Today, the local train watchers get a special treat:
GE C44-9W 5410, the Rock Island Heritage unit, rolls through with EXTRA 5410.
While EXTRA 5410 is an empty trash run, headed back to Pittsburgh, the fact that it is lead by the Rock Island unit makes it a "must see" train!
Another view as the train passes downtown. If any of those drivers are railfans, then traffic may move slower than it should!
The train is a solid string of 85' flats loaded with trash containers. Both cars and containers are owned by East Coast Carbon; orange is the color they use for their equipment. Because the containers are 12' tall, they can only be transported by flatcars -they are much too tall to double-stack.
The EOT hangs on the end coupler of the last car, as usual.
After EXTRA 5410 passes, a nearly new ET44AC, NS 3658. is visible in the yard. With today's locomotive pooling agreements, almost any railroad's power may be found sitting in Hillsdale Yard.
On a side note, I have seen -and photographed- 3658; that is why I bought this particular model.
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