(Train sightings on 8-17-08.)
could not this sunny and warm Sunday pass without getting in some time trackside. From my location, these were the trains I saw:
NS 21M @ 7:45- would have a quartet of motive power. The leader was NS 9154, followed by NS 9639, NS 8348 and NS 7512.
CSX MA?? @ 8:22- PRR 5286 (ex-CR 5286) would come out of Manville yard with eighteen coil cars in tow heading east to South Plainfield.
CSX MA?? @ 8:59- NS 3022 with depart Manville yard with three ACF cars. It would return around 9:45 with four cars.
NS 212 @ 9:15- didn't get the NS leader's number. Second unit was NS 8812 sporting what seemed to be a new paint job followed by NS 9404.
NS MG9 @ 9:25- After holding for 212 on track 1, NS 8749 and NS 9544 would bring one spacer car and fifty-one tank cars west.
CSX Q300 @ 10:15- had the same power as Saturday with CSX 8730 and CSX 7767 in command of forty-nine cars.
NS 24V @ 10:45- NS 9892 and NS 9334 would take a short 24V (24 cars) COFC train east on tracks 1.