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Deshler April 6th and 7th 2013
Posted on May 20, 2013 | No CommentsWe have fallen behind on posting lately because of the move. On April 6, 2013 Steven and I decided to go to Deshler for an evening/night/morning of train watching. We left our house in Piqua a little before 5 pm. 5pm – 6pm 5:25 pm... -
Deshler 8/3/12
Posted on August 4, 2012 | No CommentsYesterday was the six month anniversary of Grandma dying and Steve knew it would do me no good sitting at home dwelling on it so he decided we should go to Deshler. The excuse we made for this trip was that we had to go... -
Number of Engines we Have Seen
Posted on June 26, 2012 | No CommentsAfter reading in a North American Railroads: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, by Brian Solomon, that as of 2009 CSX had over 4,000 engines it got me thinking about how many of that number had we seen since we started keeping our train log. So I sat... -
That Takes Balls or Sheer Stupidity
Posted on March 12, 2012 | No CommentsOn March 9, we headed to Deshler to take up old bits of furniture to be burned. We had planned to stay about 5 hours and burn wood, fires are nice and warm in cold weather. However, it was too windy to start a fire... -
Number of Engines Seen Part 5 (November 2011)
Posted on November 14, 2011 | No CommentsThis is current as of 11/14/11. Increase of engines seen since last update in () AK Steel- 2 Allied Metal- 2 Amtrak- 57 BNSF- 73 (17) Buckingham Branch- 2 CBNS(Cape Brenton & Nova Scotia)- 1 CEFX- 5 (3) CF&E(Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern)- 6 (1)... -
Number of Engines Seen Part 4 (August 2011)
Posted on August 31, 2011 | No CommentsThis is current as of 8/28/11 AK Steel-2 (2) Allied Metal-2 (2) Amtrak-57 (50) BNSF- 56 (12) Buckingham Branch- 2 (2) CBNS(Cape Brenton & Nova Scotia)-1 CEFX(leasing company)-2 CF&E(Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern)- 5 CITX- 2 (2) CN- 7 (5) CNUR (Connersville and New Castle)-1 (1)... -
Nine Minutes in Lepsic, Ohio
Posted on August 15, 2011 | No CommentsThe other day me and Steve decided to go to Deshler. We left earlier than usual and arrived at Deshler at 10:14pm. We stayed for about two hours and than left. During that time we saw 7 trains. However, it was raining and getting cold... -
Number of Engines Seen Part 3
Posted on July 21, 2011 | No CommentsCurrent as of 7-21-2011 (Gain since last in parentheses) Amtrak-7 (2) BNSF- 44 (8) CBNS(Cape Brenton & Nova Scotia)-1 CEFX(leasing company)-2 CF&E(Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern)- 5 (1) CN- 2 CORP(Central Oregon & Pacific)- 1 CP-1 CSX- 619 (143) CRI(Central Railroad of Indiana)-1 GMTX(leasing company)-... -
Breaking Down the Number of Engines Seen
Posted on April 27, 2011 | No CommentsI decided to do a post about some statistics. Below I will have some stats about the engines we have seen since they are what we keep track of. Amtrak-4 BNSF- 23 CBNS(Cape Brenton & Nova Scotia)-1 CEFX(leasing company)-1 CF&E(Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern)- 4... -
One Crappy Night
Posted on April 9, 2011 | No CommentsBack on the 22nd and 23rd of March I had the brilliant idea to follow the NS New Castle District from Eaton to Muncie. We started out and saw no trains. Just out side of Richmond I made the decision to follow it all the...
