FL9

Even though I posted no train pictures yesterday, I cannot say I did not see any.  I had to run some things down to the office late yesterday afternoon, and when I came out I heard DS22 talking to a southbound loaded coal approaching Tower 55.  The lead unit was the BNSF 5771, and that sounded sufficiently new to be worth a detour on the way home.  The light was getting low, so I drove the short distance from the office over to the area around Seminary Road to look for an open area.  The seminary crossing itself was already in shadow, and I was about to move on when I heard a horn approaching from the south instead of the coal train I was expecting from the north.  I ran up onto a rise on the south side of the crossing, and bagged a late-running Amtrak #22 with the 157 leading seven hi-level cars.

Now I heard on the radio that the coal train was waiting at Tower 55 for #22 to pass by.  This gave me time to move on north to a grassy spot just south of the Berry Street underpass where I would still have direct light from the sun that was now skirting the tree tops.  The loaded coal arrived with about two minutes to spare.

By the time the DPU roared by, the sun was gone and I headed back home content with my quick two-for-one fix for the day.