Lots of good pics Ken. Brought back many memories of chasing the Dublin in the late 80″s and early 90’s. The shot at Colony Rd. in particular. I chased a very late QALLA there with Warbonnet GP60M’s leading. Drove all the way from Eulesss just to get this shot and stood precariously on the top of a corner fence post to get the elevation from the other side of the tracks. Keep up the good work.
Scott
Ken
9 May 2017
I cannot make a trip down there without remembering the days when the Dublin Sub hosted the Santa Fe’s west coast trains and the signals were active. Those were fun days!
Scott Speed
10 May 2017
Gotta love the “poor mans” CTC. Once you learned it, railfanning that line could be a chess game.
Ken
10 May 2017
Yes, and the days Al Coppinger was dispatching his “for our benefit” discussions of upcoming meets on the radio made it even easier.
Scott Speed
10 May 2017
Yes, thinking out loud over the radio.”twenty minutes to Cresson…” I think he did it sometimes just to aggravate us.
Zak L.
13 May 2017
After all these years, I still come back and check your blog for the excellent photos and stories. Glad to see you’re still around, Ken!
Scott Speed
8 May 2017Lots of good pics Ken. Brought back many memories of chasing the Dublin in the late 80″s and early 90’s. The shot at Colony Rd. in particular. I chased a very late QALLA there with Warbonnet GP60M’s leading. Drove all the way from Eulesss just to get this shot and stood precariously on the top of a corner fence post to get the elevation from the other side of the tracks. Keep up the good work.
Scott
Ken
9 May 2017I cannot make a trip down there without remembering the days when the Dublin Sub hosted the Santa Fe’s west coast trains and the signals were active. Those were fun days!
Scott Speed
10 May 2017Gotta love the “poor mans” CTC. Once you learned it, railfanning that line could be a chess game.
Ken
10 May 2017Yes, and the days Al Coppinger was dispatching his “for our benefit” discussions of upcoming meets on the radio made it even easier.
Scott Speed
10 May 2017Yes, thinking out loud over the radio.”twenty minutes to Cresson…” I think he did it sometimes just to aggravate us.
Zak L.
13 May 2017After all these years, I still come back and check your blog for the excellent photos and stories. Glad to see you’re still around, Ken!