Gary S Wrote:You guys have all the luck. All I get to see is the big ol' modern 6 axle AC44 whatever behemoths, and the genset switchers.

If you chalk it up to luck then you will never find the "good stuff." However, if you take the time to research and learn a shortline's operations you will be able to apply that knowledge on every future outing to find them. Read on the Internet, follow the tracks, and listen to and learn the scanner chatter and you will be able to track most any shortline in the country.

railohio Wrote:

Gary S Wrote:You guys have all the luck. All I get to see is the big ol' modern 6 axle AC44 whatever behemoths, and the genset switchers.

If you chalk it up to luck then you will never find the "good stuff." However, if you take the time to research and learn a shortline's operations you will be able to apply that knowledge on every future outing to find them. Read on the Internet, follow the tracks, and listen to and learn the scanner chatter and you will be able to track most any shortline in the country.

Absolutely! When it comes to shortlines, research is one of the main keys and the other is to know what you are listening to.

As a example..When I was in St.Marys back in 96 I heard "pull 'em ahead 9007" on my scanner..I knew 9007 was a R.J.Corman GP9 and by studying a rail map before making my trip to St.Marys I knew he was working the St.Mary "yard".I found the 9007 picking up some EJ&E coil cars that was spotted on the Minster line.

Several additional shots of WW switching from June 13th[attachment=7851][attachment=7850][attachment=7849][attachment=7848]

Bruce

RJ Corman at Greenville, Ohio:


RJCR4121HoppersGreenvilleOH6-8-11 by railohio, on Flickr


RJCR4121StreetGreenvilleOH6-8-11 by railohio, on Flickr

I wonder..

I see R.J. has change the color scheme..

Maybe he seen this?

railohio Wrote:However, if you take the time to research and learn a shortline's operations you will be able to apply that knowledge on every future outing to find them.

:oops: I stand corrected!

KBS706SignIroquoisIL7-18-11 by railohio, on Flickr

Did KBS finally park their Alco fleet?

Seven or eight years ago.

OK, here is a somewhat obscure shortline: The Detroit Connecting. It only has a few miles of track in the inner-city of Detroit and is owned by the Adrian and Blissfield. These photos were taken last summer when the 44 tonners were on the fritz, so the A&B sent an SW unit for a backup. That SW unit sure is a beauty!










Chuck

44 tonners are still running...??? THAT's a beauty....

Chuck Wrote:

I like their choice of colours.



Wayne

Been looking through my Kodachrome slide collection and experimenting with scanning the slides. So here are a few oldies but goodies from the collection taken a few years ago. Plenty more in the collection, but very time consuming to scan them and the results aren't always very good.
Here we have Pickens Railroad Baldwin No. 5 "The Allan M Baum", photographed in Pickens, SC, Dec 1978[attachment=8150]Nearby was a string of brand new Pickens XF box cars in their 200th Anniversary scheme, that NRU had just built and ready to hit the rails[attachment=8149]I have slides of just about every short line IPD car in my collection and a model of one of these. Little side note: NRU lettered all the cars they built for several of their short lines (St. Lawrence Railroad, Indiana Eastern [Hoosier Connection], etc.) with vinyl decals. In later years, it wasn't unusual to see some of their cars with missing letters that had peeled off.
Also on this trip south, I found Laurinburg Southern GE 70ton No 76 at Laurinburg, NC[attachment=8148]
Here's Valdosta Southern SW900 No 955 in Clyattville, GA[attachment=8147]
Though not a short line, I shot this photo of Auto-Train Baldwin No. 621 (ex EL 621) in Sanford, FL, in 1973[attachment=8146]

Here's another oldie; TransKentucky Transportation Inc (TTIS) RS3m No. 1076.[attachment=8247]This is the first power that TTIS acquired in 1980 and is the first one to receive TTIS paint. These units were former MP RS3's re-engined with EMD prime movers. The chop job was done by TTIS and although they considered the short hood front, the control stands remained set up for long hood forward operation.

Great picture Ed.