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| Title: |
Westbound |
| Description: |
The one westbound train I saw that day. Everything else was coming out of the sun. |
| Photo Date: |
7/26/1983 Upload Date: 11/22/2013 1:58:32 AM |
| Location: |
Bound Brook, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6472(SD40-2) CR 6605(C30-7) CR 6506(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
658 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Head end helpers |
| Description: |
Trailvan and auto rack trains typically got helpers on the head end, due to the train handling tendencies of the long cars, especially on the many curves. Today an EL SD45-2 does the honors. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/1986 Upload Date: 11/14/2014 2:35:11 AM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6665(SD45-2) CR 6289(SD40) CR 3403(GP40-2) CR 6608(C30-7) CR 6506(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
727 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Going uphill |
| Description: |
The auto rack train has passed the park and is now working out of the curve. Note the open racks, nonexistent today. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/1986 Upload Date: 11/14/2014 2:37:33 AM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3403(GP40-2) CR 6608(C30-7) CR 6665(SD45-2) CR 6289(SD40) CR 6506(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
535 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Flying over |
| Description: |
The Pennsy had the good sense after WW 1 to design for high traffic, high density railroading, not wanting to get caught off guard should there ever be another time of great demand, and wanting to avoid another situation where the USRA took over operation of the railroads, as in the war. Thus they built a lot of multi track with flyovers, rather than at grade crossings. This proved to be marvelous foresight, as the PRR handled monumental levels of all kinds of trains during WW 2. It also had the added benefit of making them a much more efficient railroad than they would have been otherwise. A pair of SD40-2s is on one of the flyovers coming off Rockville Bridge and into Enola, passing over tracks that will lead to the Middle Division. |
| Photo Date: |
5/18/1987 Upload Date: 4/26/2015 4:21:42 AM |
| Location: |
Enola, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6506(SD40-2) CR 6521(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
505 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waterside view |
| Description: |
ALPG rolls across the Lehigh River as it heads for Greenwich Yard in Philly. |
| Photo Date: |
5/21/1987 Upload Date: 4/25/2015 4:13:37 AM |
| Location: |
Allentown, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6240(SD40) CR 6515(SD40-2) CR 6506(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
605 Comments: 1 |
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