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CSX Q703 travels under me in Edison, NJ on 5/22/11. This began the Sunday portion of my weekend. Notice the open overhead door.

The train again.

Leader on MA80 in South Plainfield, NJ on 5/22/11

The first train of the day, NS 22V, rumbles under me on 5/21/11 in Edison, NJ

It's cars.

CP (NS 38Z) Light move flies under me, and gives me a horn show.

CSX Q300's power for the day.

Here was a rare one: UP 5550 leads NS 213 with a C40-9W and C40-9 #8771 trailing. This train also met CSX Q190 With ES44AC #859 leading, and Ex Conrail #7304 trailing.

Check out this shot!! Here was the meet.

CSX Q190 passing under me.

I was going home and I saw a train far from the Tingley LN crossing. I went to the Inman crossing to catch it. I ran up to the crossing, and as soon as I got there, The signals went off. I ran to set up my tripod, and I made it just in time. Here is NS 33k with three engines at Inman Ave. This ended my day on 5/21/11.

Here was the first train on 5/22/11 (besides MA80), NS 969-H22, a Westbound Powermove.

Approaching.

Going away.

The end of this awesome powermove.

Closeup of this powermove.

Lehighline Productions, AKA csx2566, walked down to the yard with me, and we got MA80 down at South Plainfield yard. This was the consist.

NS 5290 coupled to NS 5637.

NS 5637

CSX Q418

Going away.

CSX SD50-2 leading CSX Q707

NS 212

Going away

CSX Q410

CSX Q190, with Ex Conrail #7304 leading.

Closeup. I saw these engines the previous day, meeting the awesome NS 213.

Going away.

CSX Q702 shows up behind him.

Here it was. It has CSX AC6000 #5011 leading, which was recently repainted into YN3.

Closeup.

Going away. The rear of the engine, and the striping show the evidence.

CSX X037, with my favorite engine leading.

Closeup.

Going away.

Zoomed in going away.

A rare B20-8, a de-rated B40-8 trails on CSX Q438. This was #5971.

NS 22V Races CSX Q410.

NS 22V shows up first.

NS 22V's power going away.

CSX Q410 catching up.

CSX Q410's power going away, that SD60I was damaged in the front. It also had caution tape.

One last shot of NS MA80 working with NS GP38-2's #5290, and #5637. This ended my very awesome weekend.

On 6/8/11, I saw CSX Q301 W/ a GP39 trailing this SD40-2.

CSX Q301 Showing the GP39

NS 65J with a GMTX Leaser (Not Shown)

Here we see GMTX 9051 Trailing on NS 65J

Crossing Signal at Inman Ave/CP Potter

Gates go down...

Here Came CSX Q301 with a GEVO Leader #5481 and Stealth SD40-2 Trailer #8048

Looking Towards Tingley LN Crossing with a Trespasser - Edison, NJ

NS 25M Flies in With BNSF #6055 - ES44DC With UP #4841 - SD70M and NS #2543 - SD70

The UP #4841 and NS #2543 - This ended my day on 6/12/11

Entrance to a facility in South Plainfield Yard.

Conrail's South Plainfield Yard.

One of the crossings in NS's South Plainfield Yard.

The signal on the West side has a Harmon base! This is pretty rare for this part of the Lehigh Line!

The Safetran Mechanical Bell.

I love these.

Conrail's South Plainfield Yard's Work Equipment Shop. The sign remains, but the building is gone.

NS 25M on 6/19/11. Check out the awesome lashup starting in the next photo.

UP C40-8 #9310 Trailing.

HLCX (Ex UP) #5983 is ALSO trailing.

CSX #4539 Trails on CSX Q174...

The Rest of the Power on CSX Q174...

Beautiful leader on CSX Q301 on 6/19/11. This train should have had an SD70ACe, but it was removed.

The "big" tanker on Q301...

NS C40-9W leads NS 20K...

All Dash 9s on 20K today...

Train going away. This ended railfanning to kick of Summer 2011.

Here was the first train from railfanning 4th of July 2011. He gave me a horn show.

This is the closeup of NS 212. He gave me quite a hornshow!

SD70M-2 Sandwiched in this consist today.

Power going away.

GEVO leading CSX Q439 With two MP15Ts!

Here they are!

Here, on 8/20/11, is NS 68Q with two CP ES44ACs in back of NS 9541, a C40-9W

Here they are!

Going Away

Here is CP 38T with a DME SD40-3 leader, ICE SD40-2 trailing, CP SD40-2, and another ICE SD40-2. I know it is blurred, but I couldn't edit it, due to the fact that I do not have any editing software that can fix it.

Here it is going away.

Here, the next day, is CSX P951 going about 70MPH in a strictly freight area! Pretty amazing! This was the full train, so I got the full experience.

Here it was going away, leaving us in the dust.

End of Train

Bye Bye!

Here, we see CP 38T with CP SD40-2 5910 leading, HLCX SD40-2 8139 Ex BN (kept number), and an old friend, DME SD40-2 6082 Ex CP.

Going Away

A few minutes later, NS 213, AKA "Mr. Sneaky" shows up with UP SD70ACe 8397

Then, CSX Q418 with windmill parts blows through with some nice power!

Now, the return train for CP 38T, 39Z shows up, with the same power.

Here is NS 18G, showing up next with an MBTA GP40 trailing!

Here it is!

Check out the present CSX Q410 brought us! HLCX SD40-2 7181, an ex BN unit!

On 9/2/11, I went railfanning with the normal crew, and caught some more ridiculous stuff. The first train I saw was NS 212 with UP C40-8 9152 leading!

Going Away

CP Rail heavyweight sitting on a flat car.

Here was something I've wanted to see for a long time. NS 68Q creeps through South Plainfield,NJ on the Port Reading Secondary with NS C40-9W 9914 leading, BNSF C44-9W 4166, and BNSF SD70MAC 9713 Ex BN (kept it's number) at 3:27 PM. I am honored to say I've seen something like this in Central New Jersey. I am happy.

Rostered Shot of BNSF 4166

The Eye Catcher, BNSF 9713

BNSF 4166 Going Away

Full Going Away

Here was NS 18G with an NS SD45-2!

NS 1013 SD70ACe Leads 22V!

On 10/1/11, I had the opportunity to see an all - EMD lashup on an NS mixed freight. It had two SD45-2s in the rear, 1700, and, again, 1705.

Here was an NS SD70M, with the flared radiators. NS 2603 is seen here trailing 2576 on the same train.

Here is 1705, seen trailing the SD70s. 1700 is in back of this unit here.

Here, we see the two SD45-2s trailing this train.

Here was a rare catch. CSX 4002 SD40-3 leads CSX Q300 with an ex Conrail C40-8W trailing.

Here is a close up view of the cab. It was a very, very interesting thing to see this unit. It was my first time catching one.

Going away, again, with CSX 4002 in the lead.

On 12/26/11, with my new camera and lens (Canon T2i with 28-135), I am back to taking photos! Today I caught CSX 5001 leading CSX Q702.

Here we are, a bit closer...

And closer...

This is nowhere near my best shot... but this is the "Diversity in Motion" logo on CSX 5001

Going away...

A crossing signal at Front ST silently awaits CSX S439 coming a few minutes later...

CSX S438 in the distance...

CSX S438 speeds up to the crossing on 12/26/11

Going away shot of CSX S438 passing other railfans...

The end of the train...

On 1/16/12, I woke up at 5:30 in the morning to see what was probably my last Conrail blue painted locomotive. Here it is.

On 2/5/12, I woke up early at 5:00 in the AM to see an SP unit. This was the first train. Here is NS 66Q switching onto the Chemical Coast Secondary.

Here it was, CSX K649 with UP 7321, an AC4460CW, and UP 6272, an AC44CW in Southern Pacific paint!

A closer view of UP 7321 and UP 6272...

Closeup of UP 7321

UP 7321 going away...

And here's UP 6272, ex Southern Pacific 301.

Here it is again...

Here it goes, going away from us...

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