What?
"Vader is just down the road..."

Those famous and prophetic words are the railfan equivalent of "Watch this Bubba!".
The scanner spewed forth information on a coal train coming through Vader and our heads filled with visions of giant locomotives screaming for traction on the point of a mile of hoppers laden with the black diamonds.  And off we went, hell bent for leather and Kodak.  Seventy some-odd miles later we found Vader, barely more than a wide spot in the road and certainly not the promised land we envisioned.  After sitting there for about an hour waiting for God to arrive in the form of a Cream & Green 60 MAC all we got was a plain vanilla SD40-2. (Hey, back then they were plain vanilla!)  Imagine going to a drag race hoping to see "Big Daddy" Don Garlits and his fire breathing Top Fuel rail.  You arrive at the track and all you get is Joe Lunchbucket in a 1982 Chrysler "K" car.  Rats!
Never mind, let's go chase some trains......