Trackside Log for Monday, August 7, 2006

Vacation 2006 Day Ten

Well, this was the last day of my trip. I started out by bidding a farewell to Kevin and headed out of Myrtle Beach with a destination of home some 1,400 km north. I had a long drive ahead of me. However, I did plan a few stops along the way. Since I was headed back through Hamlet, North Carolina again I stopped by the station to see what was happening there. There were three trains stopped at the junction so I waited for one of them to move. While waiting I photographed the Seaboard SDP35 that was on display.

• 0942 EDT Hamlet, NC - museum display - SBD 1114
• 0957 EDT Hamlet, NC - CSX northbound - CSXT 7550-CSXT 7718

There was a soutbound waiting as well, but I didn't know how long it would be sitting there and I had a long drive ahead of me so I moved on. My next stop was the Yadkin Valley.

• 1232 EDT Rural Hall, NC - Yadkin Valley power - GORX 3614
• 1234 EDT Rural Hall, NC - Yadkin Valley power - GORX 9613

The only other stop I wanted to make on my trip home was the Appalachian & Ohio since it was along my route. I found plenty of power in Burnsville, West Virginia.

• 1652 EDT Burnsville, WV - Appalachian & Ohio power - CEFX 125-CEFX 130-CEFX 134
• 1654 EDT Burnsville, WV - Appalachian & Ohio power - AO 2121-AO 2100
• 1701 EDT Burnsville, WV - Appalachian & Ohio eastbound - CSXT 552-CSXT 526

Now that my trip had come full circle I headed for home. Overall I had a fun and productive journey through the southeast United States. I really can't complain.

Trackside Log for Sunday, August 6, 2006

Vacation 2006 Day Nine

This morning I was meeting up with Kevin Foy in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I've been trading slides with him for several years but we've never met. I left the hotel and at Kevin's advice stopped by Mullins to see if any Carolina Southern power was there. Sure enough a train was parked at the east end of town.

• 0856 EDT Mullins, SC - Carolina Southern eastbound - CALA 9163-CALA 6622-CALA 2613

After a few photographs I continued on to Myrtle Beach. Kevin then led me through South and North Carolina's shortlines. First we stopped off at Red Hill to see an old derelict Southern B-unit.

• 1032 EDT Red Hill, SC - SOU 960602 heater car

We then began hunting around Conway for more Carolina Southern power. First we examined some passenger equipment in the area though.

• 1043 EDT Conway, SC - stored passenger equipment
• 1056 EDT Conway, SC - Waccamaw Coast passenger car
• 1102 EDT Conway, SC - Carolina Southern westbound - MRR 958-CALA 950

Next stop on the Carolina Southern hunt was Chadbourn where quite a few units are stored.

• 1210 EDT Chadbourn, SC - Carolina Southern power - BLA 87
• 1212 EDT Chadbourn, SC - Carolina Southern power - CALA 100-CALA 951-WCLR 943
• 1221 EDT Chadbourn, SC - Carolina Southern power - WCLR 88-CALA 48-CALA 9158

Our next destination was Parkton on the CSX where an old Fairbanks-Morse sits.

• 1343 EDT Parkton, NC - NCPR 1801-B&O 6929
• 1352 EDT Parkton, NC - CSX northbound - CSXT 4809-CN 5430-HLCX 6129

Next we went hunting for the Aberdeen and Rockfish. Unfortunately we didn't find any power that was photographable, but I did photograph two cabooses in Aberdeen.

• 1447 EDT Aberdeen, NC - Aberdeen and Rockfish caboose - AR 309
• 1449 EDT Aberdeen, NC - Aberdeen and Rockfish caboose - AR 303

From Aberdeen we started following the Aberdeen, Carolina and Western looking for anything we could find. We struck gold in Candor.

• 1528 EDT Candor, NC - Aberdeen, Carolina and Western power - ACWR 9538-ACWR 703-ACWR 9582
• 1543 EDT Candor, NC - Aberdeen, Carolina and Western power - ACWR 9556
• 1554 EDT Candor, NC - Aberdeen, Carolina and Western power - ACWR 1721

We continued along the Aberdeen, Carolina and Western to home base in Star.

• 1616 EDT Star, NC - Aberdeen, Carolina and Western power - CEMR 4081-NREX 1601-NREX 6064
• 1620 EDT Star, NC - Aberdeen, Carolina and Western power - TBRX 4444
• 1629 EDT Star, NC - Aberdeen, Carolina and Western power - ACWR 3802

It was getting late in the day so we turned back south toward Myrtle Beach and stopped off in Hamlet for a look at what CSX had parked in the yard.

• 1731 EDT Hamlet, NC - CSX power - CSXT 5209-CSXT 7311
• 1802 EDT Hamlet, NC - former Seaboard station

Continuing on we got to Laurinburg where a northbound CSX was waiting for a meet and the Laurinburg & Southern stored its power.

• 1844 EDT Laurinburg, NC - CSX northbound - CSXT 7867-CSXT 7615
• 1853 EDT Laurinburg, NC - Laurinburg & Southern power - GORX 9528
• 1854 EDT Laurinburg, NC - Laurinburg & Southern power - RSNR 104-LRS 118-LRS 150-LRS 11?
• 1855 EDT Laurinburg, NC - Laurinburg & Southern power - GORX 9525-GORX 9573
• 1906 EDT Laurinburg, NC - Laurinburg & Southern power - LRS 109

The light was fading by now and we had a productive day so we returned to Myrtle Beach for the evening. It was great to finally meet Kevin and share a day of railfanning.