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Kept it local....
04:32 Sep 25 2016
Times Read: 299

After several days in bed due to an attack of pseudo-gout, I just HAD to get out. While I was planning to perhaps go up to New York or out west, I thought it would be best to keep things local as I was still in a bit of pain. Not exactly the weekend I had wanted but its better than being in bed!!





CSX 5414 is on Q-158 an intermodal train from Chicago to South Kearney, NJ at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/24/2016





CSX 929 is on Q-410 a manifest freight from Waycross, GA to Albany, NY at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/24/2016





CSX 5301 is on Q-192, an intermodal freight from Atlanta to Montreal backing into the NYSW at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/24/2016





CSX 500, "The Spirit of Grafton" is on Q-193, an intermodal train from Montreal to Atlanta at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/24/2016 with 13 buckets in tow. Business may be picking up!!





BNSF 5120 is on K-139, empty oil cans from Philly to the Baaken Oil fields at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/24/2016





CSX 3102 is on K-615, empty tanks from Philly headed back west for more ethanol at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/24/2016



Enjoy!

Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/17/2016
06:19 Sep 20 2016
Times Read: 314

Another Saturday, another day spent at RFP.





CSX 8880 is on Q-008, an intermodal train from Chicago to Little Ferry, NJ at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/17/2016





CSX 727 is on Q-254 autos for Doremus Ave in Newark, NJ at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/17/2016





CSX 4547 is on Q-262, autos for Ridgefield Heights, NJ at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/17/2016





CSX 997 runs light as Q-192, an intermodal train from Atlanta to Montreal at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/17/2016





CSX 8880 is on Q-034, a work train that will spread ties along the line at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/17/2016





CSX 9002 is on K-622, an ethanol train bound for Philadelphia at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/17/2016





CSX 16 is on K-140, a crude oil train bound for Philadelphia at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/17/2016





CSX 7845 is on Q-158, an intermodal train bound for South Kearney, NJ at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/17/2016





CSX 577 is on Q-193, an intermodal train from Montreal to Atlanta at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/17/2016





CSX 7724 is on K-139, empty oil tanks headed back to the Baaken Oil fields from Philadelphia at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/17/2016





CSX 7727 is on Q-388, a manifest train from Cumberland, MD to Albany, NY at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/17/2016





NYSW 3012 is on WS2, a NYSW local at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/17/2016





NYSW 3012 is on WS2, a NYSW local at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/17/2016





Messing around with the camera. I set the ISO to 25600 to see how this would turn out. Not too shabby considering the high ISO and the total lack of light.



Enjoy!

Feeling like an ACM again.
02:16 Sep 15 2016
Times Read: 333

After a LONG dry spell, I was able to induct two people this week. It really feels good as I was beginning to feel like an ACM in name only. I mean thats what ACM's do, Induct new coven members and help the coven grow and I feel like I have been slacking off, especially since our coven lost some of its potential members to other covens lately. I know I cant be on 24/7, but it seems like I go offline for a few hours or even a day and the person I was watching winds up somewhere else. Its frustrating as hell. These inductions helped build up my self confidence a bit and made me feel like I am earning my keep as an ACM.

Another day trackside.
02:01 Sep 13 2016
Times Read: 346

On Saturday September 10, I went out trackside locally at Ridgefield Park, NJ as I had done a big road trip on Thursday. Here is what I got.





CSX 19 leads two BNSF locomotives on K-142, crude oil for Philadelphia at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/10/2016





CSX 5369 is on Q-192, an intermodal train from Atlanta to Montreal, backing into the NYSW at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/10/2016





CSX 5369 on Q-192 heads north to Albany and then Montreal with just four buckets at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/10/2016





NS 8334 is on an all NS lashup on Q-158, an intermodal train from Chicago to South Kearney, NJ at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/10/2016





CSX 4566 is on K-637, empty tanks from Tremley Point in Linden, NJ headed back to Chicago and points west for more ethanol at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/10/2016





BNSF 5135 is on an all BNSF lashes on K-140, crude oil for the refineries in Philadelphia at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/10/2016





BNSF 7612 is on K-144, crude oil for Philadelphia at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/10/2016





CSX 810 is on Q-193, an intermodal freight from Montreal to Atlanta with just 3 cars and six containers at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/10/2016





CSX 3112 is on K-138 crude oil for Philadelphia at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/10/2016



Not a bad day although it was humid as hell. And yes, there were FOUR trains of crude oil for Philadelphia. I guess they have been stacking up due to the work windows on the River Sub during the week.



Enjoy!

9/11
06:15 Sep 12 2016
Times Read: 366








I'm a little late posting this, but today was the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, The Pentagon and the plane that crashed in Shanksville, PA. Like anyone else that was alive on that day, we will never forget where we were and what we were doing during the attacks. I was 31 at the time and working for Merck-Medco Pharmacy Services in Parsippany, NJ. That day started out like any normal day. I got up at 5am, left the house at 5:30am as my shift started at 6:30. As always, with a stop to Krausers in Parsippany to pick up a buttered roll, something to drink and a newspaper or two, I arrived at my place of work a half hour early. As always, I would go to the break room, eat breakfast and read the papers and then punched in for work at 6:30 on the dot. My job at that point was to perform cycle counts, first counting the medications queued on the floor before anyone came in at 7:30 to dispense medications. Then I would count the queued medications in the warehouse and see if we were on the money or if there was a discrepancy between the book balance and the actual counted medications. If so, it was up to me to find out why and make the necessary corrections. This generally took all morning, sometimes all day if they didnt need help in receiving. Word of the attacks started coming in when the 9:30 shift started coming in. At that point, everything was very vague. All we knew is that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center and that it was on fire. Then when the 11:30 shift came in, we had found that two planes had hit both towers of the World Trade Center and that it had collapsed and was gone. It was now very obvious that this was a terrorist attack. We were a nation at war. Now the rumors were floating in. That the White House and Capital Building had been hit. That there were more planes out there. Our bosses, trying to get as much productivity out of us, said nothing until 1 or 2pm when they finally told us what had happened, without the rumors and BS. We were also told, that we could leave if we wanted to. Most people left. Since my shift was nearly over, I stayed until the end. One of my last tasks for the day, was going around the pharmacy, picking out burn creams, saline solution and other things to be sent to Liberty State Park for the victims of the attacks. I-287, my route home was eerily absent of cars. State police cruisers were everywhere. When I arrived home, the first thing I did was turn on the TV. Every station was of course covering the attacks. The footage of those attacks, shown over and over. I was absolutely numb. Even though the evidence was on the TV screen before me, I had a hard time believing what had happened. It was such beautiful day and yet 40 miles to the east, this carnage had unfolded. The very next day, flags began to appear everywhere and those numbers increased. I tried to buy a flag that Thursday on my day off, but all I could get was this tiny little flag you wave in your hand. I didnt care. I taped that thing to my cars antenna. It was a miracle! We were a nation united and feeling lasted for a little while. The flags on my car got bigger and eventually were the kind you could mount on the windows. I got a big flag for the house. For months and even a few years afterword, the flags remained. Sadly we became a nation divided again. Its sad. We pay tribute to those who passed every year but we still remain divided. We need to unite like we did after that terrible day. NEVER FORGET 9/11!!

Trip out to PA
12:33 Sep 09 2016
Times Read: 377

I took a road trip out to PA yesterday (Thursday, September 8) with My father. This is the longest road trip I have been on since I got sick in July. It was an enjoyable day with a lot of trains despite the hot and humid weather. It felt more like July or August instead of September!! Here are the photos from the trip.





NS 6983 is on 10N, a manifest freight from Pittsburgh to Allentown, Pa at Aqueduct, Pa 9/8/2016





Coming right out of the sun, NS 1079 is on 21Z, an intermodal freight from Rutherford, Pa to Chicago at Losh Run, Pa 9/8/2016





NS 2678 is on 21E, an intermodal freight from Morrisville, Pa to Chicago at Old Ferry, Pa 9/8/2016





NS 9274 is on 21J, an intermodal freight from Morrisville, Pa to Chicago at Millerstown, Pa 9/8/2016





Amtrak 96 is on 04T, the eastbound Pennsylvanian train number 42 that runs between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg at Millerstown, Pa 9/8/2016





NS 9528 is on 23Z, an intermodal freight from Secaucus, NJ to Chicago at Mifflin, Pa 9/8/2016





NS 6981 is on 11J, empty auto racks from Newark, NJ headed to Detroit at Mifflin, Pa 9/8/2016





NS 2734 is on 15J, empty auto racks from Newark, NJ headed to Cleveland, OH at Port Royal, Pa 9/8/2016





NS 7701 is on 64K, ethanol bound for Motiva in Sewaren, NJ at Thompsontown, Pa 9/8/2016





NS 8384 is on 23M, an intermodal freight from Elizabethport, NJ to Chicago at Thompsontown, Pa 9/8/2016





Catch of the day!!! Amtrak 145, one of three heritage locomotives painted for the 40th Anniversary of Amtrak is on 07T, Amtrak train #43 that runs from Harrisburg, Pa to Pittsburgh at Millerstown, Pa 9/8/2016





NS 1165 is on 19G, a manifest freight from Newark, NJ to Pittsburgh, Pa at Millerstown, Pa 9/8/2016





NS 2641 is on 26T, an intermodal train from Chicago to Harrisburg, Pa at Millerstown, Pa 9/8/2016





NS 9818 is on 22W, an intermodal freight from Chicago to Rutherford, Pa at Acqueduct, Pa 9/8/2016





NS 2778 is on 14G, a manifest freight from Pittsburgh, Pa to Morrisville, Pa at Cove, Pa 9/8/2016



That was the final train of the day. From there we headed to the Marysville Diner in Marysville, Pa for dinner. I highly recommend the Marysville Diner, located on Route 11 in Marysville, Pa if you are ever in The Harrisburg area. Its not too far west on Route 11 from I-81.

Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/3/2016
02:58 Sep 05 2016
Times Read: 392




Third week back out and about and once again I went to Ridgefield Park, NJ due to the impending tropical storm and the holiday weekend.





CSX 7391 is on Q-254, autos for Doremus Ave in Newark, NJ at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/3/2016





CSX 3076 is on Q-410, a manifest train from Waycross, Ga to Albany, NY at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/3/2016





CSX 3349 runs lite as Q-192, an intermodal train from Atlanta to Montreal at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/3/2016





Rear end of the CSX 3349 running lite as Q-192 at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/3/2016





NS 9724 is on K-141, empty oil cans from Philly bound for the Baaken Oil Fields for more crude at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/3/2016





CSX 871 is on S-262, autos bound from Ridgefield Heights, NJ at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/3/2016





CSX 397 is on Q-158, an intermodal train from Chicago bound for South Kearney, NJ at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/3/2016





CSX 65 is on K-533, loaded Bauxite from Baltimore bound for Alcoa Aluminum in Massena, NY at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/3/2016





CSX 5353 is on Q-193, an intermodal train from Montreal to Atlanta, Ga, all four buckets and containers of it at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/3/2016



Enjoy!