Eastern Railroad Discussion > Some Recent Color On The NS Lurgan Line

Hi everyone.

On August 29, I had some spare time to do some train watching. Here are some of the highlights:

Pic 1: NS 212 going through Marion, PA at track speed with UP power.

Pic 2: More UP power on NS 211 south of Greencastle, PA.

Pic 3: NS 37Q leaving Vardo Yard in Hagerstown, MD with BNSF power.

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Pic 4: NS 227 approaching Hagerstown, MD.

Pic 5: NS V86 coming back south from Hagerstown at Antietam, MD.

Pic 6: NS 228 with UP/BNSF power right behind V86.

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Pic 7: A long NS 202 with four engines elephant style at Antietam.

Pic 8: NS 203 coming into Hagerstown, MD. This would be my last train of the day because I was expecting company soon at home.

Pic 9: NS 747 in Shippensburg, PA on August 9.

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Pic 10: Perhaps a fellow railfan.....??!! :<)

Thanks everyone for looking.

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Nice series and great variety--really like the elephant style consist. With some much run through power and horsepower payback hours, it's great that we all get to see the different roads equipment.
Brian Stevens

Very nice photos of an interesting line. Q: how busy is the Greencastle IM facility? In photo #2, the load/unload area looks pretty quiet. If I'm reading the NS intermodal schedule site correctly, it looks like two through train pairs make pick-ups/drop-offs on Mondays through Saturdays: 201/202 service to/from Rossville, TN and 213/290 service to/from Birmingham and Dallas. It appears that IM traffic to/from other SE US destinations/origins like Atlanta/Jax/Miami/Norfolk are handled out of the Rutherford/Harrisburg terminals.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/03/14 02:10 by JPB.

Good stuff. how many trains a day operate on the Lurgan branch?
Jim

Nice, I don't believe I have seen four locomotives elephant style leading.
john

Nice series, like the, NS 211 south of Greencastle, PA shot.

Nice mix of trains and color. I must confess I do like the crow also.

nancyg

jim6300loco Wrote:
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> Good stuff. how many trains a day operate on the
> Lurgan branch?
> Jim


I haven't had coffee yet this AM but lets see:

Manifests

35/36Q
37/38Q
15/16T
11/12R

Intermodals

290
201/202
203/204
211/212
213/214
227/228

NS local

H34

Hopper trains to Shire Oaks (as needed):

777
747
781

Grain trains (as needed):

Empty: 51V
Loads: 44T and a couple more symbols I'm not sure of....

I should add there is the occasional 900 series train that runs on the Lurgan too.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/03/14 05:50 by ns1000.

Great set of photos!! Thanks for the train list too, that definitely helps.
Dan

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JPB Wrote:
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> Very nice photos of an interesting line. Q: how
> busy is the Greencastle IM facility? In photo #2,
> the load/unload area looks pretty quiet. If I'm
> reading the NS intermodal schedule site correctly,
> it looks like two through train pairs make
> pick-ups/drop-offs on Mondays through Saturdays:
> 201/202 service to/from Rossville, TN and 213/290
> service to/from Birmingham and Dallas. It appears
> that IM traffic to/from other SE US
> destinations/origins like
> Atlanta/Jax/Miami/Norfolk are handled out of the
> Rutherford/Harrisburg terminals.


You are correct. The only thing that I can add is that the yard isn't that busy. They unload cuts of cars dropped off and they load empties to be picked up. Not the hussle/bussle of most intermodal facilities.

You got a real nice mix of power with a great photo series.

Thanks everyone for your kind words.