Sunday, December 10, 2006

Trackside Log for Sunday, December 10, 2006

Weather forecasts really are useless. According to last night's report today was to be mostly cloudy. When I awoke the sky was remarkably clear. For a change of pace I crossed the border to check out CSX and Norfolk Southern.

  • 1112 Angola, NY - NS 310 east - UP 4518-NS 2531
  • 1135 Angola, NY - CSX Q117 west - CSXT 647-CSXT 495-CSXT 8768
  • 1152 Angola, NY - CSX Q164 east - CSXT 7922-CSXT 9031
  • 1200 Angola, NY - CSX Q140 east - CSXT 7341-CSXT 4722-CSXT 315
  • 1210 Angola, NY - CSX eastbound - CSXT 604-CSXT 685
  • 1216 Angola, NY - CSX Q161 west - CSXT 7721-CSXT 7352
  • 1241 Angola, NY - CSX V836 east - CSXT 645-CSXT 376
  • 1254 Angola, NY - CSX Q362 east - CSXT 9052-CSXT 4404
  • 1317 Angola, NY - CSX Q381 west - CSXT 7773-GCFX 3077
  • 1321 Angola, NY - CSX V740 east - CSXT 8020-UP 8254-SP 332
  • 1329 Angola, NY - NS 205 west - NS 9284-NS 9414

The light angle was starting to worsen so I moved to Lake Avenue in Blasdel. Train Q362 was parked south of the crossing when I arrived. I heard on the scanner that CSX had a derailment at Union Road. I wasn't stopping traffic though. Later I read that four cars of vegetables derailed off the bridge onto Union Road. Doh!

  • 1415 Blasdell, NY - CSX westbound - CSXT 7338-NS 9674
  • 1427 Blasdell, NY - CSX westbound - BNSF 7761-HLCX 9001-HATX 416-HATX 176
  • 1431 Blasdell, NY - CSX Q362 east - CSXT 9052-CSXT 4404
  • 1538 Blasdell, NY - CSX L157 west - CSXT 7920-CSXT 467
  • 1551 Blasdell, NY - NS 28A east - NS 2764 with an SD70M and a C40-9W
  • 1557 Blasdell, NY - CSX Q268 east - CSXT 7314

Well, the sun dipped below the South Buffalo tracks behind me and ended my light. I called it a productive day and returned to Canada.

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