| Posted by matt on April 23, 2006 | |
always nice to see a survivor.
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| Posted by cjr3559 on April 23, 2006 | |
Still can't believe that thing hasn't been painted since when, the late 60's? Me thinks it's going to see the scrapper's torch in Enchantment blue. Nice catch.
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Looks like they finally added ditch lights. Can't believe it's still floating around in this paint though.
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| Posted by on April 26, 2006 | |
Ahh, CSXT 4617...
She was built in 1971, painted up with a full coat of C&O Blue... She still wears what's left of it today amazingly. To the Ditch-light Issue, when I was in the cab last (late) summer, during her visit to the Kanawha Valley on a Weed Spray Train, Her "write-up" log was full of complaints of no ditch lights, so, it was bound to happen sometime really. Each time I see a picture of her, she looks more and more tired. Sadly, as much as I hate to admit it, she's bound for the torch one of these days, I'm just glad I got to spend some quality time with her while she was in town.
Great shot Len, Really good lighting Indeed!
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How come the last C&O loco is also the last to get ditch lights?! Didn't ditch lights become mandatory over 5 years ago?
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I heard earlier this year that she would serve out the remainder of her career doing yard work. I tried to submit a picture of her taken last year in Brunswick MD. but got rejected because of the way she was lashed up. Nice to see that she's stil around.
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