Scenes From RRE 2021 Turkey Shoot

RRE members watch I 166 pass through Berea. That is Marty Surdyk’s silver jeep behind them.

Bob Todten takes shelter from the rain in his vehicle.

Here comes the I 166 as NS train 20T passes nearby.

An eastbound NS manifest freight with Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific motive power passes through Berea.

Despite the cool temperatures and steady rain, a few brave Forest City Division of the Railroad Enthusiasts members still made it to Berea for the 46th Annual Turkey Shoot on Thanksgiving Day, Nov 25, 2021.

Marty Surdyk and Bob Todten arrived first, followed by another five members.

Both CSX and Norfolk Southern ran a few trains, including the I 166, the Canadian Pacific run through train on CSX with a 1+1 pair of CP GE’s which looked like they had previously been in coal train service, given their coating of what looked like coal dust on their car bodies.

In the photographs above, that is Marty’s  silver Jeep behind the group and Bob Todten, sitting in his SUV, avoiding the then-steady downpour. 

Back in 1975, Bob and I started what has become this annual tradition.

Article and Photographs by Mark Demaline

Tags: Berea Ohio, Canadian Pacific locomotives, Canadian Pacific motive power, CSX in Berea, Forest City Division of the Railroad Enthusiasts, Norfolk Southern in Berea, NS in Berea, Railfanning in Berea Ohio, RRE turkey shoot