| After the CP autorack train, it was evident NS wasnt going to send anything else before dark, so I decided to start making my way back south. When I reached the CSX in Kimmell I noticed there was a green signal for a westbound at Cromwell. I had just enough daylight to sit and wait on it. I went to the Noe Street crossing on the east side of town where there was some fairly decent color along the tracks. I waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and eventually the sun went down. Right when I was packing up, however, I could finally hear both the voice over the scanner and the horn of CSX I171 screaming west. A few minutes later a trio of BNSF GEs appeared and raced by toward Chicago. And to think I almost gave up! Definitely wasnt the day I was expecting when I started it, but still a good train day nonetheless! |