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Snow Showers - and Sun |
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NS 21Q, a big westbound stack train, kicks up fresh snow in Cresson, PA as the head end clears MO interlocking on Track 3. The sun is out, and it's still snowing...classic 'lake-effect' snowfall! |
| Photo Date: |
2/3/2011 Upload Date: 3/7/2011 9:02:41 AM |
| Location: |
Cresson, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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NS 9532(C40-9W) |
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| Title: |
Another Day at the Summit |
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NS 21J meets 20R east of Cresson, PA, just a few hundred yards from the summit of the Alleghenies as wet snow begins to fall. |
| Photo Date: |
2/3/2012 Upload Date: 9/23/2012 10:20:33 PM |
| Location: |
Cresson, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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NS 2754(SD70M-2) |
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| Title: |
Life in Hollidaysburg |
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Once famous for the massive PRR/PC/Conrail car shops, Hollidaysburg is much quieter now. The shops are shut down except for a few smaller tenants, and miles of yard track are abandoned or used for long-term car storage during the recession. There is still a consignee, however; here the NS Cove Secondary turn from Altoona has come to town to serve the customer. The train is returning to Altoona and passing the old U.S. Hotel in Hollidaysburg. |
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2/3/2011 Upload Date: 3/7/2011 9:03:56 AM |
| Location: |
Hollidaysburg, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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NS 2378(MP15DC) NS 5258(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
Working Clearfield Yard |
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A nice catch at the end of the day was RJC-2, a Clearfield-based RJ Corman crew, building a train for interchange in the former NYC yard in Clearfield. Once together, this train will travel the "WBV" line (West Branch Valley, former NYC trackage) down to the juction at Keating on the Buffalo Line, where the traffic will be handed off to NS. The ethanol plant is in the distance on the left of this frame. |
| Photo Date: |
2/3/2011 Upload Date: 3/7/2011 9:03:16 AM |
| Location: |
Clearfield, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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Yard |
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RJCP 7697(GP38) |
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| Title: |
Past the Depot |
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NS C48 rolls downgrade past the Windber Depot (in the back right-hand side of the frame) and through downtown on its way to the South Fork Secondary and the climb over the hill to South Fork. |
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3/4/2011 Upload Date: 3/7/2011 9:21:49 AM |
| Location: |
Windber, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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NS 7216(SD80MAC) |
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| Title: |
Downtown |
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The rear-end help on NS C48 clears 15th street in Windber as C48 begins its trip from the Rosebud mine over the hill to South Fork. |
| Photo Date: |
3/4/2011 Upload Date: 3/7/2011 9:21:22 AM |
| Location: |
Windber, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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NS 7211(SD80MAC) |
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| Title: |
Hitting the Grade |
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The unique sound of SD80MAC's with their massive 20-cylinder EMD prime movers is on full display as C48 climbs the hill, northbound out of Windber. Deep snow accents the scene as the diesels work to lift coal loads towards the PRR main line. |
| Photo Date: |
3/4/2011 Upload Date: 3/7/2011 9:20:33 AM |
| Location: |
Windber, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 7216(SD80MAC) |
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304 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The Last of the Hill |
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NS C48 curves through the last of the grade climbing to Summit, PA, as the sun begins to set. |
| Photo Date: |
3/4/2011 Upload Date: 3/7/2011 9:19:51 AM |
| Location: |
Summit, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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NS 7216(SD80MAC) |
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| Title: |
Cresting the Grade |
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NS C48 crests the physical summit of the South Fork Secondary, which is right at the NS station marker sign, and begins its descent to South Fork. |
| Photo Date: |
3/4/2011 Upload Date: 3/7/2011 9:19:25 AM |
| Location: |
Summit, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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NS 7201(SD80MAC) |
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| Title: |
Twisting Downgrade |
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The whine of dynamic brakes announces the arrival of C48 as it rounds the bend into the Johnstown Flood Memorial site. The train has crossed the ridge in the distance and is close to home now. |
| Photo Date: |
3/4/2011 Upload Date: 3/7/2011 9:18:38 AM |
| Location: |
South Fork, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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NS 7216(SD80MAC) |
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| Title: |
A Sacred Site |
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NS C48 rolls though the location of the dam that burst on May 31, 1889, an event that caused the Johnstown Flood. The profile of the dam is visible behind the lead locomotive. As a civil engineer, this site carries much darkness for me; this dam failure resulted in 2,209 deaths, the largest civilian casualty count in the history of the United States to that point. The dam had been constructed safely by the State for a canal reservior, but was later abandoned and subsequently purchased by an exclusive hunting club. They did not properly maintain the dam. In fact, the club put screening across the spillways and safety outlets to ensure fish stayed in the lake behind the dam, but these also clogged with debris. After a huge rain storm, debris fully clogged the screen, and disaster followed. The lesson for fellow engineers: do not ever let profit or pleasure cloud a situation dealing with public safety. The wealthy may not be used to hearing 'no' when it comes to their pastimes, but public safety must come first. |
| Photo Date: |
3/4/2011 Upload Date: 3/7/2011 9:18:04 AM |
| Location: |
South Fork, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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