This old Whitcomb switcher looks no larger than a compact car as it sits on an under construction siding at Williams Grove
106 year old PRR 643 leaves the station for its 2 mile trip.
21T finally gets to head west after waiting for the OCS to clear
NS OCS nears the west-end signals on the Rockville Bridge on this warm late May afternoon
PRR 643 nears the end of the line. Soon it will reverse the mile or so back to the station to pick up another load of passengers
Whitcomb switcher sits on siding with vintage freight cars..including a wooden Ma & Pa boxcar
The rear end crew keeps an eye on things as the train rolls down the line. They're on a N6b caboose built by the PRR in 1916
The PRR's last operating steam engine passes a pile of 85lb rail
643 heads towards an "s" curve on it 1 mile route
643 passes an old Whitcomb switcher and some vintage freight cars
Westbound local passes real estate office that was once a feed mill...and in the Civil War a field hospital
NS 4620 heads west out of Shiremanstown yard to Mechanicsburg to serve the local industries
NS 4620 heads up the spur to switch Purina Mills in Mechanicsburg on the hazy, muggy May morning
4620 brings a covered hopper back to the main after switching the Purina Mills plant
NS local pulls covered hopper from siding to the main