Monday, March 05, 2018

Fwd: 1995: Rail Congestion in Harrisburg...

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ensued following a power outage caused by CR's first double-stack train through the Harrisburg area that brought down a low hanging power line at 4:45 AM on September 7, 1995. Seen here are four trains, starting from the left side, PIAL's tank cars, followed by the James E. Strates Carnival train coming off the Buffalo Line. A unit coal train powered by two CSX and four CR diesels stopped on the adjacent track. A CR intermodal with nine double stacks and TOFCs crawls west waiting on the Strates train to clear. This photo was taken from the Linglestown Road Bridge (Route 39).