Conrail Lehigh Line sightings

Saturday I was out in Union,NJ on the Conrail Lehigh Line from 6:15AM-10:00PM, here is what I caught:

NS 11J (ES40DC and D9-40CW)
NS 20E (2 D9-40CW and 1 ES44AC)
NS 21M (2 D9-40CW, 1 SD70M-2)
CSX Q410 (SD70MAC, SD60I, C40-8)
NS 22V (2 D9-40CW)
NS 212 (D8-40CW, 2 ES40DC)
CSX Q300 (C40-8W, ES40DC)
NS 211 (2 ES40DC, 2 D9-40CW)
CSX Q418 (2 ES44AH)
CSX Q439 (ES40DC, C40-8)
NS 33K (D9-40CW, ES44AC)
CSX Q301 (ES40DC, C40-8W)
CSX Q034 (2 ES40DC, 1 AC6000CW)
NS 290 (D9-40C, SD60)
NS 18N (2 D9-40CW)
CSX Q409 (SD70MAC, C40-8)
NS 25V (2 D9-40CW)
CSX Q417 (2 ES44AH)
NS 20K (D9-40CW, D8-40C, ES40DC)
NS 25Z (D9-40CW, SD70)
CSX Q438 (ES40DC, SD40-2)
NS 20W (D9-40CW, SD60)

Where do you sit at for all that time? Once a few years ago I found a spot behind a warehouse but the cops came and told me to leave. Didnt really like the union station to much. Would like to watch this line more often though

tahawus84 wrote:Where do you sit at for all that time? Once a few years ago I found a spot behind a warehouse but the cops came and told me to leave. Didnt really like the union station to much. Would like to watch this line more often though

I was at the Union Train station with a few friends, I have a letter from NJT saying i'm allowed to film trains at any and all stations with a tripod and all, just as long as i'm out of the way of passengers. I got there just before sunrise at 6:15AM and left on the 10:03PM train to Newark.

Saturday I went to Bound Brook from 8:15AM-9:30PM, here's what i caught

NS 212 at 8:38AM
NS D9-40CW 9823
NS D9-40C 8856
NS D9-40CW 9036

NS 21M at 8:47AM
NS D9-40CW 9201
NS D9-40CW 8903
NS SD70M-2 2710

CR MA80 at 9:06AM
NS GP38-2 5621
NS GP38-2 5637

NS 11J at 9:22AM
NS D9-40CW 9385
NS D9-40CW 9648

CSX L128 at 9:50AM
CSX ES44AH 845
CSX AC4400CW 486
CSX ES44AH 813

NS I0W at 10:14AM
NS SD70M-2 2664
NS D8-40CW 8394

NS 211 at 11:54AM
NS ES40DC 7637
NS D9-40CW 9403
NS D9-40CW 9454

CSX Q418 at 1:20PM
CSX ES40DC 5456
CSX SD60M 8785

CSX Q706 at 3:45PM
CSX SD40-2 8117

NS 20K at 3:53PM
NS ES40DC 7538
NS SD60I 6749
NS D9-40CW 9951

NS 33K at 3:56PM
NS SD60M 6799
NS D9-40C 8850

NS 202 at 4:07PM
NS D9-40CW 9666
NS D9-40C 8871
NS SD70M-2 2760

CR MA80 at 4:58PM
NS GP38-2 5637
NS GP38-2 5621

NS 18N at 6:11PM
NS D9-40CW 9772
NS SD60M 6791

NS 20W at 6:25PM
NS ES40DC 7701
NS SD70 2530

CSX Q300 at 6:33PM
CSX SD40-3 4006
CSX C40-8W 7768

CSX Q034 at 6:43PM
CSX ES44AH 770
CSX AC4400CW 332
CSX ES44AH 896

CSX Q439 at 6:47PM
CSX SD70MAC 4740
CSX C40-8W 7802

NS 64K at 7:31PM
NS D9-40CW 9418
NS D9-40CW 9501
CSX C40-8 7505
CSX AC4400CW 21

CSX Q417 at 7:48PM
CSX AC4400CW 599
CSX ES44AH 812

CSX Q409 at 8:06PM
CSX ES40DC 5279
CSX C40-9W 9049
CSX SD40-2 8360
CSX AC4400CW 430
CSX SD50-2 2498

NS 25V at 8:18PM
NS D9-40CW 9647
NS SD60M 6783

NS 25Z at 9:06PM
NS D9-40CW 9335
NS SD60E 6941
NS SD60 6522 (UP Paint)

NS 290 at 9:19PM
NS D9-40CW 9613
NS D9-40CW 9573
NS D9-40CW 9614

Overall a fun day with friends and might do it again next weekend

Union today from 6am-10PM

11J (D9-40CW, D8-40CW)
18G (SD70M-2, SD60I)
Q190 (ES40DC, ES44AH)
22V (SD70M-2, D9-40CW)
21M (2 ES40DC, 4 D9-40CW)
20E (SD70M-2, D9-40CW, ES40DC)
Q702 (SD70MAC, ES40DC)
212 (D9-40C, D9-40CW, D8-40C)
Q438 (ES44AH, SD60)
211 (2 D9-40CW, D8-40CW)
Q418 (2 ES44AH, SD60I, AMTK GP38H-3)
33K (2 D9-40CW, SD60M)
K048 (CP AC4400CW, CP ES44AC, DME SD40-2)
20K (3 D9-40CW)
Q417 (C40-8W, ES40DC)
25V (D9-40CW, SD70M-2)
Q439 (ES40DC, AC4400CW)
Q300 (2 AC4400CW)
Q409 (ES44AH, C40-8W, GP38-2S)
25Z (ES40DC, D8-40CW)
Q034 (ES44AC, AC4400CW, ES44AH)
290 (D9-40C, ES40DC, SD60E)
18N (D9-40CW, SD70)

Saturday I went to Union from 5:45AM-8:45PM here is the list, also I broke my record of most trains seen :D

1) NS 18G (2 NS D9-40CW, 1 NS SD60M)
2) NS 11J (2 NS D9-40CW)
3) NS 20E (D9-40CW, ES40DC, SD70M)
4) NS 21M (SD70M, 2 D9-40CW)
5) CSX Q703 (ES40DC, AC4400CW)
6) CSX Q702 (ES40DC, C40-8W)
7) NS 22V (ES40DC, SD70M)
8) CSX Q410 (SD70MAC, C40-8)
9) NS 24Z (SD70M-2, D9-40CW)
10) NS 212 (2 D9-40CW, SD70M-2)
11) NS 211 (2 D9-40CW, SD60E)
12) CSX Q417 (ES44AC, ES44AH)
13) NS 33K (ES40DC, D9-40CW)
14) CSX K534 (ES40DC, AC4400CW)
15) CR OI16 (NS SD40-2, NS SD45-2)
16) NS 202 (3 D9-40CW, D8-40CW)
17) CSX Q418 (SD40-2, ES44AH, 2GS14B)
18) NS 20K (3 D9-40CW)
19) NS 20W (3 D9-40CW)
20) NS 25V (D8-40CW, D9-40CW)
21) NS 290 (D9-40CW, SD70, SD60)
22) CSX K477 (CN SD70M-2, CN C44-9W)
23) NS 18N (2 D9-40CW)
24) CSX Q300 (ES44AH, ES40DC)
25) CSX Q034 (ES44AC, ES40DC, AC4400CW)

Yesterday In went to Union from 10AM-8PM, here's what I caught

22V (2 D8)
M9G (3 D9, 1 D8)
Q410 (2 SD70MAC, 1 C40-8)
66J (SD60, D9)
212 (SD70M, 2 C40-9)
Q707 (D8, GEVO)
Q439 (GEVO, D9)
20K (SD70M-2, SD60, Virginian Heritage Unit)
Q191 (2 GEVO)
32A (D9, SD70, SD70M-2)
Q300 (AC44, GEVO)
Q034 (GEVO, 2 AC44)

Union on Saturday the 15th from 6:45am-8:45pm

1) NS 11J (2 D9)
2) CSX Q190 (GEVO, SD40-2, SD60M)
3) NS 20E (2 D9, D8)
4) NS 21M (D8, C40-9, D9)
5) NS 22V (2 D9)
6) CSX K532 (D9, GEVO)
7) NS 212 (SD70M-2, SD60, D9)
8) CSX K040 (BNSF SD70MAC in BN paint, BNSF ES44DC, BNSF SD70ACe)
9) NS 211 (3 D9)
10) CSX Q702 (2 GEVO)
11) CSX Q410 (2 GEVO, SD50, C40-8)
12) CSX Q417 (2 AC6000)
13) NS 20K (GEVO, 2 D9)
14) NS 20w (SD70M, D9)
15) NS 33K (C40-9, 2 GEVO)
16) CSX K485 (SD40-3, D8)
17) NS 25V (2 D9)
18) CSX Q439 (SD70MAC, SD50)
19) CSX Q418 (C40-8, SD70MAC)
20) NS 290 (SD70M-2, D9)
21) CSX Q438 (GEVO, AC44)
22) CSX K531 (SD40-3, C40-8)
23) NS 18N (Lehigh Valley Heritage Unit, ES44AC)
24) CSX Q300 (D8, GEVO)

Here's what I caught today (10-19-13) at Union,NJ from 5:45AM-9:45PM (16 hours)

1) NS 18G
NS ES40DC 7596
NS D9-40CW 9494
NS GP38-2 5271

2) NS 212
NS D9-40CW 9530
NS D9-40CW 8915
NS D9-40CW 9039

3) NS 20E
NS D9-40CW 9566
NS D9-40CW 9034
NS SD70M-2 2778

4) NS 11J
NS D9-40CW 9257
NS D9-40CW 9316

5) NS 21M
NS D9-40CW 9186
NS SD70 2568
NS D9-40CW 9444

6) NS 22V
NS D9-40CW 9485
NS D9-40CW 9885

7) CSX K040-16
BNSF D9-44CW 4680
BNSF SD70ACe 9087
BNSF D9-44CW 4604

NS 211
NS D9-40CW 9814
NS D9-40CW 9810
NS D9-40CW 9704
NS D8-40CW 8320

9) CSX Q190
CSX ES44AH 779
CSX AC4400CW 567

10) CSX Q418
CSX C40-8W 7855
CSX C40-8W 7778

11) CSX Q300
CSX C40-8W 7729
CSX ES44AH 801

12) NS 33K
NS D9-40CW 9039
NS D9-40CW 8915
NS D9-40CW 9530

13) CSX K040-17
NS SD70ACe 1069 "Virginian Heritage Unit"
NS SD70ACe 1054
NS SD70ACe 1034

14) NS I3Z
NS SD70M-2 2778
NS D9-40CW 9034
NS D9-40CW 9566

15) NS 25V
NS D9-40CW 9885
NS D9-40CW 9385

16) CSX Q417
CP ES44AC 8726
CSX SD50-2 8558
CSX Road Slug 2282
CSX GP40-2 6922

17) CSX Q439
CSX ES44AH 861
CSX SD40-2 8155
CSX SD50-2 8534

Here is what I caught at Bound Brook, Middlesex and Piscataway on Friday from 7:45AM-8:15PM

1) 22V (D9, SD70)
2) 21M (2 D9, M-2)
3) 24Z (D9, D8)
4) Q140 (GEVO, AC44)
5) MA01 (NS GP38)
6) 20R (2 D9)
7) Q417 (C40-8, AC44, D8)
8) 67J (2 D9)
9) K043 (BNSF GEVO, CP GEVO, BNSF MAC)
10) Q032 (3 GEVO)
11) K042 (BNSF SD75M, BNSF C4, Southern Pacific AC44)
12) Q300 (AC44, GEVO)
13) K040 (BNSF C4, D8)
14) 33K (D9, OLS D9)
15) 20K (SD60E, BNSF D9, NS D9)
16) Q438 (GEVO, AC60, Road Slug, GP40, GP38)
17) 18N (GEVO, D9)
18) 32A (M-2, D9)
19) Q191 (GEVO, 70MAC)
20) Q418 (SD40-2, 60M, GP40, GP38-2S)
21) Q439 (60M, C40-8)
22) 25V (D9, SD70)

Yesterday, I went to Union on the Lehigh Line from 5:45AM-6:45PM, here is what I caught:

1) NS 18G (2 D9)
2) CSX Q703 (GEVO, SD50)
3) NS 20E (D9, BNSF C4, NS ES44AC)
4) NS 11J (D9, 60E)
5) NS 212 (D8, SD70, GEVO)
6) NS 21M (2 D9, C40-9)
7) CSX Q409 (GEVO, 70MAC, AMTK GP38H-3)
8) CSX Q438 (SD70ACe, 60M, SD60, GP40, Slug)
9) NS 22V (D9, D8)
10) CSX Q190 (AC44, GEVO)
11) NS 211 (2 D9, GEVO)
12) NS 20W (D9, C40-9)
13) CSX K049 (CP AC44, CP GEVO)
14) CSX K042-19 (BNSF ES44DC, NS ES44AC, NS SD70ACe 1000)
15) NS 67J (GEVO, 2 D9)
16) CSX Q702 (70MAC, C40-8)
17) NS 33K (2 D9)
18) CSX Q410 (GEVO, AC60, 2 60M)
19) CSX K042-20 (CP GEVO, NS D9, BNSF D9)
20) NS 20K (D9, GEVO, C40-9)
21) NS 290 (GEVO, D9)
22) CSX Q301 (AC44, C40-8)

Saturday, I went to Union (CP Townley) from 5:15AM-10:45PM

1) L033 (2 GEVO, D8)
2) Q702 (2 GEVO)
3) K041 (BNSF GEVO, BNSF D9)
4) Q190 (AC44, D8)
5) 11J (GEVO, D9)
6) 21M (GEVO, D8, D9)
7) 212 (ACe, SD60, D9)
8) 18G (SD60, GEVO)
9) Q300 (2 D8)
10) 22V (Nickel Plate Road GEVO, SD70)
11) K048 (2 CP AC44)
12) Q438 (GEVO, AC44)
13) Q410 (GEVO, AC44 "Spirit of Magnolia")
14) 211 (GEVO, SD60, D9)
15) Q409 (2 GEVO)
16) Q703 (2 GEVO)
17) K532 (2 GEVO)
18) 290 (2 D9)
19) Q034 (2 GEVO, AC44)
20) 25Z (OLS D9, 70M)
21) 25V (Nickel Plate Road GEVO, SD70)
22) 20W (2 D9)

Today I was at Manville, Bound Brook, Piscataway and Union from 7:45AM-10PM

1) 21M (2 D9)
2) Q301 (D8, HLCX SD40-2)
3) 22V (D8, D9)
4) 212 (2 D9, C40-9)
5) 18N (D8, GEVO)
6) MA1 (NS GP38-2)
7) 33K (D9, D8)
8) L140 (2 GEVO)
9) K048 (GEVO, CP AC44)
10) Q032 (2 GEVO, AC44)
11) Q191 (2 GEVO)
12) Q418 (2 AC44)
13) 32A (GEVO, UP ACe)
14) 25V (D9, D8)
15) 20K (3 D9)

In case you are wondering, yes I missed 11J, 18N (New York Central Heritage Unit), 20E, 20R, 24Z and Q438

Yesterday I went to CP Townley from 3:30AM-1:30PM

1) L033 (2 GEVO, AC44)
2) Q410 (GEVO, CP SD60)
3) Q439 (AC60 "DIM", D8)
4) Q190 (2 GEVO)
5) Q301 (2 AC44)
6) 11J (2 D9)
7) 18G (D9, 2 GEVO, 3 NJT cars)
8) 22V (GEVO, D8)
9) 21M (3 D9)
10) 20W (60E, BNSF GEVO)
11) 20E (2 D9, 70M)
12) 212 (2 D9, GEVO)
13) K044 (BNSF GEVO, NS D9, NS 60E, BNSF D9)
14) Q438 (60I, AC60, AC44, 70MAC)
15) 211 (2 ACe, D9)
16) 33K (D8, D9)

I was at Bound Brook and Piscataway from 1:45pm Saturday until 1am Sunday. Here are the trains that passed:

1) Q418 (C40-8/D8)
2) Q438 (GEVO/3 AC44)
3) 290 (UP ACe/GEVO)
4) 33K (2 D9)
5) 67Z (70M/M-2/D9)
6) 64E (ACe/UP GEVO/UP ACe)
7) 18N (GEVO/D9)
8) MA80 (NS GP40-2/NS GP38-2)
9) K533 (GEVO/AC60)
10) 20K (60E/D9/D8)
11) Q409 (GEVO/AC44)
12) S300 (D8/2 SD50)
13) Q417 (MAC/SD50)
14) Q301 (AC60/AC44)
15) I90 (BNSF GEVO)
16) 25Z (GEVO/D8)
17) L034 (AC60/2 GEVO)
18) 25V (2 D9/M-2)
19) 23Z (80MAC/2 D9)