In what had become a routine during the maintenance blitz on the Philly sub, unit trash train heads west on 1 - but not for much longer; train will tie down at...
JUST LISTED! 5th Annual "STEAM IN AUTUMN" private car charter with former Baltimore & Ohio Office Car #98 (assigned to executive vice president in Baltimore)...
I'll be in the Altoona area and one of my goals is to see some SD80MAC's, what trains do are they usually assigned to and what times do they run? Thanks!...
They're usually sometimes on the C90 local freight, I assume. Otherwise they would be power for local coal trains on the South Fork Secondary to Central City....
Right now, 7 are in South Fork, 4 at Conway, 5 at Pittsburgh/Etna and 1 has been in the shop in Altoona for a month. ... Otherwise they would be power for...
A long time ago, when the sun shone over the middle Susquehanna Valley, NS 6704 (ex-CR 6846) crossed the historic stone arch bridge over Shermans's Creek in...
Wow nice Fred...and elephant style, too!! Eric A blast from the past! NS 11A resembles the Conrail days from a few years back with a trio of CR units for...
Does anyone happen to have a 1990 and 1995 Conrail locomotive roster? ~~Lance Myers NS Pittsburgh Line MP 209 http://www.railfanusa.com http://www.ebtrr.com ...
CSX manifest Q300 rolls east bound for the Trenton Line. Here, former Conrail unit leads a sister with 498 axles worth of train under the east facing signals...
I know that this group is all about Conrail and NS but why did CSX derate their AC6000's? Was it because they couldnt afford to keep so many AC6000's? Or are...
Ex-CR 5580 (now NS 6719) led an eastbound intermodal through the Turtle Creek Valley this morning: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=72718 Dave...
I am looking for any photos of the former Virginian Railway (VGN) E33 locomotives CR4600-CR4610 or same units under PC ownership while running the juice train....
It's hard to know exactly why they did it. RRs usually resort to derating because of diesel engine reliability problems in hopes that lower stress levels...
Full Text of Decision 34968 SERVICE DATE - AUGUST 9, 2004 DO SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD DECISION STB Docket No. AB-167 (Sub-No. 1161X) CONSOLIDATED RAIL...
On that same topic Don,CSX also de-rated the xCR C36-7's from 3,750hp to 3,000hp and re-classed them as C30-7's.Could be a 'fuel'saving rule. Brian ... that ...
That would result in a less efficient diesel engine, but anytime you reduce HP/trailing ton, you save fuel. If you have a 6000 ton train and you need 1...
A nice treat today wilst catching freight at HP-63.NS H-33 local had 2 Blue GP-38-2's and 26 cars. 5265 (x8052) and 5341 (x8180).Reminded me of early CR seeing...
Conrail standard cab 8303 with BNSF unit and a NS black unit pull intermodal train 20E east through the Septa station at Norristown en route to the MORL. ...
This train ran on Tuesday from WV to Detroit Edison. I don't have engine numbers yet. Will try to get them. Two wide cab dash 8. A beautiful sight! Chuck...
Better yet this evening I passed by a tied down NS 540 coal train in Florence/Bethlehem, PA....enroute for Martins Creek, PA (PPL) with a trio of blue...
Everybody, Ya gotta check out the 6 pictures by Frank Mellott on Fallen Flags railroad photos website! When you get on,scroll down to "New Material 08-14...
Gentlemen I was out and about the yard last night for the first time in about a month and I caught what I believe to have been NS 39G, it had UP 4108 and UP...
Full Text of Decision 34922 SERVICE DATE - AUGUST 13, 2004 EB SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD DECISION Docket No. AB-167 (Sub-No. 1094)A CHELSEA PROPERTY OWNERS...
While looking for slides in my "archive". I recently came across photos from a 1983 chase of BUOI across the Southern Tier with the 1980 in the lead. The 1980...
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