One dirty hopper spoils an otherwise "perfect" NS consist.
7202 emerges from the long shadows at Marion Center, where a church's steeple towers above the train.
7202 tiptoes past wildflowers which line the ROW at Barton.
Much of the Shelocta Runner is heavily treed in, but there are several open areas between Hamill and Home.
562's head end units part a sea of green, just west of Rochester Mills.
It's the end of an era as the last 562 on the Indiana Branch approaches Rochester Mills.
The first time I ever chased a loaded Shelocta train (3/30/05), the 7200 was the rearmost unit on the train. Fittingly, the 7200 is in the same position on the final 562 to use the old route via ... (more)
Loaded 562 passes the B&P trackage at Crrekside on the way to the power plant.
The 562 is disappearing into the very thick vegatation on the Shelocta Runner.
The pile of scrap rail is almost the condition of the running rail on the Shelocta Runner.
562's rear helper shoves the train on one of the 3 crossings on Chambersville Road.
The cab door is in the a/c position, giving 562's crew some relief from a hot, muggy afternoon.
Two NS 80mac's still dressed in Conrail livery pop out of a thick tree canopy and into some late afternoon spring sun, while pulling 100 loads of coal to a power plant at Shelocta, Pennsylvania.
A pair of MACs on the rear of 562 is a fine way to start the morning.
This pair of 80MAC's will be the head end power for the returning empty hoppers from Shelocta.
