My wife and are are settling on a home this week and I will finally have a place to start building the New Line. During our search over the past three months, we happened by a small NS yard in west Cleveland where a MOW train has been stored for at least the last month. Something about me is that I am not a big chaser of trains. I like to photograph unique equipment, but don't often sit listening to a radio in hope that a train will be approaching.
Back to this day in late May. After looking at a house in the area, my wife had to head to an appointment, so I went back to grab a few snapshots of the unique "mobile-homes" on flat cars. Most of the cars looked like they had Conrail heritage. I was hoping for a better angle of the generator car and the one actual passenger car, but I did not feel comfortable venturing out onto the right of way or further the other private property along the fence line. An NS westbound freight made a cameo while I was photographing below the W 150th St. Bridge. Note: The light rail line in the foreground is the Cleveland RTA's Red Line.
I left feeling like I had had a very successful trip, but then I thought I would stop by the Berea Depot to see what traffic might be there. However, as I headed down the Berea freeway past the Cleveland airport which parallels the NS mainline, the Executive train was crawling past two freights. I then did my best to make time to the depot to catch the train again. When I got there, I found out that this move must have been well known, as there were at least 5 others set up to photograph along the ROW. However, the Executive train must have gotten cleared to return to track speed, because it sped past right as I was jumping out of the car.
The Berea area, specifically by the Berea Depot Restaurant is certainly a great spot for any railfan, as it is not long before a CSX or NS train will happen by. I would definitely recommend it to anyone passing through the Cleveland area (the restaurant in the depot is excellent as well).
Back to this day in late May. After looking at a house in the area, my wife had to head to an appointment, so I went back to grab a few snapshots of the unique "mobile-homes" on flat cars. Most of the cars looked like they had Conrail heritage. I was hoping for a better angle of the generator car and the one actual passenger car, but I did not feel comfortable venturing out onto the right of way or further the other private property along the fence line. An NS westbound freight made a cameo while I was photographing below the W 150th St. Bridge. Note: The light rail line in the foreground is the Cleveland RTA's Red Line.
Then I noticed that the freight had stopped just below the bridge. Sure enough, I started to hear another horn coming from the east. This one sounded different though. Then the headlights came into focus and sure enough, some tuxedo clad F-units pulling the NS executive train were high-balling toward Berea. Please ignore the dead bush in the foreground. I should have had the presence of mind to push it out of the way, but they were going pretty fast once I sighted them.
The Berea area, specifically by the Berea Depot Restaurant is certainly a great spot for any railfan, as it is not long before a CSX or NS train will happen by. I would definitely recommend it to anyone passing through the Cleveland area (the restaurant in the depot is excellent as well).
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