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Mountain Railroading |
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Normally I don't put images like this on the web, but the sheer power of 2 SD40-E's, a GP38-2, and a high-hood SD40-2 all solidly locked in Run-8, while being blasted past by Dash-9's, was too awesome not to present here. Yup, this is mountain railroading, and I'll be back here again. |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/2010 Upload Date: 9/8/2010 6:23:23 PM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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NS 5610(GP38-2) NS 6306(SD40E) NS 3313(SD40-2) |
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393 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The Last of the Action |
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NS curtailed most of their operations over the New Years Holiday in 2009/2010. This set of helpers heads for the crew's home base of Altoona as their shift ends on New Years Eve. The snow has let up and the effects of the storm are evident on the trees of western Pennsylvania. This was the last train movement I saw in 2009, nice that it had a blue leader...evidentally, the LAST blue SD40-2 in the helper pool! Ironic. |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/2009 Upload Date: 1/5/2010 7:03:29 PM |
| Location: |
Lilly, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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NS 3347(SD40-2) |
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551 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Bridges! |
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NS rail train 93A rolls east across the Conemaugh River just south of the Conemaugh Dam near Blairsville, PA, in sweet light! The train is also crossing the old alignment of the PRR Conemaugh Line, relocated during the dam construction. My first ever moving train on the Conemaugh Line, and with a nice blue sky, it's hard to believe that tomorrow will bring several feet of snow to the area. |
| Photo Date: |
2/4/2010 Upload Date: 2/10/2010 7:06:15 PM |
| Location: |
Blairsville, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 3351(SD40-2) NS 5082(GP38-2) |
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1137 Comments: 7 |
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| Title: |
The while of EMD 645's |
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The sound track for this shot was gently falling snow and the whine of turbocharged EMD 645's while helper engines rested the New Year away on January 1, 2010. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/2010 Upload Date: 1/6/2010 10:40:30 PM |
| Location: |
Cresson, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 3352(SD40-2) |
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196 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Plowing the Main |
| Description: |
NS 3352 and a mate work slowly up Track 1, moving snow ahead of a 14G that is following. |
| Photo Date: |
2/7/2010 Upload Date: 2/12/2010 5:54:51 PM |
| Location: |
Cresson, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 3352(SD40-2) |
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251 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
590 at AR |
| Description: |
NS 590 calls a clear signal at AR, the top of the hill. Head-end help will assist with dynamic braking all the way to Altoona, some 12 miles away. |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/2009 Upload Date: 8/23/2009 4:35:56 PM |
| Location: |
Cresson, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 3354(SD40-2) |
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224 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 590 |
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Finally, an eastbound! A pair of head-end helpers adds tractive effort to the NS 590 coal drag on the final climb over the Allegheny Summit at Cresson, PA. |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/2009 Upload Date: 8/23/2009 4:28:35 PM |
| Location: |
Cresson, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 3354(SD40-2) |
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404 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Double Action on the Broadway |
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3374 is the trailing unit on a set of helpers drifting west down the hill towards Cresson and a crew change while NS 20R comes east on Track 3. This is one spot that remains with all 5 tracks. |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/2009 Upload Date: 8/24/2009 7:24:07 PM |
| Location: |
Cresson, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 3374(SD40-2) |
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180 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 65J |
| Description: |
A fine pair of ex-Conrail SD40-2s lead the westbound trash train through MO interlocking in Cresson. This is my first train pic with my new Nikon D90...and I hope a sign of good things to come! |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/2009 Upload Date: 8/23/2009 3:31:44 PM |
| Location: |
Cresson, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 3423(SD40-2) NS 3424(SD40-2) |
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198 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Nighttime in Cresson |
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A helper set of SD40-2's idles away the night at the Cresson, PA engine terminal on a uncharacteristically warm Feburary night. |
| Photo Date: |
2/6/2006 Upload Date: 5/15/2006 3:56:27 PM |
| Location: |
Cresson, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 3428(SD40-2) |
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425 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RJC-1 Pulls Ahead |
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The crew of the RJC-1 pulls ahead through the Cresson Engine House Yard to put units on the rear before the run down to the mine. |
| Photo Date: |
8/8/2009 Upload Date: 8/24/2009 10:22:59 PM |
| Location: |
Cresson, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
RJCP 5372(SD40T-2) RJCP 3676(SD40-2) |
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433 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Along Snag Pond |
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PT-98 works east along Snag Pond under summer skies in Gouldsboro, PA, with CP "Red Barn" 9017 and SD40-2 5574 added to the lashup of Alco'MLW's. This train sounded amazing up in the Ponoco highlands! |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/2006 Upload Date: 8/28/2006 10:18:47 AM |
| Location: |
Gouldsboro, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
DL 3642(C636) CP 9017(SD40-2F) CP 5574(SD40-2) DL 2035(RS32) MHWA 2045(M420W) |
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1551 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
For the Second Time |
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The RJ Corman coal shuttle of August 10, 2012 skirts beneath unsettled skies and prepares to cross Rt. 219 for the second time in town, approaching the old NYC station and the local veteran's memorial. |
| Photo Date: |
8/10/2012 Upload Date: 9/3/2012 9:52:29 PM |
| Location: |
Burnside, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
RJCP 7084(SD40-2) |
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313 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Fury! |
| Description: |
Ex-BN SD40-2 7084 leads an ex-D&RGW tunnel motor and two more SD40-2's through the woods approaching Curwensville, PA. This trackage was realigned when the big dam was built on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. |
| Photo Date: |
8/10/2012 Upload Date: 9/3/2012 9:53:05 PM |
| Location: |
Curwensville, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
RJCP 7084(SD40-2) |
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305 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The last few miles |
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The big red train stretches out behind the 7084 and cousins as the RJCS train runs the last few miles into Clearfield on former NYC track. |
| Photo Date: |
8/10/2012 Upload Date: 9/3/2012 9:53:49 PM |
| Location: |
Curwensville, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
RJCP 7084(SD40-2) RJCP 7095(SD40-2) |
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392 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Arriving in Clearfield |
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Rolling down the street trackage in Clearfield, PA, the RJS train rumbles through the town as the sky clouds up. Our last shot of the day...but what a chase! |
| Photo Date: |
2/3/2012 Upload Date: 2/15/2012 5:39:45 PM |
| Location: |
Clearfield, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
RJCP 7116(SD40-2) |
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483 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Over the River & Through the Woods |
| Description: |
RJS, the shuttle train, comes through the truss bridge over the Susquhanna River at Burnside, PA. |
| Photo Date: |
2/3/2012 Upload Date: 2/15/2012 10:51:01 AM |
| Location: |
Burnside, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
RJCP 7116(SD40-2) |
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484 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Wrapping Around the Curve |
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The big red train, like someone's model railroad, wraps around the dam site at Curwensville, PA. Couldn't ask for much better light! |
| Photo Date: |
2/3/2012 Upload Date: 2/15/2012 5:17:13 PM |
| Location: |
Curwensville, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
RJCP 7116(SD40-2) |
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1565 Comments: 10 |
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| Title: |
Worth the Hike |
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A 3/4 mile hike into the river allowed this view of the shuttle train again crossing the West Branch of the Susquehanna River on a long deck girder bridge on former PRR/NYC shared trackage. |
| Photo Date: |
2/3/2012 Upload Date: 2/15/2012 10:51:28 AM |
| Location: |
Bells Run, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
RJCP 7116(SD40-2) |
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1309 Comments: 14 |
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| Title: |
High Above the Water |
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The 7116 leads 3 other big SD's across the high deck girder bridge at McGee's Mills, PA, crossing the West Branch of the Susquehanna River for the second time on this trip. |
| Photo Date: |
2/3/2012 Upload Date: 2/15/2012 10:51:57 AM |
| Location: |
McGees Mills, PA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
RJCP 7116(SD40-2) |
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445 Comments: 2 |
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