"Plowing Over the Bridge"

This detouring crude oil train bound for Philadelphia receives a recrew at Demarest Road in Sparta before heading east. The Q will hand this train back to CSX at CP3.

As SU99 crosses Limecrest Road the train will be swinging onto the connecting track that was built between the former NYS&W and Lehigh & Hudson River main lines in the mid-1980s. This connection ... (more)

CSX detour train Q156-26 is approaching Sparta Junction on the former L&HR portion of Susquehanna's Southern Division Main. Susquehanna hosted three CSX detour trains over the Memorial Day holiday... (more)

SU-99 completes its descent off of Sparta Mountain and is about to cross Main Street and County Rt. 517.

NYSW's road freight, SU-99, has crested the grade out of New Jersey and is rolling down Sparta Mountain. The train is nearing Sparta Junction where it will jump off the former NYSW mainline and he... (more)

No one will be needed the tell tales tonight as the engineer has all the controls he needs from the comfort and safety of the cab of NYSW SD45-2 3618.

Recently reopened West Mountain Rd Bridge provided me this nice vantage point of the SU99 heading northbound past Lake Grinnell.

With the track all the way to Butler the SU100 doesn't wait to get rolling and is seen here heading into the sunset kicking up dust right before it makes the turn to get back onto the original NYS... (more)

With the switching at BOC done NYSW 3016 backs down the tracks torwards the rest of the SU100 so that they can proceed eastbound.

After cutting off from the rest of the SU100 NYSW 3016 goes to switch out BOC so that a local crew doesnt have to later on.

With the sun setting fast a rare Saturday daylight SU100 thunders past on its way to Little Ferry.

RMDI 2214, an ex P&W B23-7, is supposed to be the local engine after the lead units are given to the SU99.

In brilliant sun the SU403 rounds the bend with its 8 unit lashup and on the point is two WC SD45's.