Eastern Railroad Discussion > NS Harrisburg line action 12/1/16

Video 1: NS39G west bound, main 1, River Road, Gladwyne PA

Video 2: NS520 east bound, main 1, Valley Forge, PA

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What is the NS520 train? Thanks for posting!

It was a loaded stone train, many Reading and Northern cars if not all of them, from what I heard on the radio it was heading east up the Morrisville connector.

Thanks for my trackside "visit" today from the comfort of my desk chair.  Gray skies there but looks like temperatures couldn't be too bad as I think I saw a car in video #1 with its convertible top down. 
Video #2 seems to be all Reading & Northern hopper cars.  I didn't realize they had so many in their fleet.  Any idea what mineral was inside those cars?  Ballast or crushed stone?  Certainly doesn't look like a coal product (but I just had cataract surgery and my eyesiight is not yet 100%)

Overcast here today in southeast PA, but very moderate temps, about 55-60 degrees.  Train was definetly loaded with stone not coal.  It looked like ballast stone to me, not crushed, but corrections are welcome.

That's a heavy train.