Uploaded September 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A total of 18 locomotives, consisting of 16 sold/retired GP38-2 high hoods or MP15DC switchers, heads east on the Norfolk Southern Harrisburg Line.
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On September 16, 2016, NS power move 968 tows several retired 4-axles over home rails for the last time. Picking them up in Roanoke, VA, these engines were transported to the Allentown Yard. The consist is as followed:
NS SD70M 2581
NS D8.5-40CW 8500
NS GP38-2 5080
NS GP38-2 5082
NS GP38-2 5081
NS MP15DC 2390
NS MP15DC 2426
NS GP38-2 5034
NS GP38-2 5058
NS GP38-2 5052
NS GP38-2 5072
NS GP38-2 5076
NS MP15DC 2408
NS MP15DC 2378
NS MP15DC 2354
NS MP15DC 2350
NPBL MP15DC 2428 (notice the Southern paint bleeding through)
NS MP15DC 2353
The rear four units, NS 2354, 2350, 2428, and 2353 have been confirmed to be purchased by the Reading & Northern Railroad.
I bet most conductors and engineers are saying "good riddance!"
A total of 18 locomotives, consisting of 16 sold/retired GP38-2 high hoods or MP15DC switchers, heads east on the Norfolk Southern Harrisburg Line.
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On September 16, 2016, NS power move 968 tows several retired 4-axles over home rails for the last time. Picking them up in Roanoke, VA, these engines were transported to the Allentown Yard. The consist is as followed:
NS SD70M 2581
NS D8.5-40CW 8500
NS GP38-2 5080
NS GP38-2 5082
NS GP38-2 5081
NS MP15DC 2390
NS MP15DC 2426
NS GP38-2 5034
NS GP38-2 5058
NS GP38-2 5052
NS GP38-2 5072
NS GP38-2 5076
NS MP15DC 2408
NS MP15DC 2378
NS MP15DC 2354
NS MP15DC 2350
NPBL MP15DC 2428 (notice the Southern paint bleeding through)
NS MP15DC 2353
The rear four units, NS 2354, 2350, 2428, and 2353 have been confirmed to be purchased by the Reading & Northern Railroad.
I bet most conductors and engineers are saying "good riddance!"
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On October 22 & 23: A trip to the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad these days reveals the story of a modern Alphabet Route. Car loads that dodge Class I railroads, particularly coke trains that take a WLE-AVR-BPRR routing, have brought locomotives from the respective shortlines onto the G&W property, giving reprieve to the corporate orange consists. On the 22nd, chasing SIRI with Wheeling & Lake Erie power south from the NY/PA border would be the main target, but RISI and JB-1 also make an appearance. On the morning of the 23rd, we stuck around for the RISI further south in Punxsutawney which is led by one of the P&W units that are currently on the property.
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0:00 - A patch of wetlands reflects SIRI heading south between Limestone and Carrollton, New York, just minutes after the train departed Salamanca with:
WE SD40-3 3068
WE SD40-2 6318
WE SD40-2 6996
PW SD70M-2 4301
1:15 - SIRI makes no stop at Foster Brook, passing the part of refinery complex displaying its old namesake.
1:45 - Sand flies as SIRI climbs up the hill at Lewis Run, rounding the horseshoe curve at Droney Road. Normally, trains are struggling here, but today a light train of 37 cars moves with ease.
3:00 - Upon arrival at Mt. Jewett, SIRI will make a pick up that will triple its train length. The old Color Position Light (CPL) signals provide evidence that this line was once part of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The CPLs are still in use here as part of the Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) Islands along the B&P railroad.
4:50 - Positioning further south, SIRI rips south through Mt Jewett with all four units online. We would end our chase here as they would spend a couple hours waiting to do start work in Johnsonburg after meeting RISI.
7:05 - RISI heads north over the Clarion River in Johnsonburg with typical B&P power.
B&P SD40T-2 3301
B&P SD40-2 457 (retains SD45 carbody)
B&P SD40-2 3318
B&P SD40-3 452 (retains SD45 carbody)
8:00 - B&P GP40 3001, the JB-1 switch job was also moving around the yard in Johnsonburg.
9:45 - The next day we drove over to Riker Yard: RISI departs north with yesterdays power in reverse. Here is a scene that is typical in the oil-rich northwestern Pennsylvania: oil wells dot the region home to the first oil rush in the United States.
10:35 - Just down the road at the first grade crossing, we get a closer look of the train departing, as a cloud decided to steal the gorgeous sunlight.
11:30 - Further north along an acid-washed creek in Sykesville, RISI leans through the bend at track speed.
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