Trains on the Norfolk Southern Harrisburg Line Late Summer 2016

Trains on the Norfolk Southern Harrisburg Line Late Summer 2016 was shot between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, from the end of July to the beginning of September, 2016. Train descriptions, and the time they appear in the video are listed below.


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7/26/16 - Ethanol loads led by the Erie heritage unit round the bend through the rock cut east of Milepost 77 on a foggy morning.
0:40 - 64E - Chicago, IL - Linden, NJ
NS SD70ACe 1068 (Erie)
NS D9-44CW 9209

That afternoon, a wild combination of colorful locomotives, including the GoRail and the Erie Lackawanna SD45-2, smoke their way east through Lebanon on mixed freight 10N.
2:00 - 10N - Conway, PA - Allentown, PA
NS SD60E 6963 (Go Rail)
UP SD70ACe 8801
NS SD45-2 1700 (Erie Lackawanna)


7/28/16 - A heavy 38G rounds the bend at Monocacy near Milepost 47 on the lower Harrisburg Line. UP 6297 is one of the last Southern Pacific AC4400CW's to be freshly repainted into Union Pacific livery and numbers. In fact, the tag on the locomotive still read "SP 335" on the scanners; however, the locomotive was literally painted a couple weeks prior to seeing this train.
4:00 - 38G - Allentown, PA - Camden, NJ
UP AC4400CW 6297
UP SD70M 5039


7/29/16 - Westbound Reading & Northern coal loads are under-powered for their uphill journey out of Reading, seen here about to crest a small hill at Newmanstown. This coal train is comprised of cars of anthracite from Northeast Pennsylvania, interchanged to NS at Reading, bound for Baltimore for export to Quebec Iron and Titanium in northeastern Canada.
5:25 - 684 - Reading, PA - Baltimore, MD
NS D9-44CW 9563
NS D9-44CW 9250 (Operation Lifesaver)


8/04/16 - An extra-symbol 11X comprised of various MoW ballast cars, including side-dumpers on the rear, glides through the automatic signals at 75.
7:00 - 11X - Birdsboro, PA - NS System
NS D9-44CW 9714
NS SD70M-2 2744


8/06/16 - Red northern neighbors lead hot Saturday 211 through DORF.
8:20 - 211 - Croxton, NJ - Atlanta, GA (Saturday edition)
Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 9767
Canadian Pacific ES44AC 8947
NS D9-44CW 9012

That evening, loaded coal train 504 crosses 2-1 at Prescott with three EMD 710's under load pulling the heavy train out of Lebanon City limits. The coal in 504 is used for the cement plants in the Lehigh Valley, utilizing the Cement Secondary to reach the yard in Tadmore. This is one of the last remaining stretches of the forgotten Lehigh & New England railroad, which is otherwise used by the cement local: H74. This move is rare and sporadic at best, as the coal is used as needed via transload services, unlike a quick unload at power plant.
10:00 - 504 - Shire Oaks, PA - Tadmore, PA
NS SD60I 6725
NS SD60I 6742
NS SD70ACU 7265


8/07/16 - In a most unusual circumstance, an SD45-2 leading a road train is incredibly rare. NS 1703 and a couple of other EMD's in dynamics hold back a heavy 10N rolling down the grade at Robesonia toward Reading Yard. Notice the loud cab-mounted Leslie S3L horn, a signature of the Erie Lackawanna heritage.
12:00 - 10N - Conway, PA - Allentown, PA
NS SD45-2 1703
NS SD70 2539
NS SD60E 6988

Later on, the fresh EMD trio off of 504 returns west on 15T in the low sweet evening sun by the F M Brown feedmill at Sinking Spring.
13:15 - 15T - Allentown, PA - Birmingham, AL
NS SD70ACU 7265
NS SD60I 6742
NS SD60I 6725


8/10/16 - 10 locomotives, led by a CN and the latter 7 bound for the Enola Diesel Shop, are head-out on a short 34A through the automatic signal bridge at 81.
15:15 - 34A - Allentown, PA - Enola, PA - Baltimore, MD
CN D9-44CW 2664
NS D9-44CW 9191
NS D9-44CW 9727
NS RP14BD 2120
NS SD70 2560
NS SD70 2572
NS RP-E4C 736
NS GP40-2 3039
NS GP40-2 3099
NS ES44DC 7579


8/11/16 - A false activation at Railroad Street has the gates down before and after ethanol loads from the midwest blast through with an SD60 leading a colorful combo of UP and CSX GE's.
16:45 - 64E - Chicago, IL - Linden, NJ
NS SD60 6708
UP AC4400CW 5924
CSX D8-40CW 7650 (YN2)


9/19/16 - A former BNSF SD75M leads a short 15T past the Reading Station at Wernersville.
18:25 - 15T - Allentown, PA - Birmingham, AL
NS SD75M 2802
NS SD70M 2608
NS D9-44CW 9808

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