RailPictures.Net Photo: NS 5280 Conrail Shared Assests Operation EMD GP38-2 at North Brunswick, New Jersey by John Wolan

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» Conrail Shared Assests Operation (more..)
» EMD GP38-2 (more..)

» Sayreville Running Track
» North Brunswick, New Jersey, USA (more..)
» January 29, 2016

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» NS 5280 (more..)
» SA2 (more..)

» John Wolan (more..)
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"Parting Shot" NS 5280 (GP38-2), running as CSAO SA2, at the west end of the Sayreville Running Track makes it's unpredictable delivery schedule of hopper cars to Silver Line Windows on a late Friday afternoon.

This is the final shot I took on my last day as a Silver Line employee with having handing over my ID badge just minutes earlier. Although I am not one to dissect photographs, I can't help but to relate this scene to my situation at the time....the end of line coinciding with an ending career, the cat tails swaying in winds of change, a cloudy winter sky for an uncertain future. And yet, there is this golden moment of opportunity that has presented itself that I would never have seen if different decisions were made 6 months prior.

As I head back to the car, I hear the BOOM of the hopper cars hitting the shoving platform as the conductor sends the empties down the track and I know I will be back to try and catch the elusive SA2 train.

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