posted on TRAINS.COM web site Pennsylvania adds $10 million to freight rail grants Published: Thursday, December 11, 2008 HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania will...
Hi All My name is Pete, and I'm new to the area. Just wondering what that structure is just west of highway 30 near 234. It sure as heck looks like an old...
is it possible that there was more than one northern Central railway? On the railroadia.org web site is a picture of an NCRy lock, very bottom of the page on...
Pete, Â First of all, welcome to the area. York County has a huge wealth of railroad heritage and there's much to be explored. Â The structure you see was...
Lee, Â That is a classic NCR heart-shaped lock. The lock is from the NCr which did run from baltimore north to Sunbury. These locks are rare and fetch a hefty...
Hey Pete, I have actually lived in this area all my life and never really questioned that structure's presence, but actually just the other day I was wondering...
"... Joseph Loucks, a York Catholic High School 10th grader, noticed one such deteriorating trestle on the now-abandoned line between Red Lion and Yoe. He is...
Gettysburg & Northern gets state grant Print article E-mail article to a friend Published: Monday, January 05, 2009GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania short line...
Hey guys, While this isn't a question directly relating to a railroad in York (other than the ownership connection to Yorkrail), I'm hoping someone here can...
My recollection, and it's been a few years, is that I caught them coming out of Lehigh on a mid to late (weekday) afternoon. 3-ish maybe? ... From: Robert...
Thanks for the info - my sources (my wife) told me she's been seeing the Woodsboro stone run in the mornings around 9AM, so maybe they do that run first then...
Hi all Since I've been in Pennsylvania, I've tried railfanning in various areas in and around York. I've gone as far north as Enola yard/Rockville bridge (I...
Pete: This line is used as a connection from Enola to Perryville and the NEC. Amtrak only allows NS trains on the NEC at night, so the majority of traffic is...
Thanks Jeff  Just wondering also, since I like to photograph fast passenger trains, if it's okay to sit at one of the stations along the NEC and shoot...
Hello Pete, It's been a year or two since I've tried, but I had absolutely no problem taking pictures at the Odenton station along the NEC. I used to go down...
Found this on ebay and it is already over my budget for one...... Does it look like an accurate one, as I have leaerned about some being forged for other...
It certainly is legit but this one has some major problems. It looks like it was electrified at some time in the past with the holes drilled in the bottom and...
I'm wondering how this might affect either of the two rail lines that sandwich the site. Ohio Blenders also has an old (truckless) Ma&Pa boxcar used for...
... The last drawings that I saw of the "plan" for the Northwest Triangle Project calls for one of the lines to be removed, and the other track to be realigned...
I heard talking that the plate(south) bridge not be removed from service due to clearance isssues , from PCC and Voith Seimens operations and that the truss...
I was fishing around on the internet looking up info on the H,HJ &G RR. THe only thing that came up was a copy of the minutes of the battlefield Commision of...
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Hey group; Go to http://www.pennpilot.psu.edu/ to download aerial photos from the York area. You can see either 1937 - 1942 or 1967 - 1971. It's great seeing...
It's been since October '08 when colorful power last worked the 510 / 511 coal trains from Shire Oaks to the Glatfelter paper mill.  This weekend we are...
After seeing several HUGE piles of ties, both new and used, in the Glenville PA area on the CSX 'Dutch line', a little research was in order. I came up with...
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