I am the railroad photographer from Upstate NY who asked some questions a while ago, but a new one has arose. This past Saturday, the Amtrak Lake Shore Limited had 2 extra passenger cars on it. Not only that, the daily CSX Buffalo-Albany freight had 2 engines PLUS one in the middle of the train and that engine wasn't even owned by CSX but rather, Norfolk Southern. All this has to mean something, but what Bill?
what i am missing, is how much consistency the trains have otherwise. you always tell me about something that is different from the way it 'normally' is, but i feel like i am lacking a sense of how often it is the normal way. when you say there are '2 extra cars' on a train today, what i would really like to know is how many consecutive days before that did it have 2 fewer than today