Eastern Railroad Discussion > CR CSAO Local Train CA-51 For Tuckahoe Has Road Unit Leader

51 took down 37 to Tuck on Thurs last week and had setup their Tuck train on Fri of 30 cars 26 mty LPG tanks and 4 articulated trash can flats ... 2 local GP38-2s did the job last week which is what i expected on Monday but i got a nicw surpise with a road unit on point sb ... perhaps they bogged down on Albion Hill ... they had to split the units to work IP to drop off 5 cars of paper rolls for the corrugated plant ...

Mill is where the pre P-RSL, PRR south jersey subsidiary, WJ&S 3 track main at Center tower interlocking split lines to AC with the C&A passenger main (now PATCO) taking the direct route via Winslow and Hammonton and the 3rd rail electrified main to AC via Newfield and Mays Landing going the route of the Millville Branch (now Vileland Sec) ...

Photo #1 51 at Mill with PATCO in the background heading to Philly ...

Photo #2 sb through CP- Brown

Photo #3: rollling up the grade at Oaklyn ...

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Photo #4 Oaklyn

Photo #5 Audubon

Photo #6 Haddon Heights

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Barrington making some necessary cuts so as not block Gloucester Pike to work IP ... 6 axles forbidden on the tight curves back to IP ... power has to be split ...

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power back together and on train ... the train rolls south through Magnolia

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Interesting series OOS. I like the elevated photo at CP Brown.
John

scary as hell up there John ... notvonly do tractor trailers in the right lane blow by me at speed 60mph+ but the entire bridge fixture starts flexing up and down ...

Where do the LPG tanks go? Storage?
Clarence G

Clarence Wrote:
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> Where do the LPG tanks go? Storage?
> Clarence G

yes