PASSING TRAINS PT44; NP71 PT1

 NP71, the eastbound manifest between NYC and Pittsburgh, rolls into town...

Leading on this Memorial Day is ET44AC 531, the POWMIA unit.

Ex-GECX ET44AC 2032 -the Veteran's Unit- is in the yard, making this a special day for the Hillsdale Yard crew!

A pair of loaded plastic pellet hoppers are on the head end.

A pair of boxcars loaded with paper products.

A potash hopper and a chemical tank car. Both are empty, like most of the cars in the train.

A pair of reefers returning to the Midwest.  These are former CEFX cars; now owned by Cedar Grove Logistics, the "E" has been replaced by a "G" in the reporting marks.

A pair of empty autoracks, one owned by the Utah Central, the other by BNSF.

A boxcar and a tank car carrying anhydrous hydrogen fluoride.

An empty VTTX flatcar and a string of boxcars.

More of NP71 next week, until then...

Enjoy your Memorial Day!

TOWN LIFE PT 25; MOTHER'S DAY

It's Mother's Day in Hillsdale! A look at the local scene...

 The Hickory Pit Bar-B-Q is busy, as the local moms get treated to brunch specials.

KFC is also doing business. No one wants to cook on Mother's Day!

Dairy Queen also has customers; a mom treats her two kids at the window, while another woman enjoys her cone on the way back to her car. And, since it's Sunday, one of the local hot rods sits in the parking lot as well.

One man gave his wife a real treat; a limousine ride to the beauty shop, followed by a trip to a cabin on Youghiogheny Lake! Their young son is with his grandparents; after tonight, he might soon have a sibling!

Another mother is being treated to a limo ride through town as well.

Two young women enjoy a shopping trip to Jackie's Fine Fashions. There are several other women inside the store checking out the latest fashions as well.

The Pub is also busy this Mother's Day, as men treat the women in their lives to dinner and drink.

Happy Mother's Day!