of motive power were the highlights of this Saturday morning along the Lehigh Line near Manville (NJ). In time sequence, the trains observed passing my location were as follows:
NS 11J @ 7:29- NS 9877 was in charge of forty-seven autoracks, measuring in at 4,500 feet. It consisted of one load and forty-six empties.
CSX 702 @ 7:58- would have CSX 4847, CSX 489, CSX 8626, CSX 8408 and CSX 5326 bringing empty municipal waste containers east.
NS 212 @ 8:20- would head down track 1 with NS 8372, NS 9158 and NS 2591 for motive power. Once 212 cleared Port Reading Jct., NS 21M headed east behind NS 9455, NS 8698 and NS 9340 with what seemed as a longer than normal intermodal train. Some of the TOFCs seen on board were names not seen previously such as Keystone Trucking. Could this be an effect from high diesel prices on the trucking industry?
CSX Q439 @ 8:41- was the first interesting trio of power. Behind CSX 4802 was HLCX 6451 (SD40-2, ex-SCL 2053) and CSX 1130 (MP15AC).
NS 24V @ 9:10- next came another interesting trio consisting of PRR 5408 (SD50, ex-CR 6714), BNSF 5427 in an H2 paint scheme and BNSF 846 wearing a fairly clean H3 paint scheme.
All in all, not a bad morning to be trackside...