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Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 3 - The Chase!!! |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 15:24:02 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 3 - The Chase!!!, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sun May 15 14:04:12 2011. Thank you, sir!! :-)Intermodal dominates the River Line (over a dozen, counting for most of the River Line's traffic, and seemingly between North Jersey and Chicago), as does ethanol unit trains from the Chicago area (about 3 to 4 on a given day, almost all with run-through foreign power), which was what I hoped I would catch, but hey save it for next time. There are only 4 manifests each way here to and from Selkirk (Q409/10, Selkirk to/from Waycross GA, Q417/18 Selkirk to/from Camden NJ, Q439/38 Selkirk to/from Hamlet NC and Q433/34 Selkirk to/from Oak Island/Newark NJ). I would like to catch the Mon-Fri local C712 based out of Kingston Yard, and switches all the way down to Bergenfield, NJ and it has some fairly photogenic locations to watch the switching (when C712 gets started, most of the time the River Line practically shuts down, as their work often has their train fouling up single track in the single track locations of their sidings to be worked). In this shot, just north of the Haverstraw NYC station, is the siding for Beckerle Lumber, which gets regular visits from C712.  Sadly, I have heard from another railfan there have been times the engineer and/or conductor on C712 get pissy about being photographed, and have even tossed water bottles at fans and photographers trackside, which I must say as a fellow railroader, is very stupid, unprofessional, uncalled for and very much criminal as if it hits someone, that IS bonafide assault!! |
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