Allentown/Bethlehem, PA Area Railfanning on March 24, 2012

On March 24th, 2012, me and a couple of my boys went up to the Allentown/Bethlehem, PA area to do some 'fanning on Norfolk Southern. No color was seen, but several interesting catches were spotted.

9:39 AM -
Starting at at CP 88/CP Bethlehem, H76 starts off the day as they throttle nicely eastbound out of Allentown Yard, onto the NS Lehigh Line and into River Yard with a nice EMD duo of NS GP38-2 High Hood 5050 (Ex Southern) and NS GP59 4620 leading the way.
H76 - Allentown, PA - Three Bridges, NJ Turn

10:08 AM -
Hotshot intermodal 21M winds west through CP Bethlehem with NS C40-9Ws 9469, 9497 and 9576 leading the way.
21M - Croxton, NJ - Chicago-63rd Street, IL Intermodal

10:53 AM -
After migrating to CP Canal, located at the west end of Allentown Yard, 16N makes their way east towards their final destination with NS C40-9W 9330 and NS C40-8 8308 (One of 14 ex CR C40-8s that NS has) elephant style. This fairly new train takes over the traffic that 18G used to take from Conway to Allentown, 18G now originates out of Allentown eastbound.
16N - Conway, PA - Allentown, PA Manifest

11:00 AM -
19G takes headroom out of the yard with NS C40-9Ws 9518 and 9458, and NS SD45-2 1700 for power. This is one of six SD45-2s on NS' rorster, and is one of three (1700, 1701, and 1702) to retain it's original V20 cylinder engine, definitely a rarity! Twenty minutes later, 19G is seen once again entering the Reading Line at CP Burn.
19G - Oak Island, NJ - Conway, PA Manifest

11:42 AM -
The rain begins to fall as a Hump Job is seen shoving a cut of cars through Allentown Yard with NS SD40-2 6199 (Ex N&W) and NS RPU6 Slug 862 (Formerly an ex CR, Exx PC, nee PRR RSD12!).

12:49 PM -
Back at 88/Bethlehem, 20K slows down to enter River Yard where they will drop over half of their train. 20K has NS C40-9W 9548 leading, and NS C40-9 8812 and NS ES40DC 7545 trailing.
20K - Chicago-63rd St, IL - Croxton, NJ Intermodal

1:00 PM -
After 20K cleared, 211 moves west through Bethlehem with NS C40-9Ws 9744, 9364 and 9114 for power.
211 - Croxton, NJ - Atlanta-Inman, GA Intermodal

4:18 PM -
H76 returns lite westbound towards Allentown Yard with NS GP59 4620 and NS GP38-2 5050 once more.

4:57 PM -
Now at CP Ham on the Upper Lehigh Line, Double Yard Jobs take headroom out of the west end of the yard, including NS SD40-2s 6141 and 6140 (Both ex N&W) on one, and NS SD40-2 6184 and NS RPU6 863 (Another ex N&W, Ex PRR RSD12 duo)

5:40 PM -
Closing my day, 15T takes headroom out of CP Allen with NS C40-9W 8911, NS ES40DC 7615, and NS C40-9W 9367 for power.
15T - Allentown, PA - Birmingham, AL Manifest

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