FireChaserE3 wrote:Worse thing about the River Line is its unpredictability. My friend and I railfan up at Iona on the weekends and there are days when we can sit from 9AM until 5PM and see not one train and other days we can see at least ten. I definatelty feel your frustration.
Jim, you are so right about that. Was up there last month and took my future brother-in-law (14 yrs old) railfanning for the first time. Woke him up at 6:30am on a Saturday, get to Iona Island around 8 and didn't see our first train until about 1pm. Only saw 3 trains that day. Signal problems held things up. The highlight of the day was seeing a bald eagle in flight. And the week before that, got up there at 8 and saw about 5 trains within the first hour I was there. Anyway, bring something good to read to pass the time, make friends trackside to have good conversations with.... I'd rather have a bad day railfanning then shopping with the wife to be. LOL
Tim