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Steam & Excursion > Allentown and Auburn Christmas ExcursionDate: 11/26/22 11:04 Allentown and Auburn Christmas Excursion Author: dschlegel On my way to drop my daughter off at my folks to spend the night we caught the A&A Christmas train returning to Kutztown, PA.
Here it is at Kohler Road. Note the stone abutment in the woods, in the 1800's the road crossed the railroad on a bridge here. Enjoy! Dan You must be a registered subscriber to watch videos. Join Today! Date: 11/26/22 11:59 Re: Allentown and Auburn Christmas Excursion Author: boejoe Nice. Looks like some rolling stock is receiving a coat of paint.
Date: 11/26/22 12:11 Re: Allentown and Auburn Christmas Excursion Author: Pattenburg Nice video at a good location.
Date: 11/26/22 14:13 Re: Allentown and Auburn Christmas Excursion Author: pdt Nice to see this small line making a go of it. Im sure its a labor of love.. Would be nice if they could pick up a little freight biz too, but IDK if there are any prospects other than locating a team track/transfer pad somewhere down the line.
I wonder if NS has any interest in helping shortlines develop traffic, or if they are just a bloated bureaucracy of "not enought profit" to care about any carload freight. ?? Date: 11/26/22 15:16 Re: Allentown and Auburn Christmas Excursion Author: dschlegel pdt Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Nice to see this small line making a go of it. > Im sure its a labor of love.. Would be nice if > they could pick up a little freight biz too, but > IDK if there are any prospects other than locating > a team track/transfer pad somewhere down the > line. > > I wonder if NS has any interest in helping > shortlines develop traffic, or if they are just a > bloated bureaucracy of "not enought profit" to > care about any carload freight. ?? They actually have been growing some freight business lately. The foundry in Kutztown has recently reopen and is using rail. They also have made a trans load area in Topton for a special clay that comes in covered hoppers and is used by a paving company. Finally some of the mennonite farmers have been going together and buying hopper cars of feed for their livestock. Dan Posted from iPhone Date: 11/26/22 18:49 Re: Allentown and Auburn Christmas Excursion Author: krm152 Thanks for posting your interesting video.
ALLEN Date: 11/28/22 23:28 Re: Allentown and Auburn Christmas Excursion Author: pdt dschlegel Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > pdt Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Nice to see this small line making a go of > it. > > Im sure its a labor of love.. Would be nice > if > > they could pick up a little freight biz too, > but > > IDK if there are any prospects other than > locating > > a team track/transfer pad somewhere down the > > line. > > > > I wonder if NS has any interest in helping > > shortlines develop traffic, or if they are just > a > > bloated bureaucracy of "not enought profit" to > > care about any carload freight. ?? > > They actually have been growing some freight > business lately. > > The foundry in Kutztown has recently reopen and is > using rail. > > They also have made a trans load area in Topton > for a special clay that comes in covered hoppers > and is used by a paving company. > > Finally some of the mennonite farmers have been > going together and buying hopper cars of feed for > their livestock. > > Dan > > Posted from iPhone Sounds great. If u evey have a chance, post some video of some freight moves and switching. SW-1's switching freight on a common carrierr RR are pretty hard to come by. IDK if the BRW even uses their SW-1 to move freight, or if the former L&S SW-1 in wilkes-barre/scranton is still active. Date: 11/30/22 18:50 Re: Allentown and Auburn Christmas Excursion Author: flash34 The Oregon Pacific RR still uses SW-1 100 quite often, usually on freight. I ran her on the Holiday Express the other night.
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