Some Railfanning on CSX B&A Line - 2024 Big E Train Show Weekend (1/27 & 28/2014)

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  • Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
  • It was time again for the awesome once-a-year model train show taken place at the Eastern States Exposition (a.k.a. Big E) in West Springfield, MA during the last weekend of January (The Amherst Railroad Hobby Show, a.k.a. the Big E Train Show). Routinely, I, along with many other railfans, would visit the double crossings in West Springfield (just west of the rail yard) for some railfanning before going to the show, then head over to the Steaming Tender trackside restaurant for a late lunch or dinner after.
    The first day featured some pretty good railfanning in the afternoon (pretty good for the B&A) between 3 & 4 PM, with eastbound mixed freight M436 pulling into the siding track to meet westbound Amtrak P449 and mixed freight M427 with an SD40-2 on the point, somewhat of a rare occurrence on the B&A Line.
    On the second rainy morning, I was lucky enough to catch westbound intermodal with mixed freight I119 (the freight cars section I think would be dropped off in Selkirk Yard near Albany, NY) with one of CSX's heritage units in the locomotive consist, specifically the unit painted in the Seaboard System livery (CSX 1982).
    The videos are not filmed with my usual camcorder & tripod rig, but with the recently acquired DJI OSMO Pocket 3. I think it's a good alternative if I don't want to set up the rig since I am not staying at the spots for too long and there were so many people or I have to film with just one hand (e.g. rainy morning holding an umbrella).
    Video timestamps (note: not related to time the train's head end passed me):
    0:00 Title
    Day 1 - 1/27/2024
    0:20 Eastbound intermodal I022 (CSX 5451 lead) at West Springfield, MA
    **Go to the train show**
    2:05 Eastbound mixed freight M436 (CSX 5232 lead) at Palmer, MA
    4:37 Westbound Amtrak Lakeshore Limited B&A Section P449 (AMTK 99 lead) at Palmer, MA
    5:03 Westbound mixed freight M427 (CSX 8873 lead) at Palmer, MA
    7:01 Late lunch/early supper at the Steaming Tender - ordered a Baked Fisherman's Platter
    Day 2 - 1/28/2024
    7:27 Westbound intermodal/mixed freight I119 (CSX 3431 lead) at West Springfield, MA
    w/ CSX 1982 "Seaboard System Heritage" 3rd
    11:01 Eastbound intermodal I022 (CSX 5408 lead) at West Springfield, MA
    **Go to the train show**
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