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By:Dave Abeles
Dates:8/5/2009 - 8/9/2009
Album Info:The latest annual pilgrimmage to the old PRR at Cresson, PA. Some surprisingly good action this year!
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NS 65J
Title:  NS 65J
Description:  A fine pair of ex-Conrail SD40-2s lead the westbound trash train through MO interlocking in Cresson. This is my first train pic with my new Nikon D90...and I hope a sign of good things to come!
Photo Date:  8/6/2009  Upload Date: 8/23/2009 3:31:44 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  David Abeles
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 3424(SD40-2)
Views:  214   Comments: 0
NS 11K
Title:  NS 11K
Description:  If I'd known that the first two trains I'd shoot when I went digital would be led by an SD40-2 and a GP38-2, consecutively, I'd have done it a while ago :-) Today's 11K is an Altoona-Conway job with a consist an EMD fan like me can appreciate!
Photo Date:  8/6/2009  Upload Date: 8/23/2009 3:49:31 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  NS 5282(GP38-2) NS 3101(GP40-2) NS 6310(SD40E)
Views:  596   Comments: 0
NS 6792
Title:  NS 6792
Description:  A 3rd consecutive train led by EMD's! NS 21Q rolls west through Cresson and MO Interlocking while a pair of SD40-2 helpers waits in the plant to follow him west.
Photo Date:  8/6/2009  Upload Date: 8/23/2009 4:20:47 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  NS 6792(SD60M)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
NS 590
Title:  NS 590
Description:  Finally, an eastbound! A pair of head-end helpers adds tractive effort to the NS 590 coal drag on the final climb over the Allegheny Summit at Cresson, PA.
Photo Date:  8/6/2009  Upload Date: 8/23/2009 4:28:35 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  NS 3354(SD40-2)
Views:  429   Comments: 1
590 at AR
Title:  590 at AR
Description:  NS 590 calls a clear signal at AR, the top of the hill. Head-end help will assist with dynamic braking all the way to Altoona, some 12 miles away.
Photo Date:  8/6/2009  Upload Date: 8/23/2009 4:35:56 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  NS 3354(SD40-2)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
Double Action on the Broadway
Title:  Double Action on the Broadway
Description:  3374 is the trailing unit on a set of helpers drifting west down the hill towards Cresson and a crew change while NS 20R comes east on Track 3. This is one spot that remains with all 5 tracks.
Photo Date:  8/6/2009  Upload Date: 8/24/2009 7:24:07 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  NS 3374(SD40-2)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
What a Nice Surprise!
Title:  What a Nice Surprise!
Description:  NS 18G slowly follows ore train 406 east at Cresson, PA, with a pair of blue ex-Conrail units as the sole power. The light was pretty poor for this, but I figured it was worth posting anyway. A nice sight to see for this Conrail fan!
Photo Date:  8/6/2009  Upload Date: 8/24/2009 7:39:29 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  NS 8349(C40-8W)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
NS 51V meeting 406...not something you see every day
Title:  NS 51V meeting 406...not something you see every day
Description:  Two extra symbol freights meet at the Route 53 Overpass in Cresson, PA. The 7575 is the lone unit on westbound grain empty 51V, while the hoppers on Track 1 are loaded to their weight limit of 110 tons each with taconite, a concentrated form of iron ore.
Photo Date:  8/6/2009  Upload Date: 8/24/2009 7:31:15 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  NS 7575(ES40DC)
Views:  238   Comments: 0
NS 21E West at signal 2493
Title:  NS 21E West at signal 2493
Description:  Hot UPS intermodal train 21E comes west on Track 4 while 18G creeps east on Track 1 at Cresson, PA.
Photo Date:  8/9/2009  Upload Date: 8/24/2009 7:47:19 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  NS 2694(SD70M-2)
Views:  186   Comments: 0
21M at the Summit
Title:  21M at the Summit
Description:  NS 21M, a hot New Jersey-Chicago UPS intermodal, crosses the summit point of the Allegheny Mountains, located exactly at the west portal of the Allegheny Tunnel in the background.
Photo Date:  8/7/2009  Upload Date: 8/24/2009 7:54:53 PM
Location:  Gallitzen, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  NS 8430(C40-8W)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
Smell the Paint
Title:  Smell the Paint
Description:  A freshly-outshopped NS SD40-E rides the turntable at the Juniata Locomotive Shop complex in Altoona, PA. This one was literally just out of the paint booth.
Photo Date:  8/7/2009  Upload Date: 8/24/2009 10:02:54 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  NS 6317(SD40E)
Views:  771   Comments: 2
ANOTHER blue leader :-)
Title:  ANOTHER blue leader :-)
Description:  NS 20R blasts upgrade through Cresson with a nice blue leader, one of the original Conrail C40-8W's without the 'Quality' slogan.
Photo Date:  8/9/2009  Upload Date: 8/24/2009 10:13:15 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  NS 8328(C40-8W)
Views:  199   Comments: 1
RJC-1 Crew pumping air into their empties
Title:  RJC-1 Crew pumping air into their empties
Description:  The star of Saturday's show this year was a Fallen Timber train led by 4 clean RJ Corman units, including the 5372, an ex-D&RGW SD40T-2. Nice to see an old friend doing what she was built to do.
Photo Date:  8/8/2009  Upload Date: 8/24/2009 10:18:25 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  RJCP 5372(SD40T-2)
Views:  382   Comments: 0
NS 643 Power
Title:  NS 643 Power
Description:  The power that brought in the empties was a glorious set of 3 blue SD60I's, yet another treat this weekend had in store. The helpers for RJC-1 had problems, so the Pittsburgh East Dispatcher chose to run this set of power east as well as change out two sets of helpers before finally adding the help to RJC-1.
Photo Date:  8/8/2009  Upload Date: 8/24/2009 10:34:51 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  David Abeles
Categories: 
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Views:  175   Comments: 0
RJC-1 Pulls Ahead
Title:  RJC-1 Pulls Ahead
Description:  The crew of the RJC-1 pulls ahead through the Cresson Engine House Yard to put units on the rear before the run down to the mine.
Photo Date:  8/8/2009  Upload Date: 8/24/2009 10:22:59 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  RJCP 5372(SD40T-2) RJCP 3676(SD40-2)
Views:  498   Comments: 0
FINALLY...
Title:  FINALLY...
Description:  The help for RJC-1, a pair of ex-Conrail SD80MAC's, finally gets underway to attach to the rear of the empties for the run to the mine. The lead unit is diving down off the Pittsburgh Line at MO onto the Irvona Secondary.
Photo Date:  8/8/2009  Upload Date: 8/24/2009 10:40:16 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  David Abeles
Categories: 
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Views:  207   Comments: 0
On the Move
Title:  On the Move
Description:  RJC-1 is whining down the 1% grade and around consecutive 10- and then 12-degree curves with its train of empties for the Fallen Timber loadout. The train is crossing Rt. 53 in Gallitzen in this image.
Photo Date:  8/9/2009  Upload Date: 8/24/2009 10:45:46 PM
Location:  Gallitzen, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  RJCP 7697(GP38)
Views:  362   Comments: 0
Coming Down Through Town
Title:  Coming Down Through Town
Description:  The RJC-1 rolls through downtown Ashville, PA, on its way to the Fallen Timber loadout. It's a busy shot...but what a neat scene! Unfortunately, showers moved in quickly after this, and we were done for the day before the train was loaded for the run back to Cresson. We retired back to town to drink beer. Later that night, we headed back to the grade to watch and listen to the EMD's lift 58 cars of coal up the grade--what a great way to end the weekend!
Photo Date:  8/8/2009  Upload Date: 8/24/2009 10:49:59 PM
Location:  Ashville, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  RJCP 7697(GP38)
Views:  451   Comments: 0


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