| I had heard from the Wheeling Dispatcher talking to a track worker that he had to get a train in and a train out on the west side of the yard. I headed over there and sure enough there was a westbound poised to go out. No sign of an eastbound however. The shadows were quite long still, and shooting it coming into the yard would have put the train under complete shadow. So I decided to go up to Elton Road which I knew had no obstructions in the way. Unfortunately, the road was closed and a Wheeling crew was working on replacing the crossing (which I assume was the MOW dude the dispatcher was talking with). I didnt want to get too far away from Brewster just in case the Corman popped into town, so I decided I had to stick it out and grab it coming into the yard. I waited and waited and waited and I almost gave up on it, until finally I heard a Wheeling defect detector go off. I checked a timetable to make sure it wasnt coming from the other direction, and thankfully MP numbers did match up and it was my eastbound. Sure enough, I heard a horn moments later. I got set up and sure enough minutes later WE 768 from Carey came around the corner. And to my utter shock, a DRGW Tunnel Motor was on the front! I thought I had heard dispatch talking with WE 5412 earlier and I was correct. And not only that, but the train took long enough that most of the shadows had come off the rails so the unit was in perfect morning sunshine. Im very relieved I decided to stick it out! |