Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad three Budd Rail Diesel Cars (RDC) running down the Raiding main past the depot to clear the single and then run back to set out the middle RDC on the next track over with the passenger cars to be worked on later in Port Clinton, Pennsylvania on November 4, 2021.
Author: Ryan Scott
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CSXT 539 GE AC44CW
CSX Transportation CSXT 539 GE AC44CW leading a gran train south as they slowly come to a stop on the main to let a coal train go into the siding in Princeton, Indiana on December 5, 2021.
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Reading & Northern RDC
Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad three Rail Diesel Cars (RDC) pulled out onto the Raiding main after the afternoon fast freight cleared in Port Clinton, Pennsylvania on November 4, 2021.
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RBMN 5021 EMD SD50
Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad RBMN 5021 EMD SD50 leading the Reading & Northern afternoon fast freight, NRFF runs from Reading to Pittston, PA passes through the yard at Port Clinton, Pennsylvania on November 4, 2021.
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Everett Railroad EV 11, Alco 2-6-0
Everett Railroad EV 11, Alco 2-6-0 passing through Kladder in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania on November 6, 2021.
The Everett Railroad (reporting mark EV) is a shortline and heritage railroad that operates on ex-Pennsylvania Railroad trackage in the Hollidaysburg area of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It runs freight trains over two separate lines, one from Brooks Mill and Sproul, and the other, owned by the Morrison’s Cove Railroad, from Roaring Spring to Curryville and Martinsburg. The affiliated Hollidaysburg and Roaring Spring Railroad (reporting mark HRS), which the Everett Railroad operates both under contract and via trackage rights, connects the two segments to each other and to the Norfolk Southern Railway (ex-Conrail) in Hollidaysburg. The Everett Railroad name refers to its former location near Everett, abandoned in 1982. -From Wikipedia
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NS 4041 GE AC44C6M
Norfolk Southern, NS 4041 GE AC44C6M leads an intermodal stack train around the World Famous Horseshoe Curve as Pennsylvania 7048 has been on display since 1985 at the park and just recently got a new coat of paint and is looking good! in Altoona, Pennsylvania on November 7, 2021.
This is a bit longer than what I usually share but very interesting.
In the early hours of October 8, 1983, The Loretto was badly damaged by arson. Two juveniles were charged with setting the fire, whose damage was estimated at $200,000. The Restore the Loretto Committee was formed to raise money to restore and preserve the railroad car.
Altoona’s city council later wondered whether a similar campaign could be organized for PRR 1361, an ailing K4 steam locomotive owned by the city and displayed at the Horseshoe Curve. Museum officials immediately lobbied for a role in the project.[18] The city established the Horseshoe Curve Task Force to investigate the feasibility and costs of restoring No. 1361. In 1985, the Railroaders Memorial Museum was granted possession of the PRR 1361 on condition that a suitable replacement be provided to the Horseshoe Curve; Conrail subsequently donated PRR 7048, a GP9 diesel-electric locomotive, for the purpose. Pennsylvania State Representative Richard Geist announced that the museum would receive a $50,000 grant and a crew of state workers to move No. 1361 and begin a cosmetic restoration.
At the museum’s mortgage burning ceremony on September 28, 1985, Conrail chairman L. Stanley Crane announced that his company would pursue steam train excursions. “The K4 (1361) would be a very appropriate locomotive to do that with,” said Crane. The move was intended to put Conrail in step with other contemporaneous railroad operators during the company’s bid for public offering. Over the next two years, the engine was restored to working condition in Conrail’s Altoona railroad shops, but ran for just a year before bearing and axle failures sidelined it indefinitely. Inconsistent direction and financial issues at the museum hindered repairs to the steam engine. In 1996, the disassembled engine was sent for a complete restoration to Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The Railroaders Memorial Museum ceased funding to the incomplete project in 2007. Pieces of the engine were divided for storage between the museum and East Broad Top Rail Road. The restoration was officially canceled by the museum in 2010. The failed restoration remains a controversial topic due to its lengthy history, technical errors, and use of state funds. -From Wikipedia
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NW 475 Baldwin M class 4-8-0
Strasburg Railroad, Norfolk and Western NW 475 Baldwin M class 4-8-0 Locomotive. With the frost still on the ground 475 passes over a farmer road as the sun rises on a cold November mourning in Strasburg, Pennsylvania on November 7, 2021.
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RBMN 2010 EMD GP38-2
Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad RBMN 2010 EMD GP38-2 and 2530 EMD GP39RN (GP30) waiting for their next assignment in Port Clinton, Pennsylvania on November 4, 2021.
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NW 475 Baldwin M class 4-8-0
Strasburg Railroad, Norfolk and Western NW 475 Baldwin M class 4-8-0 Locomotive. With the frost still on the ground as N&W No.475 passes by as the sun rises on a cold November mourning in Strasburg, Pennsylvania on November 7, 2021.
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NS 8049 GE ES44AC
Norfolk Southern, NS 8049 GE ES44AC led an intermodal stack train around the World Famous Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, Pennsylvania on November 7, 2021.
The Pennsylvania Railroad opened this section of railroad in 1834. The visitor section was added in 1854 with 194 steps to the viewing area. Jim Person and I walked the 194 steps to the viewing area to launch our drones we are part of the crowd.