Steel City Junction Series: Snow Day At Pine, Gary, IN. 1-22-11

Snow and Pine Junction are a good mix, making for pretty cool shots.

8:57AM-
A CSX manifest clears Clark Road on the Barr Sub.
CSXT C44-9W #9021
CSXT AC4400CW #259

9:09AM-
Amtrak Wolverine 350 heads thunders East over an hour late, wasting no time.
P42DC #31

9:36AM-
CN SD40-2LW #5279 is seen returnig Kirk with cars after working Pine all morning.

9:38AM-
An ex. Oakway, exx. EMD Demo trails out on an Eastbound NS freight.
NS C40-9W #9117
GMTX SD60 #9020

9:45AM-
A trio of NS EMD power officially made the frigid outage worth it. They came to pick up a train from Pine and take it to Burns Harbor, IN. The power really labored as it took the train onto the main.
NS GP38-2 #5529
NS GP40-2 #3070
NS GP60 #7145

10:16AM-
An NS train on the CSX Barr Sub throws snow as it advances East.
NS ES44AC #7522
NS C40-9W #9131

10:21PM-
This transfer heads onto the main out of CN Kirk Yard while a security camera watches on.
IC GP38-2 #9615

10:25AM-
Shortly after, another transfer meets it with a raggedy Zebra Striped Cowl Cab SD40-2 for power.
CN SD40-2W #5298

10:32AM-
After stopping at the holding point, CSXT C44-9W #9040 and C40-8W #7692 throttle back to life with a container train for Chicago.

10:38AM-
BNSF coal loads roll through East with something other than a GEVO leading.
BNSF SD70MAC #8956
BNSF ES44AC #6270

10:43AM-
Another CSX Westbound slowly trundles by.
CSXT ES44AC #5478
CSXT C40-8W #7312

10:53PM-
An EJ&E SD38-2 duo leads a freight out of Kirk.

11:02AM-
B09 heads to East Chicago to get loaded.
NS C40-9W #9605
NS C40-9W #9794

11:06AM-
This old SD60 was good to see on this Westbound Barr Sub freight.
CSXT SD60 #8620
CSXT C40-8W #7629

11:09AM-
BNSF ES44DC #7388 found itself leading this stack train to the East Coast on the NS.
NS #9110

11:20PM-
An EXTREMELY LATE Lake Shore Limited 59 races by over 3 hours late due to the snowstorms here and on the East Coast. The train had several more cars than usual including an NJT Coach at the end! As soon as Amtrak cleared, a Canada bound CP intermodal goes through.
P42DC #91
P42DC #71

11:25PM-
An also somewhat late Pere Marquette 371 rolls through with one of Amtrak's Phase III NPCU's leading.
NPCU #90368
P42DC #89

11:48AM-
Ethanol loads have a good leader today being the second SD60 leading on this line today.
CSXT SD60 #8674
C40-9W #7689

11:54AM-
Amtrak 365 wastes no time as it gets into Chicago late.
P42DC #127

12:05PM-
Two MACs kick up fresh power as they take an intermodal train to Chicago
CSXT SD70MAC #4822
CSXT SD70MAC #4540

12:08PM-
UP coal loads go East on the CSX.
UP AC4400CW #6948
UP AC4400CW #7293

12:21PM-
Amtrak Wolverine 351 dashes through with P42DC #27 and Phase III "Cabbage" #90219

12:23PM-
Alone and away from home trackage, BNSF C44-9W #1114 in the Heritage I scheme leads a manifest down the CSX.

12:31PM-
A manifest heads East on the CSX.
CSXT AC4400CW #305
CSXT SD50 #8483

12:36PM-
The Lakefront Transfer made for a nice surprise with recently refurbished CN GP40-2LW #9618 leading through Stockton.

12:44PM-
A colorful CP consist with nice power to boot takes a vehicle train from Detroit to Chicago.
CP ES44AC #8741
CITX SD40-2 #3055
SOO SD60 #6041

12:53PM-
An NS Z-train heads towards Chicago.
NS C40-9W #9147
NS C40-9W #8931

1:05PM-
The CN #5279 heads back to Kirk to pick up cars for Pine.

1:07PM-
BNSF coal loads make for a nice end for today with a MAC leading.
BNSF SD70MAC #9996
BNSF ES44AC #6205

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