Lunch Time Visit to the Norfolk Southern's Norris Yard


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grande man

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Hi all. Little Grande and I went railfanning in Irondale today at lunch and thought ya'll might enjoy some pics, vids and sounds. :)

The primer...

The first train we saw, an NS freight on the way to Atlanta.
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Wav file of the first train (since I had the IC recorder handy ;) ). As you might be able to tell, there was some transfer power on the front of this one. It had six or seven locos.
http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/17/222183/NS%20Freight.wav

Power for an outbound train.
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jpg video:

A short time later, this Ex-SP Tunnel Motor leads a departing freight.:cool: That's a cool sounding horn. Note the car lettered "Sid Richardson Carbon Co". That's kinda unique.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flMr7P3DL1Q

Norris Yard inbound. This one arrived as the train led by the Tunnel Motor departed. :cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghPyN9WPiUE
 
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*WOW* GM - You captured a real honest-2-goodnest EsPee 5-chimer:cool:

I heard quite a few of them while railfanning Tehacheppi back in 1973 - nothing else compares!
 
CSX_road_slug said:
*WOW* GM - You captured a real honest-2-goodnest EsPee 5-chimer:cool:

I heard quite a few of them while railfanning Tehacheppi back in 1973 - nothing else compares!
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That is a COOL sound. I wish I could have experienced it on it's home rails.
 
jbaakko said:
Lol, home rails = New York...

(walks away)...
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Yeah...the tent in my backyard is only two hours from the border...Grande Man has a little more than a day's drive ;)
 
Yep, deaf blind and VERY dumb, nice video Josh, just working out what threw the train off the track, it could only have been the grade crossing
 
Eric gotta love all that power where they going ? That guy must be dumb , blind & stupid, that looks like a real neat garden railroad though. Here's what you call stupid
 
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Waiting for a Train

While coming back from the Hospital today caught this CSX moving some mixed freight .:D
 
A Few More Pictures

A few more pictures of the Museum I have more if anyone is interested . Note a picture of a Conrail car and the tracks and the Switchtower in the background . Also a view of the loading dock to the Old Warehouse that is home to the Museum :)
 
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