Tuesday, January 02, 2007

There were some trains running on Christmas Eve...

(Train sightings on 12/24/06)

on the Lehigh Line near Manville (NJ) and they were as follows:

NS @ 7:55 This westbound train's symbol was unknown and spotted at the Roycefield Road grade crossing. For power it had PRR 8330 (C40-8W, ex-CR 6076) and NS 8763 (D8-40C). Its consist was a combination of empty auto racks along with mixed freight.

NS 19G (Oak Island, NJ to Pittsburgh, PA) @ 8:15-Power was two C40-9Ws, NS 9522 and NS 9346. Behind them was 148 cars of mixed freight.

CSX Q300 (Philadelphia, PA to Oak Island, NJ) @ 8:20-had HLCX 8142 (SD40-2, ex-BN 8142) and CSX 7787 (C40-8W) for power.

NS 24V (Harrisburg, PA to Dockside, NJ) @ 9:10-had NS 9473 (C40-9W) and UP 4914 (SD70M) for power.




Hope everyone has a good holiday...

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