there's a storm coming boys
a friend and i were out taking pictures, of trains at the station when the coke train finally started to leave. here the conductor tells us, to head for shelter as a severe thunderstorm is heading this way. the storm just clipped us thats all.
Date:
10/18/2007
Location:
Hammond, IN
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1176
Collection Of:
Joe Usselman
Locomotives:
CSX 7617(C40-8)
CSX 7303(C40-8W)
Author:
joe usselman
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Joe's Hammond, IN train pix II
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Date
Jeffrey Faherty
General
this shot is epic. nice work joe.
10/19/2007 12:06:45 AM
Rick Inselman
General
Wow! very nice storytelling on this one, great timing.
10/19/2007 8:37:21 AM
George Redmond
General
The weather was bad, but the shot is great.
10/19/2007 11:37:50 AM
Mark Herren
General
nice lighting as well...great work
10/19/2007 12:24:19 PM
Jason Myers
General
Very nice shot Joe!
10/19/2007 2:37:37 PM
Brian Titter
General
Magnifaco
10/20/2007 12:29:52 AM
Kenny Ravenscroft
General
Great shot!!!! Were the signals not working right due to the flares?
10/21/2007 4:37:33 PM
STEPHEN NOYES
General
A perfect serendipity for sure! I like this one alot...
10/22/2007 7:51:10 PM
BandA Fan
General
Previous comments just about sum it up!
10/24/2007 3:16:05 PM
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General
The lighting is amazing. Perfect.
10/26/2007 10:34:42 PM
Eric Burris
General
what's with the fusees
10/30/2007 10:11:12 PM
Earl Hampton
General
What's with the fusees? Probably signals are new and for a period of time trains must protect the crossing even if they are working. BTW, super shot!
11/13/2007 4:25:42 PM
Joe Usselman
General
The signals are not new, they were installed a few years ago. A conductor told me once on a different crossing (same line) that "it looks silly but he has to do it" Ive seen them do it on all CSX branch lines around here except the Porter branch.
11/13/2007 4:28:56 PM
Edward Kerns II
General
The fusees are used to protect the crossing, even if it has gates or not. The conductor is required to go out even in broad daylight and flag/fusee the crossing to ensure gates are working and that traffic won't cross the road. It is one of the CSXT Rule Books. A few conductors I know have been caught by the trainmaster for not properly protecting the crossing!
12/10/2007 10:50:17 PM
A. D. Mokrycki
General
Great light in this one, nice work.
12/17/2007 12:15:22 AM
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