We started with lunch at the Steaming Tender restaurant and then drove over to the railroad office. No one was around at first but I got out to take a photo and an employee said "Photos are ten bucks!" You could tell he was joking. We chatted a second and then I asked him if Leo still worked there. He said he was out on the road. Before leaving he got on his phone and called Leo for his location, which was north of Ware. He'd be there in 20 minutes. Awfully helpful of the guy. We charged off in that direction.
On the way up we noted all the crossings and such where good photos could be had and got a ways beyond Ware when we saw the headlights. Carl turned it around and headed us to the transload facility in Ware. It's and interesting place since the transload appears to be on a remnant of the B&M while the bulk of the MCER is former B&A (NYC/PC). The bridges in the yard reflect that. Plus, a GP9u and NW5 are currently sitting there. The train came along and Leo instantly spotted Carl with a friendly wave. We chased him back to Palmer where Leo took us into the compound for some better photos of equipment.
We ended the day with a visit with Billy Leazer at the old Amshack where we caught "Purple Trains" and the actually timely "Late For Sure Limited". No freight through but CSX was not still as an intermodal went back and forth sorting outbound trains. We left when the light died around 8:30pm.
The selected photos are in the Flickr album here:
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