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By:Dave Abeles
Dates:7/8/2005 - 2/6/2006
Album Info:Shots from recent trips to Cresson, PA, and The Shation Inn in Summer 2005 and Winter 2006
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21E
Title:  21E
Description:  NS 21E roars west on Track 3 at 'BC' in Sonman, PA, with a solid train of mail and UPS high-priority freight on a humid July 7, 2005.
Photo Date:  7/7/2005  Upload Date: 5/15/2006 10:57:04 AM
Location:  Sonman, PA
Author:  David Abeles
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6785(SD60M)
Views:  567   Comments: 1
648 approaching BC
Title:  648 approaching BC
Description:  NS train 648, freshly loaded at the Sonman Mine in Portage, PA, struggles on wet rail towards the swtich at BC for the run east to Altoona on a sticky July 7, 2005.
Photo Date:  7/7/2005  Upload Date: 5/15/2006 11:17:07 AM
Location:  Sonman, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  NS 2616(SD70M)
Views:  567   Comments: 0
648 nearing BC
Title:  648 nearing BC
Description:  NS 648, a load out of the Sonman Mine, in Run-8 at about 5 mph approaching the switch at 'BC'.
Photo Date:  7/8/2005  Upload Date: 5/15/2006 12:17:12 PM
Location:  Sonman, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  NS 2616(SD70M)
Views:  485   Comments: 0
C90
Title:  C90
Description:  NS local C90 prepares to exit the Portage Secondary Track at 'NY' after loading a hopper train to become the next day's 648.
Photo Date:  7/8/2005  Upload Date: 5/15/2006 12:17:54 PM
Location:  Portage, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Views:  479   Comments: 0
NS 648 - On the Move
Title:  NS 648 - On the Move
Description:  NS coal load 648 on the move eastbound on the Portage Secondary Track at Sonman, PA, after tying onto loads from the C90 the day before.
Photo Date:  7/8/2005  Upload Date: 5/15/2006 3:50:39 PM
Location:  Sonman, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  NS 2616(SD70M)
Views:  506   Comments: 0
Nighttime in Cresson
Title:  Nighttime in Cresson
Description:  A helper set of SD40-2's idles away the night at the Cresson, PA engine terminal on a uncharacteristically warm Feburary night.
Photo Date:  2/6/2006  Upload Date: 5/15/2006 3:56:27 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  NS 3428(SD40-2)
Views:  464   Comments: 0
Signal 253W
Title:  Signal 253W
Description:  Signal 253W bears witness to the passage of NS 262 eastbound on Track 2 on a suprisingly balmy evening in February, 2006.
Photo Date:  2/6/2006  Upload Date: 5/15/2006 3:57:13 PM
Location:  Lilly, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Views:  550   Comments: 1
Slide Fence Woes
Title:  Slide Fence Woes
Description:  The NS Cresson MOW forces, including B&B and C&S crews, are busy tending to the slide fences at Cassandra, PA, as the sun sets through a break in the clouds on February 6, 2006. There were numerous small rocksides due to the February thaw.
Photo Date:  2/6/2006  Upload Date: 5/15/2006 3:58:39 PM
Location:  Cassandra, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Views:  217   Comments: 1


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