Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Lehigh Line Saturday (3/31) sightings...

at Bloomsbury (NJ) were as follows:

NS 24Z-8:35; would have PRR 8340 (C40-8W, ex-CR 6097) and NS 2767 (SD70M-2) taken the Pattenburg siding for two westbounders.

NS 21M-8:55; had a trio of C40-9Ws for power. They were NS 9711, NS 9205 and NS 9376.

NS 19G-Time wasn't recorded as NS 9794 and NS 9834, two C40-9Ws, had some interesting cars in this 116 car general merchandise train. There was a odd couple (No, not Felix Unger and Oscar Madison) of a Guilford Maine Central boxcar coupled to a Pan Am boxcar. The 109th car was a SOO LINE boxcar with a faded "Colormark" marking. The next to the last car was a NW scale car.

NS 11J-9:45; would be instructed to take its ninety-seven autoracks onto the "...long siding for one eastbounder." 11J's power consisted of NS 2526 (SD70) and NS 9010 (C40-9W).

NS 18G-10:30; was moving ever so slowly as it came east. Motive power would be NS 8307 (C40-8, ex-CR 6035) and NS 2620 (SD70M).

Sorry about not including a shot or two with this report. Low battery power in the camera combined with cold temperatures left my digital camera DOA!