Trains on the Norfolk Southern Harrisburg Line Winter 2016 @CentralPennRailProductions

Uploaded December 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Trains on the Norfolk Southern Harrisburg Line Winter 2016 was shot between Reading and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, from the beginning of January to the end of February, 2016. Train descriptions, and the time they appear in the video are listed below.

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1/5/16 - A trio of SD60I's haul coal empties west past the Natural Gas power plant at Prescott. 507 normally consists of the rapid-discharge 5-bay hoppers, but instead has a consist of the newer H65's.
0:40 - 507 - Carney's Point, NJ - Shire Oaks, PA
NS SD60I 6740
NS SD60I 6724
NS SD60I 6719

1/11/16 - The sun dips low in the afternoon leaving a red glow in the east, as a UP-led 15T glides through DORF on the opposite main.
2:35 - 15T - Allentown, PA - Birmingham, AL
UP SD70M 4041
NS ES44DC 7616

1/24/16 - A couple of days after 30 inches of snow fell, trains were breezing right through the fresh white powder, which the road ways were finally opened to get trackside! The lens didn't stay clear of the artic blast for long...
4:20 - 10N - Conway, PA - Allentown, PA
NS C44-9W 9703
NS C40-8W 8413

The next train behind 10N running down the opposite main would be loaded oil train 66W with the Penn Central Heritage unit leading out of the sunset.
5:05 - 66W - Chicago, IL - Eddystone, PA
NS SD70ACe 1073 (Penn Central)
NS SD70ACe 1006

1/25/16 - The next morning brought sun...and big piles of snow to stand on. High priority intermodal 212 with a mix of GE's is not letting anything slow it down.
6:45 - 212 - Atlanta, GA - Croxton, NJ
NS C44-9W 9355
Canadian Pacific ES44AC 8755
NS C40-9 8884

2/9/16 - A couple weeks later I spent the afternoon at Lebanon Station until dusk. Snow started falling right before 10N showed up with a pair of NS ACe's, seen from atop of another snow pile vantage point.
8:00 - 10N - Conway, PA - Allentown, PA
NS SD70ACe 1153
NS SD70ACe 1079

Loaded auto train 18N wasn't far behind with a monotonous trio of widecab Dash-9's, so I went for the wide angle display of the station.
10:00 - 18N - Fostoria, OH - Doremus, NJ
NS C44-9W 9704
NS C44-9W 9845
NS C44-9W 9884

19G heads west just before sunset, with many oil empties making up the consist...with a snow pile once again providing a unique vantage otherwise blocked by the wall below.
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NS C44-9W 9558
NS C44-9W 9076
NS GP38-2 5280

2/10/16 - A pair of CP Beaver GE's trail on hot train 20K, giving some extra horn and smoke.
13:30 - 20K - Chicago, IL - Croxton, NJ
NS ES44DC 7610
Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 8529
Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 8500

2/19/16 - Almost a month later and most of the signs of last month's blizzard are gone, but a brisk morning silence is disturbed by the CNJ Heritage Unit leading hot intermodal 21E up the grade at Robesonia.
15:10 - 21E - Morrisville, PA - Chicago, IL
NS SD70ACe 1071 (Central Railroad of New Jersey)
NS C40-8W 8397
NS SD60I 6756

2/21/16 - Lest I put a third 10N into one video, it better be for a good reason—I think a throttling SD60 leader at Prescott with Leslie RS3L horn blaring is a good enough reason!
16:30 - 10N - Conway, PA - Allentown, PA
NS SD60 6706
NS ES44DC 7566

2/27/16 - Another blazing winter sunset concludes this video as loaded coal 874 pounds the stretch up hill between Womelsdorf and Robesonia.
18:10 - 874 - Portsmouth, OH - Carney's Point, NJ
NS ES44AC 8110
NS C44-9W 9763
NS C44-9W 8926

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