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Cincinnati Trip

A business trip to Cincinnati provided my with an opportunity to railfan some new and exciting places. Unfortunately, the weather didn't cooperate on the first weekend I had free. The only thing worth mentioning from Saturday, March 16th was seeing an NS train lead by five SD40-2's along the Ohio River east of Portsmouth - the best example of Norfolk Southern's new 'matched locomotive consist' plan I've seen so far. Of course, I've since seen several exception to that plan, so go figure.

Sunday, March 17

All pictures from Sunday were taken in a span of about four hours at Winton Place in Cincinnati. Winton Place is THE hotspot for rail action in Cincinnati - the parade of trains was nearly non-stop. I also had the pleasure of meeting Jeff Horstman there, whose excellent Norfolk Southern CNOTP web site proved helpful on Saturday.

These weren't all the trains that passed, just the passable photos taken on this rainy day.

IORY 4032 + CBNS 5008
IORY 4032 + CBNS 5008 CBNS 5008 These two RailTex units were leading a northbound Indiana & Ohio train.

IORY 4082 + CBNS 5002
IORY 4082 IORY 4082
CBNS 5002 		IORY 4082 and CBNS 5002 were moving north as light power.

CSXT 714
CSXT 714 An SD70MAC leading a southbound train of the obligatory autorack cars.

CSXT 5919 + CSXT 2614
CSXT 5919 An old GE Dash-7 unit was leading a Geep on a northbound train.

CSXT 7683
CSXT 7683 C40-8 CSXT 7683 on a point of a southbound train.

CSXT 8469 + CEFX 3138
CSXT 8469 CSXT 8469 SD40-2 CSXT 8469 leading CEFX 3138 (see below) with a northbound train.
CEFX 3138 CEFX 3138
CEFX 3138 CEFX 3138 		Four roster shots of CEFX 3138. Despite the SD45 radiator flare, it is stenciled as an SD40-2 above the front truck, indicating that it has presumably been remotered with a 16-cylinder engine. Note the unusual horizontal dual headlight on the nose.

NS 9299
NS 9299 NS 9299 leading a northbound Roadrailer train.

NS 9500
NS 9500 NS 9500 leading a southbound Roadrailer train.

NS 2434
NS 2434 Switcher NS 2434 was leading an SD60 and Dash-8 on a northbound yard transfer.

Saturday, March 23

Saturday afternoon was the next (and only) other chance I had to railfan.

NS 9111
NS 9111 NS 9111 on the point of a Southbound steel train charging up the hill at Buttermilk, under the watch of an afternoon moon.

NS 3563
NS 3563 NS 3563 leading a Southbound train up the hill at Cresent Springs, KY (Highland Crossing).

CSXT 7673
CSXT 7673 CSXT 7673 leading a train of coil steel cars southbound at Winton Place.

CSXT 751
CSXT 751 SD70MAC CSXT 751 on the point of a southbound train of military equipment at Winton Place.


Joe Shaw -- joeshaw@krunk.org
Last update: Tuesday, 20-Sep-2005 19:21:40 EDT