Eastern Railroad Discussion > Herzog tie train on Washington Secondary

Passing through Phillipsburg (NJ) Monday morning I was surprised to see a Herzog tie train coming off the Washington Secondary on to NS's Lehigh Line. Since there was no mention of this train I was surprised to see it and had no idea as to what it was doing there. In the image taken from South Main Street's Black Bridge, the Herzog train is seen heading on to the LEHL shortly after NS local H74 headed east. Later threads on another website indicated that the Herzog train would take the siding in Landsdown near LEHL MP 57.

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Neat shot! I'll be there Sunday afternoon to ride the polar express train with my daughter and wife.
Dan

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Dan - from the looks of things down where the passengers board, they were starting to set up the facilities for the weekend trains.

Technically it's a MOW machine and not a train. No train crews involved in its moment or operation.

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Thank-you for the clarification.

Does the Herzog have a rail company pilot engineer or conductor?

Just a MOW employee. No Engineer or Conductor. Some long distance ferry moves might get a Road Forman of its a rail grinder. That Machine showen in the picture moves on the rear of freight trains when being dead headed to the next location.

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