Such was the case on Thursday (2-26-15) when I learned that NS's heritage unit New
York Central would be leading 24Z, a Chicago, IL to Croxton, NJ intermodal of
COFCs. The morning started out with filtered sunlight which gave me hope for a
decent image. I learned that it had arrived in Harrisburg to set off some cars
and take on additional fuel around 8 AM. Six hours later it would be good to go
and continue its trip east. By then the skies in NJ were starting to cloud over
making a decent image for me history. At 3:44 PM it passed by Lehigh Line MP 40
in Hillsborough, NJ under gray skies accompanied by a frigid wind. As the title
states "A lousy image is better than no image" which in this particular case is
ohhh... so true. For those that are keeping count, this makes heritage unit
number eleven with only nine more to go for me. Hopefully those remaining nine
will be photographed under sunny skies and warmer
temperatures.
