Detroit Railfanning

[ogauge47]

Back side of the old GM building?

Yes, the old GM building is the middle one. I shot these from the Lincoln Street Art Park

[ogauge47]

1/28 (Not Detroit)

Went down to Bellevue, OH for a morning. Saw about 40 trains in 4 hours. Here were some catches:



NS 23Q



A trio of Wheeling & Lake Erie SD40-2s



A sunburnt and faded BNSF leader





Slug set at the hump

[chuck]

Thanks, very nice composition.

[rogruth]

Interesting to see the cabooses in the background of the first photo.

[G3750]

Interesting to see the cabooses in the background of the first photo.

Yes, and they look pretty good, too.

[ogauge47]

2/20

CN L533 at Milwaukee Junction turning its power to head to Modterm





GTW 5930 the first 'CN North America' pained locomotive



2/22

NS BD09 on Zug Island



NS 21N at Delray



An ex-Ann Arbor hopper at CSX Rougemere Yard

[J. S. Bach]

I had to look hard at that one to see if ti was on some track and not just placed on the layout for future use!

[ogauge47]

2/27

NS 197 at the Lincoln St Art Park

[J. S. Bach]

2/20
An ex-Ann Arbor hopper at CSX Rougemere Yard

CRDX =Chicago Freight car Leasing Company.

[ogauge47]

3/3

Shot the other side of that AA hopper as it was being switched onto an outbound train, this time in good light



3/4

NS Chicago Line in Toledo and surrounding areas

Eastbound at the Toledo Amtrak Station



Eastbound intermodal meeting a WB manifest a few minutes later



The same eastbound at Millbury, OH



Eastbound intermodal passing a westbound manifest at the curve at Millbury



DODX (Department of Defense) caboose and flatcars on the end of another westbound



Eastbound intermodal



Westbound NS freight at the Maumee River bridge



A pair of high hood SD40-2s at NS Homestead Yard



A critter switching out a Nabisco facility. I love the rainbow pride flag they are using as a marker



Westbound at the Toledo Amtrak station



Westbound manifest at Holland, Oh



Eastbound intermodal a mile west



Westbound intermodal in Swanton, OH



A steel train meeting the intermodal



And another intermodal passing the steel train



A third westbound followed closely after



Eastbound oil train



Westbound Detroit Edison train pulling out of the Swanton staging yard



A westbound manifest in Holland



Another entry Detroit Edison train



And to wrap it up, a westbound intermodal

[J. S. Bach]

Great photos. Any more of the DODX stuff?

[ogauge47]

3/10

NS 332 at Conrail River Rouge Yard



CN E280 at Delray



CP 244 at Delray tower



CN M385 at Milwaukee Junction

[ogauge47]

Great photos. Any more of the DODX stuff?

Thanks! Thats all I shot, they were going at track speed (55mph) and I was lucky to get what I got

[ogauge47]

4/13-4/14

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4/17

CP T27 at Delray



NS 31M, with CSX Y122 in the background



A pair of GTW GP38-2s at Schaefer Yard. 6221 is an ex-DT&I unit



NS 122 at Oakwood Junction



CN L572 on the GTW Dearborn Sub with two GTW GP9Rs

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CP 141 at Delray

[ogauge47]

4/19

CN M385 at Conrail River Rouge Yard (CP YD)



NS 21N at Delray



CN M384 at Delray



CN M391 hot on the heels of M384