Caption: While not old enough for the Time Machine, I would challenge a viewer to dig out an even older image if you feel like it of course :). In response to Joe Bishops's Copetown shot posted today, I happened to be looking at this photo the other day and felt it was a timely dig-out from my 'archive'. Nearly 10 years ago we see NS 328 with SD60 6518 and High-hood SD40-2 3308 with 35 cars rolling by the Copetown feed mill, and you can easily see some of the changes over the last 10 years. If anyone has something older than this.. no complaints if you wanted to dig it out :)

Things were busy that morning. NS 328 went by at 0900. At 0904, a CN 399 with 2444/CSXT 8115 went by on the north track. At 0913 NS 327 passed by with NS 9146, NS 9836 and 15 cars, also on the north track. Three freights in 15 minutes, not bad. I followed 327 to Lynden (in futility, NS 327 was permitted to run at 70 MPH - "express speed' - 5 MPH faster than posted 65 MPH speed!). After missing 327 at Lynden at 0922, CN 394 went by at 0941 with BNSF 538 leading WC 6003, CN 5605, CN 9441 and a general freight. I spent a lot of time watching and photographing in 2006, much more than I do these days. The sheer volume of freight difference in the last 10 years is staggering. I counted 19 trains one morning to early afternoon session in 2006.. today I'd be happy with half that number.