A Day to Catch Heritage Unit 145 on June 1, 2013

After hearing from a member of Yahoo's "Old Dominion Railfans" group that Heritage Unit 145 was leading Amtrak's northbound Palmetto, I was out to Elmont Saturday afternoon to wait for it.

When I arrived the block signal on track 3 was green meaning that we would get a southbound. Sure enough, shortly after I set up, Northeast Regional 195 called the signals at North Ashland, and made its stop at the Ashland Station. At 5:25 PM, Northeast Regional 195 passed by the camera with P42 123 in the lead.  

 
After 195's passage, the bottom block signal on track 3 changed to a lunar/restricting signal (red over white) which indicated that another southbound train was coming. At 5:30 the southbound Silver Star passed by with P42's 48 and 192.

 Then shortly after the Silver Star passed by, the northbound Palmetto passed by with Phase III Heritage Unit 145 in the lead.

  About 15 minutes after the Palmetto had passed, Q406 announced that it was passing the signals at Hunton, and passed by the camera with ES40DC 5205 and CW44AC 362

 The last train I saw before heading home was the southbound Auto Train led by P40's 814 and 831.