...which is what I might have thought considering the first train I saw last
Sunday (September 29th) since BNSF and UP rule the Midwest. It was CSX K041
(Philadelphia, PA to Chicago/Cicero, IL), a unit train of empty tank cars that
was once filled with oil. The power consist for this long train was BNSF 4435, a
"cream and green" paint scheme BNSF 9556 and UP 7152 that was heading east over
CSX's Trenton Line at Belle Mead (MP 50). After K041 passed by, about forty-five
minutes later another headlight appeared down by the Skillman grade crossing.
From a distance, the headlight arrangement seemed different. Hmmm.... I had to
wonder what this was coming my way? My scanner designated this approaching
whatever as "WO05" and that symbol only added to my curiosity as to what was
coming my way. Within a few minutes, my questions was answered. Those headlights
I saw belonged to Sperry Rail Service doodlebug 119. Two sights normally not
seen in these parts that made my afternoon in Belle Mead worth my time.
