Lehigh Valley & Virginian Heritage Units at Decatur, IL, w/ CSX, NS, UP & ex-SP, 02.02.13

Train 1:
CSX 6142 and 6028, both GP40-2s, shove a long cut of cars across the CN/IC at Wabic, and back into the old B&O yard alongside NS's much bigger Decatur Yard.

Trains 2 and 3:
Two trains race out of the yard towards Wabic. NS C40-9W #9554 leads the "winning" train, which has run-through Union Pacific power. UP SD70M #4108, AC4400 #6262 (ex-Southern Pacific), ES44AC #7359 and AC4400 #6611 trail the NS unit. The second train, a switch move in the yard, stops across the Wabic diamonds to let the conductor off, with consecutively-numbered SD70M-2s #2753 and 2754 providing the power.

Train 4:
With CSX units going about their work in the distance, the two heritage units, which had just dropped off a train from St Louis at the yard, pull out across Wabic for headroom in the yard. NS 8104, the Lehigh Valley heritage unit, and NS 1069, the Virginian Railway heritage unit, look sharp as they pass the basic black of the two SD70M-2s. A few still shots of 8104 and 1069 follow.

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