Passenger Trains > New Haven (MetroNorth) surprise at Enola, PA

1. MetroNorth 228 on a manifest train at Enola, PA today
2. Amtrak 513 eastbound at River Rd. Mifflin, PA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/19/14 18:37 by birdman.

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How common is it for a Metro North loco to work freight? Is it paying back horsepower hours somehow? Is it leased?

Marty Bernard

MartyBernard Wrote:
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> How common is it for a Metro North loco to work
> freight? Is it paying back horsepower hours
> somehow? Is it leased?
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> Marty Bernard


228 was photographed in Binghamton on CP on 9/17/14 so I'm guessing that the train in the Enola photo is NS 11R (aka 458 in CP-speak). It's not clear to me how it got to Binghamton, though. Possibly MN to CSX at Croton-Harmon to Selkirk Yd to CP Kenwood Yd to CP Saratoga to train 252 to Binghamton?

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?2,3525629

WRT paying back HP hours, AFAIK, there have been no sightings of NS Dash-9s hauling Metro North trains - they likely wouldn't fit in the Grand Central Terminal! ;-)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/20/14 03:54 by JPB.

Could it have been on its way to Altoona for service or repair?

I'm told that the 228 has a big engine fire two weeks ago. Probably DIT, being sent back to Erie for repairs.

Chuck/Las Vegas

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> I'm told that the 228 has a big engine fire two
> weeks ago. Probably DIT, being sent back to Erie
> for repairs.
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Thanks for info. Roundabout way to GE @ Erie. Maybe to NS @ Roanoke where they do their heavy GE work?