Morning at Pine Jct/Clark Road - 11 Trains! NS/CSX/Amtrak/EJ&E [7/24/2004]

Morning at Clark Road / Pine Junction - Gary, Indiana
7/24/2004
**WARNING! DO NOT RAILFAN HERE**
Since this video was taken, safety and security issues on the ground have changed. This location is no longer a safe and legal place to watch trains. Stay away! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
At the time this video was taken, railfanning was tolerated as long as one remained south of the CSX tracks and stayed out of the way of rail and truck traffic (and behaved oneself). This is no longer true. There is no longer any vantage point to photograph trains here from a legal location.
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After a week of master classes in Chicago, it was time to head for home. But there was time for one last stop ahead of the highway...
Here is the lineup:
00:28 A westbound Norfolk Southern mixed manifest roars past on the former Conrail/Penn Central/ New York Central main line led by D9-40CW #9880 and D9-40CW #9892, both in “primer” colors. NS was experiencing a severe locomotive shortage in the early 2000s, and new Dash 9’s were thrown out on the road even before the shops had time to give them a proper paint job. This was not an uncommon sight on NS at the time.
01:25 Another westbound Norfolk Southern, this time an intermodal, led by NS D9-40CW #9319, Union Pacific SD70M #4169, and another NS D9-40CW in primer coat.
02:18 Various maintenance of way vehicles appear on the old NYC main line.
03:17 In contrast with the slow pace of the M of W vehicles, Amtrak Train #350
"The Wolverine" [Chicago-Pontiac] roars by led by P42DC #126 and with an NPCU "Cabbage" (ex-F40) trailing.
03:52 A westbound EJ&E train, apparently led by a pair of SD38-2s heads up-and-over the NS and CSX tracks.
04:35 Next, Amtrak’s Train 49, the "Lake Shore Limited" (New York-Chicago), appears, led by P42DC #12 and P42DC #156. The train is a mere shadow of its glorious ancestor, the “Twentieth Century Limited”.
05:30 Having conceded the action thus far to the NS/NYC tracks, CSX finally makes an appearance on the former Chessie System/B&OCT/B&O line as a westbound intermodal creeps up, led by CW40-8 #7899 and C40-8 #7539.
06:08 Another westbound CSX intermodal appears, but stop short of our location.
06:37 An EJ&E local, led by a possible SD9 (or perhaps an ex-DMIR SD18). It’s a horrible shot, but any footage of an active SD9 in 2004 was pretty cool for this Ohio boy!
06:54 Another westbound CSX intermodal, this time led by CW40-8 #7650, AC4400CW #591, and AC60CW #624 sporting three variations of CSX livery.
08:29 A westbound NS intermodal flies by led by a pair of D9-40CW’s, one in primer.
08:51 One more westbound NS, this time led by C40-8W #8337 (Ex-CR #6091) in Conrail blue and D9-44CW #9425.
After 11 trains and maintenance equipment, it was time to hit the road.
[All times Eastern Daylight Time because I did not reprogram the camera]
*Originally recorded on VHS-C videotape*