Trip To The Zoo

[FURX]

And I swear that running into these trains was not intentional! ;)

Took Heather to the National Zoo the other day, and I took some pictures with her crappy digital camera. I would have prefered my "real" one, but in the interest of money, it's cheaper to use the digital and print the results.


This Cheetah was up bright and early
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As well as this lively chap
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An elusive critter, the Peterbilt, or "Pete" for short. This is a domestic model.
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Ah, riding the METRO to and from! Here are some center cab switchers they use for MoW duties, I have no idea what they are, but I am sure they are GE models.
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Up and over this westbound intermodal train. I don't know his ID, but I suspect Q137 or Q139. We paced, and eventually over took him.
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Lead unit, #696...CW60AC
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We got out to catch him at Fort Totten (where the next day, a man jumped infront of a METRO train in a suicide), and as we got out, a mixed freight headed east crawled by in the other direction.
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Endangered.
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When I waved to the 696, the engineer went nuts on the horn, and played jingle bells.
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The Capital Dome through the front window of a very clean Metro car
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[FURX]

On the way back, we overtook CSX Q261, who had a stop signal at Derwood to let the eastbound Capital Limited cross over infront of him because Danny Myers and his crew looking for sun kinks on track 2, west of here.

I shot him stopped at Derwood.

Yes! SD80MAC
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An SD40-2 with a K5LAR24
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SD60M with an RS-3LRR (44)
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Heather and her crazy pink hair overlooking the 806
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That's all for the ZOO trip. :) -Jeffrey

[nickdude]

Hey, I've been there! I took shots from that parking garage up there! Cool stuff, Jeffrey!!

[zartok-35]

Pretty nice stuff! For the CSX...

[wyatt]

WOW JEFFERY!, CSX SD40-2 #8058 was just up here on July 13, and headed west! These things sure do get around!
EDIT: Wrong picture.
-Wyatt
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Second unit out on a four unit consist, stopped for three intermodels and a work train.


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[jay611]

hmmm... The center cabs look like 80T GE's or 80T Whitecombs...

Nice show!

Jason Underwood
Newport News, Virginia
CSX Peninsula Sub MP.16
jay611@cox.net

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[CRQ5508]

yeah these are whitecombs. I remember an article in an old magazine (can't remember which) about "saving" a retired US Army Whitecomb switcher, that looked like these. Get photos of these while you can, they were built from the 30's through the 50's, and are dissappearing FAST. have any closer shots?

[jay611]

Hell, I over shot. 65T whitcomb

http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/tr_lpc2.jpg

http://www.northeast.railfan.net/diesel134.html

Jason Underwood
Newport News, Virginia
CSX Peninsula Sub MP.16
jay611@cox.net

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