Comments on: A late return of the Mixed train in daytime (about 8 hours late here) produced a grand opportunity to catch these elephants in sunshine. The tailend cars consisted of Baggage 7855, Coach 5099 and the old NAR Comboose 78966. Photo taken at mile 27.7 at 9:30.

By: Brundle

Brundle — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 13:54:01 +0000

Your comment got me to read through my old notes more thoroughly. This was perfectly timed. Just purchased a few weeks previous was a new Canon camera and a 2nd hand VW beetle for chasing. All bought right in time, as this is the only instance that 3 F’s went by in this formation. A couple of others were close with a beetle B unit replacing one of the A’s, but never this again.
The biggest luck was having this come home at 9:30 in daylight, rather than the typical 1 or 2 o’clock in the morning.

By: Joe Harrison

Joe Harrison — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 03:53:32 +0000

You’re batting a 1000 on this one. Good stuff.

By: Brundle

Brundle — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 00:29:52 +0000

I loved the stripes on the passenger F units. The whole train looked great in the black and off white. Thanks guys.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 15:23:56 +0000

Oh my goodness.

By: Marcus Stevens

Marcus Stevens — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 13:34:54 +0000

Beautiful consist! Love the paint scheme when applied to the F units.

By: Brundle

Brundle — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 02:20:56 +0000

Thanks Joe.
2 or so years prior to this date, almost any of the F units could be expected to drive through town. By the end of 85 it was down to just a handful of regular A units. In short time, I will need to check actual dates, it boiled down to just the 9167 and a bunch of B units. Not often did those remaining get put together in any sort of set. The end came much quicker than I expected. From the photos I have seen here, they had one last hurrah in Hamilton I believe, in 86, steel trains I think.

By: Joe Harrison

Joe Harrison — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 22:45:52 +0000

Elephants indeed!!! Very nice.