One possible destination (Cycle Systems, Inc.) shows no evidence of tank cars on the property at the time of the G.E. I am fairly certain it follows the line to the south. I would not expect it to travel very far anyway since returning is a shove operation.įollowing the rails on Google earth presents two possible destinations for the train on track 4. I still wonder about the other (NS) one, has it come back yet?Īnyway, with a 3 hour limit for the distance traveled, (and divide that by 2) and work time at the work site(s), and add in delays asking the Dispatcher for permission to change directions, etc.) I am sure the destination is not very far away. Returning it had 2 tank cars and 2 boxcars. So it was "out and about" for 3 hours, 18 minutes. Because of today's sighting on the Railcam I can see what cars they are associated with.ĪH HA! Whilst I am typing this the NW caboose just came back at 02:54 PM. I have followed the various tracks using Google Earth and found that using the Street View feature on Norfolk Ave SE, I can see a caboose in transit on track 4 and I can follow it (somewhat) to the south, but the timing of the various photos changes along the route and it dissappears before I can tell how far it goes. I have been trying to figure out where they go and knowing how long it takes might improve my chances of figuring that out. Did anyone happen to see them return (today - )? Not long after that my connection to the camera "went to lunch" and I could not get it to come back and stay (then I went to lunch) so I don't know if I missed them returning. Then at 12:22 PM the better looking red caboose labeled with the NS "racehorse" logo went east on track 3 with covered hopper cars. At 11:36 AM (Roanoke time - I THINK! The clock showing in the images are CST) the pale red caboose in desperate need of a paint job and still labeled as "NW" went east on what I call track 4 (furthest from the camera).
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