Eastern Railroad Discussion > Harrisburg area action mid-January to mid-February

Catching up on posting some images from mainly around the Harrisburg, PA area from the second half of January into the first part of February.  Lots of interesting trains in the time I was out during that period, with a variety of weather ranging from sunshine and upper-40 degree temperatures to snow and slop and polar vortex cold (though nowhere near as bad as the midwest.

1. 1/20 - 614 at Marysville approaching the old station with a pair of BNSF units 2nd and 3rd, indicating that this may have been Powder River Basin coal.
2. 1/20 A 6-unit 26T pulls into Harrisburg Yard seen from the Linglestown Rd. overpass.
3.  1/20 - H53 is seen crossing the Susquehanna River on Rockville Bridge heading for the Buffalo Line and Northumberland yard with its usual pair of SD40-2s - 3347 and 3374.
 

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4. 1/21 - NS 12R on the former Reading Line now NS Lurgan Line with the Virginian Heritage unit 3rd out.
5. 1/21 - 19G approaching Harrisburg on the Harrisburg line at CP-CAPITAL
6.  1/21 - 651 empty coal hoppers heading west at Thompsontown, PA.
 

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7.  1/21 - same 19G as above heading west at Thompsontown
8.  1/21 - H53 heading north on the Buffalo Line approaching Dauphin, PA seen from Marysville across the river near CP-BANKS 
9.  1/21 - Amtrak 43 heading west at Cove, PA

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10. 1/25 - A light engine exchange move (HH26) waits at CP-HARRIS on the main while HO02 waits on 4P to head for Steelton, both waiting for a westbound to clear CP-HARRIS
11. 1/26 - A trio of UP units leads hotshot intermodal 211 south on the Lurgan Line at 7th St. in Lemoyne.
12. 1/27 - 26T crossing Rockville Bridge for Harrisburg yard with another large 7-unit consist for power.

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13. 1/27 - 20R entering Harrisburg Yard at Lucknow st. with the Lackawanna unit 2nd out.
14.  1/27 - the Steelton local with just a single unit this day returning to Enola from Steelton seen at Lucknow St.
15.  Pipe loads on the HO02

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16.  1/28 - 11J, which recently started working Enola Yard (PSR?) is seen crossing Rockville Bridge with the Nickel Plate unit on the point.
17.  1/28 - Following 11J is 23Z with a UP unit trailing
18.  Once 11J cleared into Enola Yard, the Steelton local headed out the west end of Enola and crosses the river bound for the Harrisburg side and eventually the steel mill at Steelton, now with three units.
 

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19.  1/29 - Snow was back in the area, as 38Q makes it way south on the Lurgan line seen at 18th St in Camp Hill. 
20.  1/29 - Out at Cove, 22W is approaching Harrisburg...
21.  2/1 - February started off with another snowfall in Central PA, here a short HO02 is seen in Harrisburg Yard making it's way through the yard to make a set-off before heading to Steelton...

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22.  2/2 - Ground Hog Day started off with haze, as one-unit wonder is seen heading west across the Susquehanna leading empty 509 hoppers.
23.  2/2 - As 509 was heading west on 2 track, ethanol train 6K4 comes east on 1 track with yet another UP trailing unit.
24.  2/2 - The haze was starting to bburn off as 6K4 climpbs up the grade from the Pittsburgh Line onto the Harrisburg Line approaching CP-CAPITOL seen from 13th St.

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25.  2/2 - Over in Camp Hill, Shiremanstown Yd-based HS12 was coming out from the yard via the Camp Hill Connector onto the Lurgan Line to shove down to CP-ROSS with tank cars to work the customer located there.
26.  2/2 - Another HO02 coming out of Enola to loop around through Harrisburg to access the steel mill at Steelton
27.  2/2 - Heading a 40+- miles west of Harrisburg, 20W was passing through Mexico Farms on its way to Harrisburg and points east

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28.  2/2 - Still West of Harrisburg at Newport, PA - 22W is passing the snow-covered ball field heading for Harrisburg
29.  2/2 - H53 is seen just after sunset with an SD40-2 and a pair of GP38-2s heading back home to Northumberland from Fishing Creek Rd.
30.  2/4 - 11Z cam south from Binghamton, NY with the Monongahela heritage unit on the point with an nod to Conrail (CR) taped on the nose.

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31. 2/4 - Another look at 11Z crossing the Susquehanna River about to enter Enola Yard.
32. 2/10 - About 75 miles removed from Harrisburg, we see H68 departing Allentown Yard bound for Reading, crossing the Lehigh River.  I had a family trip planned for Florida starting the 10th, and for various reasons I needed to fly Allegiant out of Allentown while my family flew out of Harrisburg later in the day.  I built a little time into my schedule to snoop around the Allentown area before heading to the airport and this was what I came up with.
33. - 2/10 - One more view of H68, this time at CP-Burn, with what seems like its assigned pair of units plus an SD40-2 trailer.

Look for some images from my wanderings around Florida later this week.

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Sam you need to send those Heritage units myway I am tired of looking at this orange we will send you some of them. Hey great pics my friend. Hope you are warmer than we are at -2. 

Ed

Thanks for the pics...

Thanks for a very NICE series!

Larry

Very enjoyable series. I like the scene in photo #8. I don't beleive I have ever seen this angle.
John

You really get around! Must put mega miles on your venicle. I tend to stay in one place. (comes from being old, I guess.) 
Your pix are great and the different locations add to that. Also for some reason it seems like 26T usually has a bunch of engines.