I was bored yesterday, so I decided to see if I could stay up all night along the Port Road. When I watch the Port Road, I normally sit in Columbia. The first train came through at around 7:30 PM and the last one passed at 5:15 AM. I was there until 10 AM. (I think it's too bad that the traffic is only at night) Thanks to a thirty minute nap and a can of Red Bull, I felt great the entire night.
One noted occurance was 34A going into emergency in Marietta because of someone on the tracks. What I heard over the radio was that the horn was blown several times but the individual would not get off the tracks. That caused a thirty minute delay.
Eastbound
34A- general merchandise with two GE's.
804- loaded coal train with two GE's.
12T- general merchandise with one GE and one ConRail blue SD50.
36A- general merchandise with one GE and one SD60.
12N- autorack with one GE and one SD60.
24M- intermodal with two GE's.
Westbound
691- empty coal train with two GE's.
13G- general merchandise with two GE's, one of them a ConRail dash8.
37A- empty coal train with two GE's.
13N- autorack with two GE's.
33A- general merchandise with three GE's, one a CR dash8, and one SD70M-2.
That's it. I thought the activity was a little sparse due to once seeing fourteen trains between 8PM and 3AM a couple years back. Still, overall I had fun.
Melvin
One noted occurance was 34A going into emergency in Marietta because of someone on the tracks. What I heard over the radio was that the horn was blown several times but the individual would not get off the tracks. That caused a thirty minute delay.
Eastbound
34A- general merchandise with two GE's.
804- loaded coal train with two GE's.
12T- general merchandise with one GE and one ConRail blue SD50.
36A- general merchandise with one GE and one SD60.
12N- autorack with one GE and one SD60.
24M- intermodal with two GE's.
Westbound
691- empty coal train with two GE's.
13G- general merchandise with two GE's, one of them a ConRail dash8.
37A- empty coal train with two GE's.
13N- autorack with two GE's.
33A- general merchandise with three GE's, one a CR dash8, and one SD70M-2.
That's it. I thought the activity was a little sparse due to once seeing fourteen trains between 8PM and 3AM a couple years back. Still, overall I had fun.
Melvin
