April 2007 Photographs Page One
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On Tuesday mornings I have a Bible study in Chattanooga. It starts early, so those who need to can get to work on time. Since I'm no longer gainfully employed, I'm able to chase around town hunting trains...
	First stop: "Coffey's Cliff" where I found a lot of trains moving around. Notice the green signal; that near line belongs to CSX -- should be a train coming soon. Tuesday, April 3, 2007
	A view of DeButts Yard from "Coffey's Cliff, with a foggy Lookout Mountain in the distance. Tuesday, April 3, 2007
	A GE Dash 9 and two siblings lead this mixed freight into the yard. Tuesday, April 3, 2007
	Might be interesting to know what the tagger had in mind when he scribbled this inanity. Or maybe not... Tuesday, April 3, 2007
	Here comes that CSX train, a hot intermodal with an SD70MAC and a new ES44DC hauling the freight. Tuesday, April 3, 2007
	Another rolling billboard... Tuesday, April 3, 2007
	Out of the frozen north comes this Duluth, Winnepeg & Pacific box. Tuesday, April 3, 2007
	Another northerner visits, this Central Vermont boxcar is a sister to the previous one. Both roads are now part of the Canadien National system. Tuesday, April 3, 2007
	This box must have spent a good bit of time sitting still, judging by the elaborate artwork on it. Tuesday, April 3, 2007
	Back in Soddy, this catfish and a patched Conrail sibling haul the freight south. Tuesday, April 3, 2007
On Friday, we drove from Chattanooga to Fort Worth, Texas to spend Easter with our son and daughter-in-law. Saturday, Jeff and I met up with Dennis "Homer" Holmes, a dispatcher for the BNSF, and caught these shots
	On Friday I spotted this Gateway Western in the yard at Monroe, Louisiana. A quick "Railfan U-Turn" and I had this shot of a GP38 trying to hide behind a Kudzu-covered telegraph post. Saturday, April 7, 2007
	BNSF power in a variety of paint schemes north-bound at Saginaw, Texas on a cold, windy day. Saturday, April 7, 2007
	South-bound Amtrak scatters the pigeons feeding off the last grain train. Saturday, April 7, 2007
	Another south-bound grainer at the Saginaw Interlocker. The pigeons rejoice. Saturday, April 7, 2007
	Going away, grain silos in the background. Saturday, April 7, 2007
	Graffiti covers this old Frisco boxcar. Saturday, April 7, 2007
	"Awful" is right! Saturday, April 7, 2007
	The white cryogenics cars present another, bigger, target. Saturday, April 7, 2007
	Saturday, April 7, 2007
Thursday, April 19: a group of local railfans gather at Tennbridge Park to meet a "Visiting Fireman" from Nashville.
	On the way into the Big City I followed Back Valley Road down from Sale Creek and catch this north-bound mixed freight in Soddy. Thursday, April 19, 2007
	On the way home I spotted a green signal at Daisy for southbound traffic, so I got off of the four-lane and snuck back by the Defect Detector. Before long this BNSF War Bonnet came hustling through. Thursday, April 19, 2007
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