I arrive in Fostoria to hear Q328 and Q276 in town 328 is taking the s.w. connector Q276 is in the n.e. connector if I play this right I can get both of them.
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7:35
Well that was kind of a waste of time.
Guess what I didnt play it right either I missed Q276 leader 8511.
E490 rolls into town at 7:51
Well the partly cloudy starts falling from the sky by now as Q266 round the sw transfer
8:14
All Auto Max
8:38 the parly cloudy has finished comming down and Q164 is heading to town.
You have to settle for this shot as I blew the broadside in full sun and a dusting of snow flying up. It sure looked nice.
8:59 NS 234 heads into town, well maybe I can get a good shot in the sun
8:59 NS 277 comes out of the mixing center guess what 277 gets here first. plus its on the inside track.
As the sun fades behind the clouds Q380 at 9:31
K380 shows up in the sun 9:42
Q165 blows into town at 10:19
E920 follows at 10:34
Q113 rolls into town at 10:44
Q291 enters the ne transfer
That looked better I run north of town a little bit to get another shot
And for some diversity
Q394 heads down in the sun at 11:22
T908 come up and around on the sw transfer as Q394 is still going around the ne transfer.
12:00 NS 262 comes down the chute
NS 15E 12:14
the 4th unit is unique
Q381 12:24
Continuing on
K384 comes down from Toledo 12:33
NS 218 12:40
K170 1:09
The more interesting part of the day starts to happen now
NS 307 1:37
Well as I pull up to get this next shot Fostoria dispatch tell NS 307 to bring there train to a safe stop as there is a report of a wheel on fire in there train. 307 reports back that they are in an emrgency at Findley they had applied the brakes and they hammered, going to investigate, comes back on to tell them they have lost a wheel on the high wide. The car is just into the siding.
Q397
Q388 2:10
H795 makes its appearence
Q149 2:18
NS tees up a pair NS 856 L74
L70
Back to the wheel falling off NS wants 856 to leave its train at DA and pull the rest of 307 out of the siding. This gums up NS for the rest of the day
N841 comes to town and heads north toward Toledo
Q396 at 2:50
V707 stops in the yard to grabb 2 units for Willard
G855 hit the diamond as 11E and 13N watch on
G097 3:48
A late Q110 gets to town 3:53
The mystery intermodel 4:17
Zoom Zoom Zoom view of E960
E942 4:58
N956 as I am heading home
Q210 blesses me with this last shot
Lesson learned ......... Remember when the weatherman says partly cloudy it means the sun will shine only when the trains arnt around. But the promise at the end of the day is there will be more sunny days ahead.
Thanks for looking hope again all enjoy
