Detroit Railfanning

[ogauge47]

10/9

NS 121



NS 176



CN 385



121 at Milwaukee

[ogauge47]

A batch from this morning

NS 31M



CP T20



CSX Y122



CSX Q151





CP 241



CN 451

[ogauge47]

Part 2

DC bottle train



CSX Q132



Detroit Salt switcher



NS 11J



NS BD07



CP 235



GTW 4906 at Schaffer Yard



CN 385



BCOL unit trailing



NS 39E



Conrail Gate



NS 121

[ogauge47]

10/12

CSX Boat Line Job



CR maintenance truck



CP 235



NS 49J. Empty autoracks for Conrail





St. Mary's Cement job



CP T28



B&M cement hopper



CSX Q151



T28 at Michigan Central Station. They are in the process of replacing all the windows

[ogauge47]

10/16

CP T27 and my 2003 Volkswagen Passat 1.8T with custom grille and wheels



NS 21N



10/17

Detroit-bound Amtrak heading south in Ferndale

[ogauge47]

Visited Carleton, MI yesterday. Carleton is where the DT&I (now GTW/CN) crosses the CSX and the Conrail Lincoln Secondary connects to the CSX line







Northbound empty grain train





Again in Romulus



Southbound manifest under the Pere Marquette signal bridge



Northbound autorack from the New Boston loading facility



Loaded grain train with 3 YN2 AC44s

[Nev]

Hi.
I have just joined the forum.
Some wonderful photos of modern railroading.
In West Australia you are lucky to see one freight train a day.
Thanks for posting them.
Nev.

[ogauge47]

10/24

Ex-NW SD40-2s






NS 176



Caught one of the last DT&I auto parts boxcars still in the original paint

[ogauge47]

10/25

NS auto parts and vehicle train from Conrail



Conrail power



CN 766, loaded coal train

[ogauge47]

10/26

GTW 4626



Amtrak





CN 491

[ogauge47]

10/31

CSX and CP waiting on the hill by Lucas Liska, on Flickr

CP 240 by Lucas Liska, on Flickr

CSX Q151 by Lucas Liska, on Flickr

CP T27 by Lucas Liska, on Flickr

T27 past the tower by Lucas Liska, on Flickr

NS BD06 at the Reserve Yard by Lucas Liska, on Flickr

NS BD06 by Lucas Liska, on Flickr

[ogauge47]

11/2

CN 451



CN 533



Turning the unit to head long hood forward up to Moterm in Ferndale, MI



NS empty vehicle train for Conrail

[mickeydee]

Great photos Lucas and that's saying something, coming from me! Let me explain.

I've always been dismissive of modern traction, didn't care for the look of diesels nor their slab sided trains. However, your series of shots just changed my opinion, I suddenly realised that they ARE very interesting pieces of machinery oozing with character.

This has come as a surprising revelation and perhaps its happened, in part because steam isnow so far in the past that even I can only remember a few brief glimpses getting increasingly vague as time goes by. Whereas, living close to a rural branch line - the Eastern Shore railroad - I get to see short, slow moving consists made up of an eclectic mixture of battered, weathered rolling stock.

Since my interest originally arose from seeing everyday examples of goods and passenger trains rolling through our mainline station its obvious that the fascination was in learning about and recognizing those vehicles current at that time so it follows that my interest today should be focussed on what I can see around me today. Therefore its illogical and silly to keep turning a blind eye to those interesting examples of transport today.

What your photos above did for me, because they are so clear and well framed, was to show me the potential for modelling current examples of rolling stock and motive power. Besides, the various logos and finishes make the diesels as colourful as the engines once were in the glory days of steam. So thanks for that epiphany, great pictures and you've reawakened my interest in modelling trains as they are rather than as they once might have been.

[ogauge47]

Thank you!

[ogauge47]

11/20

NS 49J



CP 241 with NS power



CN 491 meeting CP 147 with BNSF leader



CSX Q151



CP 147



NS BD07 with a GP60





CP T27 with a triclops SD60