Further to the MOW pictures I posted Friday night, I went by the Norfolk Southern siding again today before the rain came.
The 1/4 mile of flatcars were still there and I went to the head of the MOW train. All the mobile equipment was gone, but the supply and storage cars were in use when I first passed the cars. When I came back about 30 minutes later, I was able to park off road and take more pictures.
I was still in the woods, but much closer. The flatcars stretch far to the right with a couple gons in the middle and supply cars to the left.
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I have seen these gray old Southern supply cars only at a distance before. When I first went by, the rollup door was mostly up and people were loading supplies into a truck. Notice the large vents at the top of the cars. Temperatures inside could be over 120 degrees F in the summer time.
I was kinda surprised the cars did not have much graffiti on the cars, only a little on the ballast gons.
As you can see, there are several supply cars in this train.
The green cars are old Norfolk & Western cars with lots of air vents.
This is about as close as I could get. The drainage ditch at the bottom of the berm was still muddy
r Southern car seems to be the oldest supply car here with light rusty spots and some graffiti.
This green car is marked as a NS car instead as a NW car like the one behind it.
I hope you found these pics helpful in seeing one railroad's approach to MOW.
