719
• 1837 Blasdell, NY - CSX Q119 west - CSXT 8872-CSXT 4770
• 1850 Blasdell, NY - CSX Q118 east - UP 4988-UP 3942
• 1905 Blasdell, NY - CSX Q169 west - CSXT 5308-CSXT 5005
• 1920 Blasdell, NY - CSX Q110 east - CSXT 588-CSXT 7714-CSXT 321

Well, I was getting rather tired so I decided to pack up for home. It had been a very good day so I'm not about to complain.