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Viewing Album:  A&S-Cola Branch Excursion, '88
 
By:Bob Kise
Dates:9/11/1988 - 9/11/1988
Album Info:Amtrak is running two sold-out excursions over the Port Road, A&S, and Columbia Branch on November 2nd & 3rd, 2013. I think the last time a passenger train plied all 3 branches the same day may have been in September, 1988, when the Lancaster Chapter NRHS, the Strasburg Rail Road, and Conrail helped Columbia celebrate its bicentennial. Two round-trips operated between Lancaster and Columbia, and one round-trip was made down the Port Road, wyeing the train at Perryville. Date is approximate.
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CR No. 2758 was the power for the day
Title:  CR No. 2758 was the power for the day
Description:  On the now-gone mainline tracks through Lancaster Station
Photo Date:  9/11/1988  Upload Date: 9/22/2013 12:53:15 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 2758(U23B)
Views:  267   Comments: 0
Eastbound freight passes the excursion train in Lancaster
Title:  Eastbound freight passes the excursion train in Lancaster
Description:  At Lancaster Station
Photo Date:  9/11/1988  Upload Date: 9/22/2013 1:03:28 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 2758(U23B)
Views:  233   Comments: 0
A keystone-shaped drumhead, made especially for the day
Title:  A keystone-shaped drumhead, made especially for the day
Description:  Ex-Lackawanna coach from the Strasburg Rail Road
Photo Date:  9/11/1988  Upload Date: 9/22/2013 12:55:57 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  118   Comments: 0
No 2758 running around its train
Title:  No 2758 running around its train
Description:  Heading west on the Columbia Branch
Photo Date:  9/11/1988  Upload Date: 9/22/2013 12:56:35 PM
Location:  Columbia, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 2758(U23B)
Views:  276   Comments: 0
The old PRR Columbia Station
Title:  The old PRR Columbia Station
Description:  Was this the last time people boarded a passenger train at Columbia?
Photo Date:  9/11/1988  Upload Date: 9/22/2013 12:57:18 PM
Location:  Columbia, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  164   Comments: 0
The excursion train prepares to head east on the A&S
Title:  The excursion train prepares to head east on the A&S
Description:  Bound for Perryville and back
Photo Date:  9/11/1988  Upload Date: 9/22/2013 12:58:28 PM
Location:  Columbia, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  144   Comments: 0
The last of the passengers board
Title:  The last of the passengers board
Description:  The old Columbia Bridge (built 1930) in the background
Photo Date:  9/11/1988  Upload Date: 9/22/2013 12:59:15 PM
Location:  Columbia, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  111   Comments: 0
No. 2758 from the front vestibule
Title:  No. 2758 from the front vestibule
Description:  Pulling the excursion train, long-hood forward
Photo Date:  9/11/1988  Upload Date: 9/22/2013 12:59:57 PM
Location:  Columbia, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 2758(U23B)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
The excursion train in Lake Siding
Title:  The excursion train in Lake Siding
Description:  Getting ready to head east
Photo Date:  9/11/1988  Upload Date: 9/22/2013 1:00:38 PM
Location:  Columbia, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  85   Comments: 0
No. 2758 running around its train, preparing to go back to Lancaster
Title:  No. 2758 running around its train, preparing to go back to Lancaster
Description:  Wrights Ferry Bridge in the background (US Route 30)
Photo Date:  9/11/1988  Upload Date: 9/22/2013 1:01:46 PM
Location:  Columbia, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 2758(U23B)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
A Conrail freight barrels past the excursion train
Title:  A Conrail freight barrels past the excursion train
Description:  As seen from the rear vestibule
Photo Date:  9/11/1988  Upload Date: 9/22/2013 1:02:28 PM
Location:  Columbia, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6257(SD40)
Views:  527   Comments: 0

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