Ex Reading and Conrail SW1001 looking great in blue paint leads NS local H25 westbound on a track authority to run track 2 to Abrams Yard through Bridgeport.
NS local H25 cruises westbound on track 2 as general freight 38G heads eastbound on 1 through Bridgeport on the Harrisburg Line, both on the "wrong rail" on form D's.
In Southeast PA, the SW1001 is still a common sight on NS locals. Here, the H25 local heads in to Philly for a day of switching with a prestine pair: still wearing Conrail blue.
Blue SW1001 switches at the end of the Venice Industrial Track.
Still wearing Conrail blue, NS SW1001 crosses the Schuylkill River on the Venice Ind. Track. The bridge carrying the abandoned ex-PRR electrified line can been seen in the background.
Former Conrail SW1001, 1 of just 7 such units on NS, blows east on 2 of the Harrisburg Line at Swedesburg with a set of 9 or 10 tank cars on yard transfer H25 going from Abrams to Falls Yard. End ... (more)
Former Conrail SW1001 hustles east on 2 track of the Harrisburg Line with the 6 cars that make up the consist for yard transfer job H25; cars going from Abrams to Falls Yard on a bright morning.
NS 2102 switches the industry and the end of the branch.
With a nice reflection, NS 2102 pushes 2 clay tank cars to the plant in the background. The "rough" track has the unit and cars all leaning in different directions.
NS local H25 rolls east on 1 of the Harrisburg Line under Dekalb Street with 4 cars to work Falls Yard on a sunny morning after a snow fall.
A shiny black SW1001 passes a well manicured portion of the Harrisburg Line.
"The Little Engine that Could". A clean SW1001 is roaring mightily as it returns from a day of switching in Philly with 51 cars in tow.
SW1001 in NS paint
Look at the dip in the track !
SW1001 and GP38-2 with short local in afternoon ready to go west to Abrams yard