Railfanning Austell, GA 05-08-2023: Awesome Day w/ UP, BNSF, KCS Belle, Train Race, Meet & More

NS ATL NORTH DISTRICT
NS EAST END DISTRICT
Austell, GA

0:22 NS 26A kicks off the day with a pair of CPKC GEs still in KCS paint.
CPKC ES44AC #4823-KCS Belle-Raised Letter K5HL Horn
CPKC ES44AC #4855-KCS Belle

2:51 G93 prepares to work Austell with a pair of SD60Es.

NS SD60E #7006-HH-Raised Letter K5LA Hotn
NS SD60E #7007-HH

4:08 NS 218 rolls by with a C6M up front, and a GEVO doing DPU duty.

NS AC44C6M #4633-HH-Non-Raised Letter K5LA Horn
NS ES44AC #8108-HH (Mid-DPU)

7:20 Then 26C shows up w/ 2 NS C6Ms sandwhiching a UP AH-T4, skipping work at Austell.

NS AC44C6M #4412-HH-Non-Raised Letter K5LA Horn
UP SD70AH-T4 #3067-Flags
NS AC44C6M #4450-HH

9:08 Amtrak 19 goes by with it's usual P42s.

Amtrak P42DC #146-Phase V-Narrow Font K5LA Horn
Amtrak P42DC #116-Phase V

10:29 Then 29A leaves Austell with a wierd 1X1X1 lashup w/ friendly crew. The End-DPU is a UP AC60.

NS SD70ACe #1057-HH-Raised Letter K5LLA Horn
NS AC44C6M #4404-HH (Mid-DPU)
UP AC44CM #7077-Flags (End-DPU)

17:34 Then 244 goes by with another CPKC pair, lead engine being a GEVO with a K5LLA.

CPKC ES44AC #4829-KCS Belle-Raised Letter K5LLA Horn
CPKC ES44AC #4788-KCS Belle

20:47 Then G89 prepares to pick up half of 244's train w/ an SD60E leading an NS Dash 9 and awesome crew.

NS SD60E #7022-HH-Raised Letter K5LA Horn
NS CW44-9 #9778-WF HH

22:03 RACE: NS 395 then races NS G89 and leaves it in the dust with an ACe leading a Dash 9 and friendly crew

395:

NS SD70ACe #1111-HH-Raised Letter K5LLA Horn
NS CW44-9 #9620-Old NS

24:49 MEET!!! NS 187 rolls by with #4004 3rd out meeting 175 with a C6M w/ a nice horn leading.

187:
NS SD70ACe #1130-HH-Raised Letter K5LLA Horn
NS ES44AC #8043-HH
NS AC44C6M #4004-DCtoAC
NS SD70ACe #1082-HH (End-DPU)

175:
NS AC44C6M #4393-HH-Raised Letter K3LA Horn
NS CW44-9 #9687-Old NS
NS SD60E #6902-HH
NS AC44C6M #4421-HH (End-DPU)

31:20 NS 201, an intermodal extra, goes by with a BNSF GE pair and a friendly conductor.

BNSF ES44AC #6366-H3-Raised Letter K5HL Horn
BNSF CW44-9 #5210-H2

34:01 Then 366 goes thru with another BNSF GEVO leading 3 Black NS Engines and another friendly engineer on board.

BNSF ES44C4 #6982-H3-Raised Letter K5HL Horn
NS ES44DC #7685-HH
NS AC44C6M #4623-HH
NS ES44AC #8044-HH

37:36 A decent sized 154 leaves the East End with a C6M w/ a beautiful horn up front and an ACe doing DPU duty.

NS AC44C6M #4524-HH-Sick Raised Letter K5LA Horn
NS SD70ACe #1174-HH (End-DPU)

42:44 NS 245 enters the East End w/ 5 engines from 3 different railroads.

UP ES44AC #5538-Flags-Non-Raised Letter K5HL Horn
UP SD70AH #8857-Flags
UP SD70M #4528-Flags
BNSF ES44C4 #6941-H3
NS CW44-9 #9560-Old NS

45:51 NS 284 goes by with another BNSF GE pair and friendly crew.

BNSF ES44C4 #7939-H3-Raised Letter K5HL Horn
BNSF CW44-9 #5308-H2

49:52 Then 394 goes by with a C6M w/ K5LLA.

NS AC44C6M #4296-HH-Raised Letter K5LLA Horn

53:41 219 then goes by w/ a BNSF GEVO leading an NS Dash 9 up front, an NS GEVO and a UP GEVO doing DPU duty and another friendly crew.

BNSF ES44AC #6265-H3-Non-Raised Letter K5HL Horn
NS CW44-9 #9627-Old NS
NS ES44DC #7644-HH (Mid-DPU)
UP C45ACCTE #8181-Flags (Mid-DPU)

56:41 Then NS 28J goes by with 5 engines from 3 different railroads.

UP ET44AH #2725-Flags-Raised Letter K5HL Horn
UP SD70AH #897-Flags
NS SD70ACe #1122-HH
NS ET44AC #3626-HH
CPKC SD70ACe #4008-KCSM Belle

1:02:30 clips of G89 taking half of 28J's train

1:04:55 NS 286 goes by with a UP SD70M leading 2 more UP.

UP SD70M #4458-Wings-Non-Raised Letter K3LA Horn
UP C45ACCTE #8011-Flags
UP C45ACCTE #8113-Flags

1:10:33 G89 again

1:12:05 and to conclude, NS 290 leaving Whittaker with 2 C6Ms and friendly crew.

NS AC44C6M #4577-HH-Raised Letter K5LA Horn
NS AC44C6M #4328-HH
















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