Two NS 80mac's still dressed in Conrail livery pop out of a thick tree canopy and into some late afternoon spring sun, while pulling 100 loads of coal to a power plant at Shelocta, Pennsylvania.
A pair of MACs on the rear of 562 is a fine way to start the morning.
This pair of 80MAC's will be the head end power for the returning empty hoppers from Shelocta.
Keystone Generating Station is only a few miles away, but it will take nearly an hour for 562 to get there, due to very slow track speeds.
NS is expected to finish their new route to Shelocta by early fall '06. When this happens, the new track in the foreground will become a critical link in the route to the Keystone Generating Stat... (more)
NS 562 rests with empty hoppers while the Keystone Generating Stacks smoke it up in the background.
If only the ex-Conrail MACs were out there alone with the empty hoppers.
The coal truck is probably headed to the same powerplant (background, left) as the 7201.
562's long, roundabout trip is just about over as the rear units creep toward the Keystone Generating Station.
Always a nice catch. Conrail blue soars over the impressive 150ft Wilbur Trestle outside Kingston on a gorgeous spring afternoon in the Rondout River Gorge.
Lots of power sitting in the yard when we got back from dropping loaded hoppers at Huff Power Plant
Instead of the typical two or three units, today's edition of Q249 is powered by an incredible lashup of nine engines! Lead unit is CSX's "Spirit of Benning" SD80MAC.
A mega consist leads Q249 west including the "Spirit of Benning" #800.
A trio of SD80MAC's on the C48 local prepare to perform some work at Cresson.
CSX 806 and 805 bring coal train V634 down Sandpatch grade at Foley Overlook.
