The rear helper crew of 68J is turning their attention from pushing to ensure a safe descent down the mountain to Altoona.
NS empty steel slab train 68J charges eastbound under a bridge through Swedeland on the Harrisburg Line toward the Port of Philadelphia behind a pair of SD70M-2's on a sunny afternoon.
68J kicking up serious dust at nearly 50mph. Note: Old PRR signal bridge in far background.
After stopping at the Abrams Yard office to pick up "Z" orders to run on CSX territiory in Philly, horsehead GE leads NS slab train 68J east on 2 track of the Harrisburg Line through Bridgeport on... (more)
Pair of NS albino GEVO's throttle up sounding like Alco's as they pull steel slab train 68J east on track 2 under Dekalb Street Bridge on a sunny morning.
68J drifts through CP Wyomissing Jct @ 9:10am
An NS primer GE leads 2 BNSF units out of Flat Rock Tunnel in the early morning sun.
Slab train led by new SD70M rolls east to a stop behind a parked coal drag.
Empty Steel train for South Philly
passing the amtrak yard below headed for south philly
68J heads to south philly via the high line by 30th st.
New horsehead sd70 leads slabs into south philly
My first encounter with a UP Flag unit.
68J Heading to NS's Enola, Yard
