| Rathole railfan safari | |||
| I made an early Spring weekend railfan trip to southern Indiana and semaphore country on the ex-Monon with my friends. After a successful day bagging the blades we gambled that the best weather the next day would be to our south and east, so we headed into the night to position ourselves at Somerset, KY., the north end of the famous "Rathole" sub, the former CNO&TP mainline now operated as a Norfolk Southern artery to the south from Cincinnati. Our gamble paid off, the weather was a glorious 65 degree sunny day as we took photos of the NS action in the deep cuts of the Rathole through the Cumberland National Forest. We ended the day shooting photos of trains on the huge doubletrack bridge at Burnside over the Cumberland River. The return trip included railfan stops at the IC in Fulton, KY., UP and NS action plus a quick stop at the NRE facilities in Salem, IL., and lastly a tour of the spiffy Effingham RR engine & facilities in Effingham, IL. to wrap up a great trip. | |||
 NS 9065 |
 PRR 8325 |
 NS 8729 |
 NS 9236 |
 NS 9537 |
 NS 9562 |
 NS n/a |
 NS n/a |
 NS 6803 |
 EFFR 2716 |
 NS 9085 |
 NS n/a |
 NS 9562 |
 NS 9236 |
 NS n/a |
 EFFR 2716 |
 CP 5798 |
 CSXT 8639 |
 CSXT 5786 |
 LIRC 1610 |
 LIRC 9373 |
 LIRC 1610 |
 LIRC 101 |
 CP 8576 |
 CP 5698 |
 UP 4580 |
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 IC 6106 |
 IC 6256 |
 NS 3538 |
NS 3538 |
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