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HiDef: No UP 1996 = Unplanned All-Nighter! Thanksgiving on Conrail's Lehigh Line | Roselle Park, NJ

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Channel: AliceInChains243 · 2012 · Entertainment

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November 22nd, 2012: When I realized I had slept in for no good reason on a day that UP's Southern Pacific Heritage Locomotive rode into Northern New Jersey on NS train 212 in perfect sunlight, I knew a bit of kicking myself in the head and redemption was in order. So in the world of me doing things any way but easy, I decided to take a ride to New Jersey and wait out the UP 1996's turn on train 211, a decision that would keep my trackside all night...with no sleep...on Thanksgiving of all days. Seeing as the SP Daylight was the only one of Union Pacific's Heritage Fleet that I really gave enough of a damn about, I figured why not, it'll be worth the drive in the end.

Well, I got out of work about half an hour after midnight, crossed the George Washington Bridge into Jersey around 01:30, and rolled to a stop at the tracks of Conrail's Lehigh Line at Roselle Park. The wait proved to be long and without the final reward, as Thanksgiving priorities back home swayed me to leave before the 211 and UP 1996 would eventually show their face. BUT, plenty of other action was witnessed all through the night until daybreak and then some. This "other action" was more than satisfying and was definitely enough to make the spontaneous sanity-questioning fanning run a success, even though I never quite made it to claiming the prize. Oh well, I'm sure that somewhere, someday, another chance will rise on the horizon.


Big shoutouts go to Austin MacDougall, who allowed me to use his image of UP 1996's eastbound run into New Jersey on 212 the day prior. You can find a link to his video of his take on the move of UP 1996 into New Jersey below, as well as a link to the rest of his material here on YouTube. The man puts out some great stuff, so do him a favor and hit the subscribe button, you won't be disappointed just like I haven't been as a long-time subscriber myself!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIQbN47Yd9c
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AND last but not least, another big shoutout goes to Matt Ryan, who kept my sanity out there on the platforms through the night! Seriously dude, thanks a million.

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