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| Title: |
NS 4453 |
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With another Winter Storm in the forecast past, I decided to take my day off and see what I could find running around the Fort Wayne area. I should have gone further north, as Fort Wayne ended up getting the lower end of the projected amounts of snow. But, even a little bit of snow can make photos pop. Some lake effect showers were moving into the area just as I was beginning my day. A rerouted NS 179 rolls south through Ossian to start the day. This would end up being the only train I got in some heavier falling snow for the day. |
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2/13/2025 Upload Date: 3/16/2025 12:46:30 PM |
| Location: |
Ossian, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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NS 4453(AC44C6M) |
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| Title: |
NS 4366 |
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NS 189 pulled in behind NS 179 to wait on L69 to clear up at Bluffton. I grabbed it parked at 850N on the south side of Ossian before making my way up toward Fort Wayne. |
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2/13/2025 Upload Date: 3/16/2025 12:47:51 PM |
| Location: |
Ossian, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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NS 4366(AC44C6M) |
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9 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 7609 |
| Description: |
My day in Fort Wayne started with a late NS 177 rounding the bend on the New Castle District. |
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2/13/2025 Upload Date: 3/16/2025 12:48:41 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Wayne, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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NS 7609(ES44DC) |
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6 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 5108 |
| Description: |
BNSF 5108 brings up the rear of NS 177 as it continues south. NS 197 was also supposed to have a H2 leader today. Two H2s in one day, Ill take it! |
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2/13/2025 Upload Date: 3/16/2025 12:49:35 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Wayne, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5108(C44-9W) |
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11 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NS 7013 |
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After waiting on nothing (honestly I have no idea why it took it so long to get to me), L90 makes their way toward East Wayne Yard in New Haven with the normal SD60E pair. |
| Photo Date: |
2/13/2025 Upload Date: 3/16/2025 12:50:59 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Wayne, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 7013(SD60E) |
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12 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 5130 |
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NS 197 was experiencing EOT issues when they departed East Wayne, so I decided to work east to see if I could try to find them. I never heard them calling signals once, and if I wouldnt have looked over and saw the train through the trees once I made it to the other side of downtown, I would have missed it entirely. I scrambled to get back to HUGO and made it just in time, grabbing my second H2 of the day. |
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2/13/2025 Upload Date: 3/16/2025 7:25:11 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Wayne, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 5130(C44-9W) |
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11 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 4581 |
| Description: |
NS 4581 works the middle of NS 197. |
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2/13/2025 Upload Date: 3/16/2025 7:28:14 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Wayne, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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NS 4581(AC44C6M) |
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11 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 4669 |
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Finally getting a big enough gap to move east to New Haven, I worked east where NS 273 greeted me almost right off the bat on the Fostoria District just down from the depot. |
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2/13/2025 Upload Date: 3/16/2025 7:30:46 PM |
| Location: |
New Haven, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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NS 4669(AC44C6M) |
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10 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 5192 |
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NS 5192 sits dead at the fuel racks. Ditchlights are now gone, so my guess is its days are over. |
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2/13/2025 Upload Date: 3/16/2025 7:31:47 PM |
| Location: |
New Haven, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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NS 5192(GP38-2) |
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10 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 3389 |
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NS L48 departs East Wayne for Columbia City on the Snake Track. |
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2/13/2025 Upload Date: 3/16/2025 7:32:31 PM |
| Location: |
New Haven, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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NS 3389(SD40-2) |
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9 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 5191 |
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While making my way back to the yard, DN11 took me by surprise approaching the Nelson Road crossing on the connection track between East Wayne and the "new yard" to pick up the 189 setoff. |
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2/13/2025 Upload Date: 3/16/2025 8:27:45 PM |
| Location: |
New Haven, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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NS 5191(GP38-2) |
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18 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NS 3605 |
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I had intended to shoot the DN11 coming back with the 189 setoff, but at the same time, NS 259 was coming in off the Fostoria District side, and I opted to shoot that coming by the depot instead. |
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2/13/2025 Upload Date: 3/19/2025 3:24:36 PM |
| Location: |
New Haven, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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NS 3605(ET44AC) |
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7 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 5231 |
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A small break in the clouds allows NS DN22 to be captured in full sunlight as they begin their afternoon of switching. A pair of ex-SOU GP38-2s are in charge today; one being a high hood and the other being a chopped nose. |
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2/13/2025 Upload Date: 3/19/2025 3:25:59 PM |
| Location: |
New Haven, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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NS 5231(GP38-2) |
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8 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 5327 |
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NS L90 blasts off back west toward Roanoke on the Snake Track now with an ex-Conrail GP38-2 on the front, still equipped with its RS3L. The other SD60E was due for its 90 day apparently and this was all that was left to lead the train back. Ill take it! |
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2/13/2025 Upload Date: 3/19/2025 3:27:57 PM |
| Location: |
New Haven, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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NS 5327(GP38-2) |
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5 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CFE 7865 |
| Description: |
The goal was to chase L90 to HUGO where I could get it at speed. Unfortunately, even though I was ahead of it almost the entire way there, it still managed to beat me. At the same time, CFE LIFW was yarding on the other side of town with the newly painted Veterans Unit 2nd out. Hoping to grab it leading going back east, I decided to work my way to the other side of town again. I found the train crossing Meyer Road right when I got there. |
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2/13/2025 Upload Date: 3/19/2025 3:35:23 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Wayne, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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CFE 7865(C40-8W) |
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7 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CFE 4036 |
| Description: |
Roster shot of the Veterans Unit. |
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2/13/2025 Upload Date: 3/19/2025 3:36:07 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Wayne, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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CFE 4036(C40-8W) |
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12 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CFE 2135 |
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CFE FWYD shoves a long cut of cars into Piqua Yard by the former hump tower in Piqua Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
2/13/2025 Upload Date: 3/19/2025 3:37:00 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Wayne, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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| Title: |
CFE 4036 |
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Unfortunately. the Veterans Unit would not be leading the FWLI back to Lima, rather the crew would be picking up a pair of geeps for the return trip back. The crew was instructed to put the inbound power by the sand pit, which at least gave me an opportunity to shoot it by the hump tower. I guess you could say I "sorta" got it leading. |
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2/13/2025 Upload Date: 3/19/2025 3:38:54 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Wayne, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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CFE 4036(C40-8W) |
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| Title: |
CFE 3023 |
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To my delight, the crew picked the pair of former GTW GP40-2s to take back to Lima with them. I decided to head further east to try to find a place where there was plenty of ice still sticking to the trees. There wasnt much, but I did find one spot that was workable at Geradot Road east of Maples. About a 15 or so minute wait went by in the crazy cold wind, and the train came blowing by doing every little bit of 40 MPH track speed. |
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2/13/2025 Upload Date: 3/19/2025 3:41:16 PM |
| Location: |
Maples, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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CFE 3023(GP40-2) |
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4 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CFE 2132 |
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Heading back into town I could hear the Decatur Local putting the last few touches on their train before departing south. However, they had to wait on the yard job to finish working the GM transload. Over an hour later, and even the crew toning up the yard job telling them "wed like to depart soon", the train was given the go-ahead out of the yard just after sunset. I actually had given up on them, but I heard them get their permission from the yard job to come on down right as I was approaching the Marion Center Road exit on I469, so it was an easy trot back to the Adams Center Road crossing to grab one shot of it passing the last few standing codeline polls. |
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2/13/2025 Upload Date: 3/19/2025 3:44:16 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Wayne, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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| Locomotives: |
CFE 2132(GP38-2) |
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8 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CFE 2132 |
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I decided to grab one more shot of them at Hessen Cassel Road on the Decatur Branch ducking underneath I469 before heading back toward home. The rail replacement project has been completed, and I was curious to see if track speed had been increased. They were maybe going about 15 at this spot. Hopefully Ill be able to see them in daylight sometime soon a bit further south to see if that 25 MPH track speed ever came to fruition! |
| Photo Date: |
2/13/2025 Upload Date: 3/19/2025 3:46:46 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Wayne, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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| Locomotives: |
CFE 2132(GP38-2) |
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8 Comments: 0 |
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