Road trip




          I has been a while since my last post but I have  just been too busy with dealing with life, work, weather,a car accident and other issues that has kept me from writing, hopefully you guys can look past this. Today's blog is about a trip I took to Bellevue Ohio with my buddy Dave.

    It began with a 4:15am alarm ringing I was on the road and picking Dave up at 6:00am for the hour and a half drive west. Once we got there we sat a while and watched some trains along with the sun rising up behind us. After a few trains we went to get snacks and what we considered breakfast when we came upon a Train changing crews and getting a inspection for a hot box.

NS 218 at Flat Rock Road with a heritage unit in tow
After the 218 we hit the road in a effort to capture a Wheeling train in the next town over. We got there in plenty of time, and we were joined by another railfan. Now it was a great location and light but it did not turn out well for my buddy who just as the train approached the trestle had his camera battery die. I was able to get the shot but I did feel bad Dave didn't get it.

Wheeling over the water  
After the Wheeling train we made out way back to the railfan park where we spent the day watching trains come in and out of the yard. Next series of events wound up with a chase, we heard the interstate heritage unit  was on a outbound train we tried to get it coming out of the yard but with the wrong lighting and cars getting in the way we got in the van and began our chase out to a country road where we knew we could catch it again and this time in good light and without people or things in our way.

NS 179 crossing Twp Rd 24 with the interstate heritage unit leading
We Decided to hang out at our location for a few more trains one with a standard cab leader that was behind the 179. After them we went back to the park and got pizza and other unhealthy food where we sat and watched a crew put their train together. After a day of trains we began our way home and found our way into a town called Spencer where we spent the rest of the evening watching a wheeling train switch, and I wound up getting me some neat night shots.

Night Light

With the Wheeling train we were watching finishing up work we were able to hear two more Wheeling Trains coming so we stayed and I used it to set the stage to catch my final picture of the Wheeling train passing the elevator at night.

Into the night

With the day fully behind us I dropped Dave back off at home and made it in myself it was 11:15pm by the time I made it in tired, but satisfied with another nice road trip in the books. I hope you enjoyed my blog about my adventure. As Always I try and leave you with some food for thought, Sometimes we can become down and discouraged along with being depressed when things do not work out our way, but our greatest strength comes from how we push through our hurt and pain. This is one way we honor God and show that we trust him when all else seems to fail. Until Next time Take care and remember God is Still in Control.

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