#16 [2001oct5,161]
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The EBT employees brought out locomotive number 16 for this year's Spectacular. It was put on static display for the weekend, and it's lights lit from external power.
#16 [2001oct5,161]
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The EBT employees brought out locomotive number 16 for this year's Spectacular. It was
put on static display for the weekend, and it's lights lit from external power.
#16 [2001oct5,162]
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Number 16 looks convincing on the front of a string of coal cars.
#16 [2001oct5,163]
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Matt Stolzenfels and I again teamed up on most of these night shots.
#16 [2001oct5,164]
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Getting a tad artsy.
#16 [2001oct5,165]
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That numberplate sure looks shiny!
#16 [2001oct5,166]
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The headlight on #16 doesn't appear stock, it has a very wide and bright
beam, but it does light up the track well!
#16 [2001oct5,167]
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With some flashing on the locomotive.
Night Hopper [2001oct5,nighthop]
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The side discharge hopper and comapny in the Rockhill yard. This is about
a two minute exposure. This is a dual self-protrait, Matt's sillhouetted
against the hopper, and I'm sillhouetted against the car shop between te
hoppers. We'll get the hang of flashing eventually!
Caboose #27 [2001oct5,nightcab]
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Ambient light on caboose #27 by the boiler room.
Night Shops [2001oct5,nightshops]
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The picnic train by the boiler room. The building and caboose #28 beside it
were flashed.
Night Station [2001oct5,nightstation]
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An ambient light shot of Orbisonia station.
M1 [2001oct5,m11]
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A front quarter view of the M1. An beloved, irreplaceable, and home-built relic,
the M1 only sees scheduled service during the Spectacular each year.
M1 [2001oct5,m12]
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Head-on view of the M1 gas-electric.
Rockhill Yard [2001oct5,rockhill]
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A daytime counterpart shot to the night shot above of Rockhill yard.
All Aboard [2001oct5,boarding]
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The crowds were pretty good this year by my reckoning.
Hoppers [2001oct5,rustyhop]
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Getting artsy in Rockhill yard again!
Boxcar [2001oct5,box]
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A disused boxcar in Rockhill. Can you spot locomotive #17?
Turning Around [2001oct5,wye]
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The picnic train heads down the main toward the station, while the passenger
train backs around the wye to get ready for another run.
EBT Transit #9 [2001oct5,bus1]
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This privately owned bus is a recreation of EBT's own bus #9.
EBT Transit #9 [2001oct5,bus2]
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The bus is a matching vintage vehicle, restored to mimic EBT bus #9
which no longer exists.
M7 and Hoppers [2001oct5,m7hop]
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M7 sits with the remaining restored hoppers.
Night Train [2001oct5,nighttrain]
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The view from the picnic night train. Thankfully this year it did not rain
on the night trains.
Platform Ends [2001oct5,platend]
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These are the old beams from the end platforms on Combine #??. The platforms were
rebuilt prior to the Spectacular.
Meadow St. Crossing [2001oct5,17cross]
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#17 crosses Meadow Street.
Saltillo [2001oct5,salt1]
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The trackside of Saltillo station.
Saltillo [2001oct5,salt2]
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The backside of Saltillo station.
M7 and #16 [2001oct5,16m71]
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Late Sunday, time to put the locomotives away. From these daytime shots
#16's original appearance can be seen, no white, yellow, or polished brass
bands, just the utilitarian coal hauler basic black.
M7 and #16 [2001oct5,16m72]
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M7 was purchased for just
this sort of work, escorting the mikes around the railroad. M4 has been
used before to move the mikes, but it has a hard time and would never have
gotten #16 moved this much in short order.
M7 and #16 [2001oct5,16m73]
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M7 pushes #16 across Meadow Street and back to the coaling station.
M7 on Turntable [2001oct5,m7turn]
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#17 is at the far southern end of the serviceable track, and couples onto
the rear of #16. M7 then runs down the turntable lead and heads for its stall
in the roundhouse.
#17 Pushes #16 [2001oct5,16171]
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In a sight rarely (if ever) seen, #17 nudges #16 down the turntable lead with
several crew members keeping a close eye on the heavy mikes.
#17 Pushes #16 [2001oct5,16172]
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#16 and #17 making their way down the turntable lead.
#17 Pushes #16 [2001oct5,16173]
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#16 and #17 making their way down the turntable lead. The whispers from
#16's cylinders as its pistons moved were a palpable reminder of its
potential power.
#17 Pushes #16 [2001oct5,16174]
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#16 is spotted on the coach track, clear of the turntable lead. #17 is then
uncoupled and brought to the ash pit for servicing before retiring to the
roundhouse.
Securing #16 [2001oct5,16store1]
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While #16 was outdoors in clear space and daylight, the shop crew removed some
of the fiddly bits for safe keeping.
Securing #16 [2001oct5,16store2]
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The whistle is one of the items removed for safe keeping.
page by Bill Adams
