Great catch, Robert! It's almost nostalgic!
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The NEC has long fascinated this UK (very recently) ex-railwayman. Nice to see something a little different. I love that combined OLE/signal gantry. Here in Blighty, we call anything non-person related spanning the tracks a gantry (With a few exceptions - Pipelines etc. are bridges).
Only exception was in the days of semaphore, when a ½ structure was required - then it was called a bracket.
Loving the heat haze above the SD, and the added depth through the use of zoom - shows the ruling gradient so very well.
To add confusion, the OLE nomenclature is simply 'mast'.
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Great shot Rob! How often does this train run? I've always wanted to catch it in Linden or Elizabeth but never knew what days and time it runs.
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The ME-32 signs up at 830pm in Metuchen. They're normally back in Metuchen by 7am. Up until March 9, the job was signing up at Oak Island at the same time and symbols OI-32
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Thanks for the nice comments! As far as I know, and as Rich noted, OI-8 is not the regular Metuchen job. The regular job is nocturnal, but when delays occur anything is possible. I've seen this job headed both to and from Metuchen at this time of day (around noon); even on weekends. But it is definitely not a regular daylight move. Your best bet is to listed for radio chatter of OI-8 or OI-32.
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Freight on the corridor is always fun - and so rare these days. I think the only corridor freight shot I ever got was back in print film days (egad!) from the platform in Trenton. Looks like they finally removed the horns from the cab roof on those (at least this one) ex-EL SD45-2s, eh? Bet the engineers are happy about that!
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Yes, CSX moved it, the NS ones still have theirs in this location
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