Vacation pictures! B&O/CSX/NS

[Rudy Garbely]

Hello all! I've been running rampant with the camera this past week, so I figured I'd share some pictures bright and early this morning before I leave Cumberland, MD and head up to Altoona, PA for the next three days.... there will be more pictures forthcoming....

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum (sorry, I can't include EVERY picture I took, so I'm going to limit this a bit):






Hagerstown / Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum:




Sand Patch area:

[icghogger]

Rudy, You are still THE MAN!! Thanks for sharing!!

[mosteam3985]

Boy that chessie covered hopper looks terrible!

[Randy Earle]

That poor GP-30 needs some love. Thanks for the pix.

[railfan]

Nice to see some older cars still rolling. Great pics.

[Rudy Garbely]

Jul 22, 2010 12:41:26 GMT -5 Randy Earle said:

That poor GP-30 needs some love. Thanks for the pix.

Would you believe that both that and the SD35 actually run? Although the guy at the museum said that the last time they ran the SD35, someone along the tracks called the fire department because the smoke cloud was so thick, they thought it was on fire!

Jul 22, 2010 16:21:58 GMT -5 @nbec said:

That looks like it was a fun filled vacation Rudy. Thanks for posting those pics!

Oh, I'm still on vacation. ;D I spent the morning in Cumberland and then left for Altoona this afternoon... there are more pictures coming once I get them all uploaded to the computer and go through them.

[Rudy Garbely]

Jul 23, 2010 2:32:50 GMT -5 @espeeaussie said:

What a life Sheesh Want to swap???

Nah, I think I'll stick with my jackrabbit of an SW1200 at work. And my C424's. And FL9's. And my three-day weekends and vacation time to go see more trains.

Although I don't currently have any kangaroos in my life....... ;D

[Rudy Garbely]

As promised, MORE PICTURES!!!! And I'm STILL not done yet.... I have the next day and a half in Altoona....

Cumberland, MD:

I saw a local pulling a string of cars out of the yard... and WHAT a string of cars it was!!!!






And then this ridiculous train came by.... 10 engines (9 visible in this picture):





And then the yard switchers came out to play:



And then this train left the yard:








And that was all within about a half hour!!!

Then we left Cumberland and headed to Altoona. I only spent a little over an hour trackside in Altoona yesterday..... BUT.....

Altoona, PA:

The second train we saw was full of ex-Rock Island hoppers!




And then an all-blue consist:



And then some other stuff:




BRAND NEW SD40E #6326 - you could smell the paint, and the trucks were still shiny:




Don't forget, I still have another day and a half in the Altoona area. There will be more pictures!!![/i]

[icghogger]

Jul 23, 2010 7:10:09 GMT -5 Rudy Garbely said:

As promised, MORE PICTURES!!!! And I'm STILL not done yet.... I have the next day and a half in Altoona....Don't forget, I still have another day and a half in the Altoona area. There will be more pictures!!!

Are we there yet?? Are we there yet?? Are we there yet?? ;D

[Rudy Garbely]

Jul 23, 2010 9:34:48 GMT -5 icghogger said:

Jul 23, 2010 7:10:09 GMT -5 Rudy Garbely said:

As promised, MORE PICTURES!!!! And I'm STILL not done yet.... I have the next day and a half in Altoona....Don't forget, I still have another day and a half in the Altoona area. There will be more pictures!!!

Are we there yet?? Are we there yet?? Are we there yet?? ;D

As a matter of fact, we are!










IT'S BRAND NEW AND SO PRETTY!!!!!



AND NOW FOR THE MAIN EVENT!

This is a loaded coal train (87 cars) that had to accelerate up the grade towards Cresson. There were three SD80MAC's on the front and two on the rear.








And, just to top off the day:





I'm going to the shops tomorrow morning before I head home.....

[Rudy Garbely]

And now that I'm home, here are the final pictures from the week!

Apparently NS has taken to replacing its EMD cabs, noses, and sub-bases with Cannon parts ;D:





The Executive F-Units were in town:




Oh look, an SD38:



This GP38 had a problem with fire:



And to top it all off, there were THREE retired SD9M's in attendance:





And as a fitting end for the trip, I saw a few trains downtown:

[Randy Earle]

Thanks for the SD-9 shots. I worked Altoona's Rose Yard for 2 weeks back in 2003. We took crews to Strawberry Ridge and Elrama (Shire Oaks).

[railfan]

Wow! I did'nt know NS had SD9s.

[Rudy Garbely]

Jul 25, 2010 5:54:02 GMT -5 railfan said:

Wow! I did'nt know NS had SD9s.

They're retired, they've been selling them off. Black River & Western got one and repainted it already.....

[Freightrain]

That would be great if I could acquire a cab and nose from them.