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Nostalgia & History > Philadelphia Main LineDate: 11/18/18 15:31 Philadelphia Main Line Author: King_Coal At one time in the not too distant past, you could go to a Suburban commuter station on the now-Septa Paoli line and expect to see a few freight trains. Here's a few from July of 1974 at Radnor. I was using "value" film at the time, but digital ICE seems to help the photos.
1 & 2 ) Three PC GP30's 2227-2221-2211 lead a mineral train eastbound. Continued   Date: 11/18/18 15:33 Re: Philadelphia Main Line Author: King_Coal 3 & 4) E44 4464 leads an eastbound manifest.
  Date: 11/18/18 15:36 Re: Philadelphia Main Line Author: King_Coal 5 & 6) 3 C-C Alco's 6336-6326-6330 lead another eastbound empty mineral train. It all made a lot of noise!
I think that was the only time I saw 3 of the big Alcos together, much less in electrified freight territory. Please enjoy. Bob Omaha Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 11/18/18 15:45 by King_Coal.   Date: 11/18/18 15:43 Re: Philadelphia Main Line Author: stevelv I really like the last two. FYI, it's really a C630 sandwich. The first and last units are C636's.
Steve B. Date: 11/18/18 16:42 Re: Philadelphia Main Line Author: perklocal Wow ! I'll bet that same set of Alcos turned on a loaded ore train and made even more noise on the way back with a possible electric helper too !
Date: 11/18/18 18:00 Re: Philadelphia Main Line Author: thebluecomet Very nice images. The slight motion blur gives them life. Thanks for sharing!!
Date: 11/18/18 18:56 Re: Philadelphia Main Line Author: PRR_4859 Those are great! Thank you for sharing. I especially like the E44a pictures.
Date: 11/19/18 06:07 Re: Philadelphia Main Line Author: knotch8 Excellent photos. Thanks for sharing them.
It's upgrade all the way from Overbrook to Paoli, and the westbound loaded ore trains would struggle up the Main Line. I've seen several photos of helpers shoving on the rear. That must have been a sound for the neighbors whose houses back right up to the right of way in this territory. Date: 11/19/18 11:54 Re: Philadelphia Main Line Author: RRTom I found some iron ore pellets, from those westbound trains of imported Brazilian iron ore, in the ballast of the out of service main track while working on an Amtrak project at Downingtown about 3 years ago.
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