Uploaded July 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The trains keep getting better and better as the long days of summer open up some great photo angles. As usual, a variety of trains and locations will be shown throughout this program, including an excessive display of foreign power and rare locomotives thrown into the mix. These videos take place on the Norfolk Southern Harrisburg Line between Reading and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and was shot between the first day of summer, throughout July 2014. Train descriptions, as well as the time they appear in the video, are listed below.
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6/20/14 - Intermodal train 20R has recently departed Harrisburg, bound for North Jersey, passing the former Reading train station in Lebanon early in the morning. The train is slowing down for a 25 MPH speed restriction within PRESCOTT interlocking on the eastern side of the city.
0:00 - 20R - Chicago, IL (Calumet) - Elizabeth, NJ
NS SD70ACe 1038
NS C44-9W 9521
6/23/14 - Long and heavy manifest train 10N with a variety of locomotives in consist, slows for trackwork as it rolls through the quiet railroad town of Myerstown. I like this location for the two red brick houses next to the tracks.
1:40 - 10N - Conway, PA - Allentown, PA
NS SD70 2562
BNSF SD70MAC 9530
CSX ES44AC 3011
7/3/14 - Shorter manifest train 16T is on the last leg of its journey as it too passes over Railroad Street in Myerstown, with a storm building to the west. This time the more industrious building on the opposite side of the tracks looms in the background.
4:00 - 16T - Birmingham, AL (Irondale) - Allentown, PA
UP SD70M 4705
CREX ES44AC 1305
Just 20 minutes later and a few miles east, the sun was still shining as MOW gons were heading east toward Reading by a farm outside of Newmanstown.
5:05 - 93M - Maintenance of Way
NS SD40-2 3421
NS SD40-2 3365
7/4/14 - On a beautiful Fourth of July evening, an appriopriate locomotive consist, with a flag unit leading, celebrates America Day at Ramona Road.
5:35 - 15T - Allentown, PA - Birmingham, AL (Irondale)
UP AC45CCTE 7656
UP SD70M 4417
UP SD70M 4560
7/7/14 - A few days later on another beautiful summer evening, 15T passes the train station in Annville as it slows down for a Stop Signal at MILLARDS.
7:30 - 15T - Allentown, PA - Birmingham, AL (Irondale)
NS SD60E 6961
NS C44-9W 9720
UP AC45CCTE 5475
Just before sunset, 33A, with CN power on the point, with yard power for Allentown in tow (offline), slows down for a 10 MPH speed restriction, passing the site where the old Hershey Chocolate factory once stood, which was recently torn down last year.
9:10 - 33A - Baltimore, MD (Bayview) - Allentown, PA
CN ES44DC 2344
CN SD60 5408
NS GP40-2 3010
NS GP38-2 5613
NS SD60 6715
NS GP40-2 3013
7/9/14 - Another rare engine finds its way across the Harrisburg Line in the form of a CN/IC "smurf" Dash-8 trailing on a loaded crude oil train for South Jersey. I'm glad I got this shot when I did, because the corn is now too tall to see the tracks from here.
11:30 - 64W - Bakkan Region, ND - Westville, NJ
NS SD60M 6793
IC C40-8W 2466
7/18/14 - 15T rounds the curve and passes some cows in the pasture with an ex-Conrail Dash-8 leading.
13:20 - 15T - Allentown, PA - Birmingham, AL (Irondale)
NS C40-8W 8362
NS C44-9W 9824
7/23/14 - Early morning hot shot intermodal 20E passes by a farm just outside of Newmanstown.
15:20 - 20E - Chicao, IL - Croxton, NJ
NS C44-9W 9885
NS C44-9W 9246
NS SD60 6607
Following not far behind another train, 20W runs at approach speed past through Richland.
17:25 - 20W - Chicago, IL - Croxton, NJ
NS C44-9W 9433
CSX AC6000CW 604
That afternoon, a loaded ethanol train roars through PRESCOTT with an SD40-2 leader that was added for cab signals across former Pennsylvania Railroad territory.
19:25 - 64E - Chicago, IL - Linden, NJ
NS SD40-2 3401
UP AC45CCTE 8035
UP AC45CCTE 7895
7/25/14 - A second section of 262 heads past DORF with the newest GE power from two different railroads on the point. This was a lengthy roadrailer compared to recent trains I have seen, but they are becoming shorter and will soon be a thing of the past because the Triple Crown trailers will be hauled on flat cars.
20:55 - I62 - Rutherford, PA - Bethlehem, PA
NS ES44AC 8088
BNSF ES44C4 7158
That afternoon, stone empties head back to the quarry in Annville with a nice pair of toasty SD40-2's leading the way. The 94M is a utility symbol for the train, which also sometimes runs as H48, H60, or 69N, depending on the crew.
22:35 - 94M - Camden, NJ - Annville, PA
NS SD40-2 3394
NS SD40-2 3338
7/28/14 - A rare locomotive leads 15T past the Triple M Farms feed mill in Avon. The SOO SD60's are in the process of being rebuilt and renumbered into the CP 6200 series.
23:55 - 15T - Allentown, PA - Birmingham, AL (Irondale)
SOO SD60 6044
NS C40-8W 8458
The trains keep getting better and better as the long days of summer open up some great photo angles. As usual, a variety of trains and locations will be shown throughout this program, including an excessive display of foreign power and rare locomotives thrown into the mix. These videos take place on the Norfolk Southern Harrisburg Line between Reading and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and was shot between the first day of summer, throughout July 2014. Train descriptions, as well as the time they appear in the video, are listed below.
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6/20/14 - Intermodal train 20R has recently departed Harrisburg, bound for North Jersey, passing the former Reading train station in Lebanon early in the morning. The train is slowing down for a 25 MPH speed restriction within PRESCOTT interlocking on the eastern side of the city.
0:00 - 20R - Chicago, IL (Calumet) - Elizabeth, NJ
NS SD70ACe 1038
NS C44-9W 9521
6/23/14 - Long and heavy manifest train 10N with a variety of locomotives in consist, slows for trackwork as it rolls through the quiet railroad town of Myerstown. I like this location for the two red brick houses next to the tracks.
1:40 - 10N - Conway, PA - Allentown, PA
NS SD70 2562
BNSF SD70MAC 9530
CSX ES44AC 3011
7/3/14 - Shorter manifest train 16T is on the last leg of its journey as it too passes over Railroad Street in Myerstown, with a storm building to the west. This time the more industrious building on the opposite side of the tracks looms in the background.
4:00 - 16T - Birmingham, AL (Irondale) - Allentown, PA
UP SD70M 4705
CREX ES44AC 1305
Just 20 minutes later and a few miles east, the sun was still shining as MOW gons were heading east toward Reading by a farm outside of Newmanstown.
5:05 - 93M - Maintenance of Way
NS SD40-2 3421
NS SD40-2 3365
7/4/14 - On a beautiful Fourth of July evening, an appriopriate locomotive consist, with a flag unit leading, celebrates America Day at Ramona Road.
5:35 - 15T - Allentown, PA - Birmingham, AL (Irondale)
UP AC45CCTE 7656
UP SD70M 4417
UP SD70M 4560
7/7/14 - A few days later on another beautiful summer evening, 15T passes the train station in Annville as it slows down for a Stop Signal at MILLARDS.
7:30 - 15T - Allentown, PA - Birmingham, AL (Irondale)
NS SD60E 6961
NS C44-9W 9720
UP AC45CCTE 5475
Just before sunset, 33A, with CN power on the point, with yard power for Allentown in tow (offline), slows down for a 10 MPH speed restriction, passing the site where the old Hershey Chocolate factory once stood, which was recently torn down last year.
9:10 - 33A - Baltimore, MD (Bayview) - Allentown, PA
CN ES44DC 2344
CN SD60 5408
NS GP40-2 3010
NS GP38-2 5613
NS SD60 6715
NS GP40-2 3013
7/9/14 - Another rare engine finds its way across the Harrisburg Line in the form of a CN/IC "smurf" Dash-8 trailing on a loaded crude oil train for South Jersey. I'm glad I got this shot when I did, because the corn is now too tall to see the tracks from here.
11:30 - 64W - Bakkan Region, ND - Westville, NJ
NS SD60M 6793
IC C40-8W 2466
7/18/14 - 15T rounds the curve and passes some cows in the pasture with an ex-Conrail Dash-8 leading.
13:20 - 15T - Allentown, PA - Birmingham, AL (Irondale)
NS C40-8W 8362
NS C44-9W 9824
7/23/14 - Early morning hot shot intermodal 20E passes by a farm just outside of Newmanstown.
15:20 - 20E - Chicao, IL - Croxton, NJ
NS C44-9W 9885
NS C44-9W 9246
NS SD60 6607
Following not far behind another train, 20W runs at approach speed past through Richland.
17:25 - 20W - Chicago, IL - Croxton, NJ
NS C44-9W 9433
CSX AC6000CW 604
That afternoon, a loaded ethanol train roars through PRESCOTT with an SD40-2 leader that was added for cab signals across former Pennsylvania Railroad territory.
19:25 - 64E - Chicago, IL - Linden, NJ
NS SD40-2 3401
UP AC45CCTE 8035
UP AC45CCTE 7895
7/25/14 - A second section of 262 heads past DORF with the newest GE power from two different railroads on the point. This was a lengthy roadrailer compared to recent trains I have seen, but they are becoming shorter and will soon be a thing of the past because the Triple Crown trailers will be hauled on flat cars.
20:55 - I62 - Rutherford, PA - Bethlehem, PA
NS ES44AC 8088
BNSF ES44C4 7158
That afternoon, stone empties head back to the quarry in Annville with a nice pair of toasty SD40-2's leading the way. The 94M is a utility symbol for the train, which also sometimes runs as H48, H60, or 69N, depending on the crew.
22:35 - 94M - Camden, NJ - Annville, PA
NS SD40-2 3394
NS SD40-2 3338
7/28/14 - A rare locomotive leads 15T past the Triple M Farms feed mill in Avon. The SOO SD60's are in the process of being rebuilt and renumbered into the CP 6200 series.
23:55 - 15T - Allentown, PA - Birmingham, AL (Irondale)
SOO SD60 6044
NS C40-8W 8458
![Union Pacific SD60 Leads a Train! [4K]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ta12NvOrbEQ/mqdefault.jpg "Union Pacific SD60 Leads a Train! [4K]
July 11, 2018: On a beautiful summer morning, Charleston, SC - Port Newark, NJ baretable train 24Q is led by an increasingly rare, Union Pacific SD60 2188 with UP SD70M 4904 trailing. This once a week train of empty wells satisfies the demand of incoming containers at the Port Newark - Elizabeth Marine Terminal, seen here passing through Fleetwood, PA on the Norfolk Southern Reading Line. The train eases eastbound through a 25 MPH speed restriction about a mile to the west. Some nice blue wildflowers accompany scene. Id be curious to know where the style of numberboard on 2188 came from?
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SD60s were common power on road trains up until around 2009-2010, when much of the fleet was sold to leasing companies, while the remainder went into storage. Same for the SD60Ms. Several UP SD60s and SD60Ms have been put back into service with a power shortage due to an increase in traffic. Most of these locomotives end up in local service, or on Norfolk Southern to repay horsepower hours, much like back in 2010 and 11 when NS also had a bunch of UP SD60Ms (and leased UP C40-8s) roaming the rails to fill trains ahead of the ES44AC/SD70ACe orders. There was also the occasional ex-UP SD60, typically HLCX, leading freights. Jump to today, especially with in the days of PTC installation and trip optimizer, seeing a leased or original UP SD60 leading a train on foreign rails is almost unheard of since most wind up in the trailing position. So with all of that said, this will be one of my prized catches for the year, even more so than the UP 1943 on the Union Pacific business train, which is just an over-rated spectacle in my opinion.
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![Reading & Northern Diesel Duty with CNJ 113 [4K]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TmxIe2z1sIA/mqdefault.jpg "Reading & Northern Diesel Duty with CNJ 113 [4K]
On December 6 and 20, 2015, the Santa Train Excursions ran between Landingville and Minersville, PA. Reading & Northern provided diesel power for the outbound move for CNJ 113s northward runs back to Minersville. On the 6th, RBMN SD50 5022 provides power, while on the 20th, one of the newer GP39RN (GP30 body) RBMN 2532 provides assistance. These shots are in no particular order, but more detailed information can be found below.
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0:00 - The last trip of the afternoon on December 6 passes the freshly restored depot at West Cressona.
1:20 - On December 20, R&N 2532 eases around the bend along Cressona Yard with plenty of R&N goodies laying around, most notably the Lehigh & New England inspired box cars.
2:35 - Later that afternoon the train eases around the bend at Landingville, where not long after CNJ 113 would storm back north.
3:30 - That evening, the last trip of the day passes through Schulykill Haven.
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