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Some from last year May.

May 15th.


May 23rd.










Custer Road in Freesoil.






Fountain


Flying flag over a fallen flag.


My pick for best intersection in the little village of Freesoil.


Leaving Manistee May 29th.










May 31st at Magoon Creek, getting some lilac nectar.


Curious red ant.


Not sure who the eagle was speaking to. Never heard one make noise before or seen the mouth open. Probably telling me that train horn in the distance was leaving town.




Eastlake


Never know who's lurking behind the bushes, he kept on moving though...


The last three cars.


Martin Marietta from the Stronach boat launch.






Freesoil


From here headed west to see some fast moving weather at Nordhouse Dunes.




Wasn't quick enough to get a cloud to lake lightning bolt.




Video: http://youtu.be/yth2ZJAGxQY?hd=1

Enjoy

Excellent pics BB, as usual

I did not recall MQT having a snoot nose SD40-2. I thought all three were the regular snub nosers

AARR wrote:Excellent pics BB, as usual

I did not recall MQT having a snoot nose SD40-2. I thought all three were the regular snub nosers

Which SD40-2 are you referring to?

Don I think it is a 88" nose vs the 82" or what ever the smaller one was. Not a snoot nose, those were 112" IIRC.

3003 is a Snoot nose, 110" or something like that. 3001 and 3002 have 88" noses IIRC. But 3003 has a longer nose than both of them, just not sure how long. There were different varieties of snoots, 118", 123(128?)", around 100".

Great pics! A lot to digest at 4:30 A.M. but very nice!

SD80MAC wrote:3003 is a Snoot nose, 110" or something like that. 3001 and 3002 have 88" noses IIRC. But 3003 has a longer nose than both of them, just not sure how long. There were different varieties of snoots, 118", 123(128?)", around 100".

Wow, I've never noticed 03 had a longer nose than 01 and 02. I've never heard of the term "snoot nose" either. You learn something new every day.

J T wrote:

SD80MAC wrote:3003 is a Snoot nose, 110" or something like that. 3001 and 3002 have 88" noses IIRC. But 3003 has a longer nose than both of them, just not sure how long. There were different varieties of snoots, 118", 123(128?)", around 100".

Wow, I've never noticed 03 had a longer nose than 01 and 02. I've never heard of the term "snoot nose" either. You learn something new every day.

Some days you even learn something important.

Not that it really matter's. But all CP snoot's had 101 inch noses. The earlier versions had the standard 81 inch nose for the time. CP kept they're cabs and toilet facilities in really good shape. Clean and warm in the winter. Unlike some CSX stuff were you could be setting out a bad order and looking through a giant rust hole at what is going on around you.