Glorious NSE Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 And Lackawanna makes 20! http://www.railpictures.net/photo/401871/ (When EMD get moving they really crank em out!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigZ Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I believe we have another winner here...wow! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Another beauty! Love that livery... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigZ Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 http://railpictures.net/photo/401899 - prepping for the trip to the North Carolina Transportation Museum... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 And Lackawanna makes 20! http://www.railpictu...t/photo/401871/ (When EMD get moving they really crank em out!) Phoebe Snow would be very proud! Willy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 That IT one stands out in the crowd! http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=402014&nseq=4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 29, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 29, 2012 That IT one stands out in the crowd! http://www.railpictu...d=402014&nseq=4 But the Lackawanna loco adds a real touch of class at the rear of the consist! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 The first of the 'family portraits' is out: http://railpictures.net/photo/402338/ Pretty darn awesome! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted July 2, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 2, 2012 That is absolutely stunning. Despite the organisational difficulties, I wonder how often there will be a family reunion in the future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEngineShed Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Despite the organisational difficulties, I wonder how often there will be a family reunion in the future. I believe the CEO of NS said that this is probably it. They can only get away with it during the annual summer coal mine shutdown when there is a surplus of motive power. Maybe ticket sales will justify supporting the cost again, you could conceivably a get a repeat next summer with another museum in a different geographical area. If another family portrait was undertaken in the northeast, and it fell on a Friday/Saturday instead of mid-week like this event, you could generate a lot of revenue at $30-50 a head... That is a stunning family portrait! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Did you notice how they were grouped by predecessors as well, nicely planned! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Gwinnett Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 How long before Athearn or Overland reproduce that shot in an advert? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted July 3, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 3, 2012 The first of the 'family portraits' is out: http://railpictures.net/photo/402338/ Pretty darn awesome! I see all those Fox Valley models have been fitted with Microtrains couplers!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 The first of the 'family portraits' is out: http://railpictures.net/photo/402338/ Pretty darn awesome! WOW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigZ Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Going to head over in a little bit...about two hours west of here. Expect it to be stinkin' hot and humid. Have heard yesterday was wall to wall foamers...pack'd like sardines in places. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Have a good "froth", Craig..... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Gwinnett Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 And remember Craig, we want to see lots of pictures! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Williams Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 And...the Illinois Terminal unit is out. Might want to dim your screen a bit first http://www.railpictu...et/photo/401776 Good God! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted July 4, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4, 2012 Good God! great isnt it!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Williams Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 great isnt it!! That wasn't my first thought :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEngineShed Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Going to head over in a little bit...about two hours west of here. Expect it to be stinkin' hot and humid. Have heard yesterday was wall to wall foamers...pack'd like sardines in places. Horror stories I was told from Tuesday. They did not start moving the units out of the roundhouse till afternoon and the heat was brutal... Much nicer this morning, they had the first units moving just after 8 AM. I was told the crowds were smaller too, although there were still way too many elbows... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigZ Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 I got over to Spencer around noon (125 miles west of here)...my primary purpose was to man the Penn Central HS table. But I did take some photos - a few with my cell, and more with a *gasp* film camera. Brother Pete P said he was coming down from Virginia to take pix so I'll let him post those. I'll just put up this one of the Virginian on the turntable I snapped with my mobile/cell. I too heard that yesterday the move-out was a bit delayed. Evidently this was to make certain that the engines were the appropriate background for NS's CEO to make his speech at 11 am...he approved the project so I suppose I'm OK with that...they said that yesterday evening's photo session went pretty well and that this AM went very well. Crowds today were half of what they were yesterday I was told. When they put the engines back on the roundhouse leads today they'd pull the loco onto the turntable, then spin it around three or four times for folks to photograph. This was done at 2 pm so the sun was dead overhead...not the best for photos but I think they'll be pulling them back out again this evening for more photography opportunities. Apart from the mess yesterday morning I heard zero complaints...met many friends who were also there yesterday and would have kvetched and they didn't. Actually I did hear one common complaint: "It's $^&@#%$^@# hot..." Temperature in the upper 90s F (36-37 degC) and stifling humidity...but as Pete will attest that's summer in North Carolina. Doesn't make it nice though...ugh. A comment I kept hearing from my railfan friends went something like, "I cannot believe what I'm seeing here..." In the flesh the engines are simply stunning. There's no other way to put it. Stunning. They're brilliant. Striking. And so well done. The photos don't do them justice. NS truly did these right. They also made me realize that modern liveries are, well, kind of boring... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Piszczek Posted July 5, 2012 Author Share Posted July 5, 2012 Sorry I missed you Craig. There were other folks there too, that I knew, and we never crossed paths. There were a lot of hats covering heads... That N&W blue was striking, even if it was a dip job... Did someone say the event was like a concert? A shot at 11PM Tues night after most had gone home... My favorites, they managed to make it back to the roundhouse, well before the rest of the locos... That Illinois Terminal unit is radioactive. It is painted in the same green stuff that the toxic avenger stepped in. You park it next to any unit, and it's neighbor has a color shift. This really was something special, the colors were simply astounding! Many thanks to the NCTM and NS volunteers for making this happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Superb pictures. NS have done a super job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Short, but sweet! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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