was what I was looking for on this cold Saturday along the Lehigh Line.
My travels took me to Pattenburg (NJ) where NS 214 came through around 8:40. Power was BNSF 4667 (C44-9W), primer painted NS 7566 (ES40DC) and NS 7107 (GP60). It was unusual to see stacked empty truck trailers used for carrying containers in 214's consist. I can't recall seeing that before.
At 9:30, NS 21M, lead by NS 9380 (C40-9W) and two other units would head west past MP 68.
Driving back east along I-78, NS 11J was heard calling signals at CP 64 around 9:50.
At 11:15, NS 213, power unknown, would take the passing siding at Flemington Jct to hold for four eastbounds.
The first eastbounder was NS 18G. Power would be NS 7602 (ES40DC) and NS 9952 (C40-9W). As 18G passed through Stanton Station, it would inform 213 that it would have to wait until the heat exchanger passed that they would continue their westward trip.
Twenty minutes later, NS's ethanol train 64J would pass by with NS 2567 (SD70, ex-CR 2567) and NS 9261 (C40-9W) in command.
At high noon, the third train, a intermodal whose symbol was unknown, passed. Motive power was two C40-8Ws, PRR 8324 (ex-CR 6068) and NS 8351 (ex-CR 6112).
Drove down to Three Bridges where I finally caught the heat exchanger, its width fourteen feet and five inches, heading east at 2:10. Two NS units provided the power. Didn't get the lead unit's number but the second unit was NS 9550 (C40-9W).
Had to feel some pity for 213's crew as they would wait for nearly four hours before the heat exchanger would finally pass.