[quote name='jmp883' post='63171' date='Dec 31 2006, 01:42 ']Jumping back to just a few miles from my residence. We are in Butler, NJ on a rainy Saturday, 6/3/06. The train is SU-99, NYS&W's daily westbound freight train between Little Ferry, NJ and Binghamton, NY. This day they ran 2 SU-99's and this is the first one. Things aren't going so good for the train and her crew. Rain, slippery rail, and questionable motive power made the train stall. They finally got her moving, at little more than walking speed, and she crawled right by the Butler station and kept right on going. Who says you can't get dramatic photos in the rain? <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' />[/quote]
Very nice. As the author knows, I work in the police department trackside to this line about 400 feet east of where he snapped this pic but the sight is blocked by the train. Quite often the trains that are a mile or two length will stall for 1 to 3 hours blocking traffic in two or three municipalities.
The NYS&W operates between North Bergen NJ (next to Jersey City) and Syracuse NY.
Very nice. As the author knows, I work in the police department trackside to this line about 400 feet east of where he snapped this pic but the sight is blocked by the train. Quite often the trains that are a mile or two length will stall for 1 to 3 hours blocking traffic in two or three municipalities.
The NYS&W operates between North Bergen NJ (next to Jersey City) and Syracuse NY.
Rich Dean, Butler, New Jersey, USA
Member of Kinney Hose Co. 1, Butler Fire Dept. since 1973, Fire Police Officer since 2000
Dispatcher at Butler Police Communications from March 1975 to July 2009
Secretary of North Jersey Volunteer Firemen's Association since 1980
Member of Tri-Boro First Aid Squad (volunteer ems) since 2000 as a driver
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Member of Kinney Hose Co. 1, Butler Fire Dept. since 1973, Fire Police Officer since 2000
Dispatcher at Butler Police Communications from March 1975 to July 2009
Secretary of North Jersey Volunteer Firemen's Association since 1980
Member of Tri-Boro First Aid Squad (volunteer ems) since 2000 as a driver
Member of many Yahoogroups, owner of some such as:
[post="0"]FirematicEvents Yahoogroup[/post]the place to for listing and discussion of any event by a public safety organization.
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