Bay Coast 8-11-07

Bay Coast Railroad Observations:

GP15 400- Cape Charles, VA being worked on. Seemed to have some minor sideswipe - paint damage to the firemen's side cab. In BC paint.
GP10 2000- Cape Charles, VA in service, fresh BC paint
GP10 2001- Cape Charles, VA ?in service? parked in siding with 8096, ESHR dark blue scheme
GP38 2014- Little Creek, VA in service, ESHR dark blue scheme
GP10 8096- Cape Chalres, VA appears stored oos, ESHR light blue paint
MRS1 ## - stored at Little Creek, VA- has USA lettering
MRS1 ## - stored at Cape Charles, VA- has Eastern Shore lettering

BC has also painted several boxcars and a tank car in the new scheme, all are at Cape Charles, VA. Passenger cars in and around the shop at Little Creek, VA. Soome appear to be stored some seem to be getting worked on.

Traffic: A number of hoppers and covered hoppers were found at Little Creek. At Cape Charles were flat cars with large concrete sewer type blocks and such on them, covered hoppers of grain, covered hoppers of
?cement/limestone? product for the customer at Cape Charles that looks like a cement and or asphalt kind of operation.

There is a large cement plant at Cape Charles which makes special shapes. They started as the cement plant for the Bay Bridge/Tunnel, casting many of the components for the project.

The large shapes on the flat cars are reported to be for the Yuca Mountain project in Nevada.