Eastern Railroad Discussion > Everett B32-8 earning it's keep

Towards the tail end of a great couple of days covering the Altoona, Pa and west slope area with Bill aka "Roadjob" I decided to check out the Everett RR in Holidaysburg. Bill had to hit the happy highway for Baltimore but I still had a couple hours to burn on this sunny day. I've kind of ignored the EV since they acquired this former NS B32-8 (D8-32B in NS lingo, former NS 3561) but made it a point to catch them today. It's been a while since I've seen one of these running. Followed them all the way down to the end of the line at the Martinsburg Jc wye and after a spot or two on the northbound run I had to break things off and roll west for Ohio. All photos taken 01-22-20.

Picking up the cars NS CB10 dropped off, Holidaysburg, pa..
At Martinsburg Jc, Martinsburg, Pa
Working the Smith Trucking warehouse south of Roaring Spring, Pa.

Roger Durfee
Akron, OH



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/23/20 10:37 by EL833.

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Nice!
Here's how that last (PA 36 XING) location looks with 2-6-0 #11
WW Jenkins 4/2018 photo

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You and Bill both have the gift of doing both technically excellent and visually interesting images. As an example, the building to the right of 561 in photo one adds its own uniqueness to the  scene.
Bob

bigsavage Wrote:
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> Nice!
> Here's how that last (PA 36 XING) location looks
> with 2-6-0 #11
> WW Jenkins 4/2018 photo

How often does #11 get down that far ? It would be sweet to catch it out in the farm country south of Roaring Spring.

Roger Durfee
Akron, OH

EL833 Wrote:
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> bigsavage Wrote:
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> > Nice!
> > Here's how that last (PA 36 XING) location
> looks
> > with 2-6-0 #11
> > WW Jenkins 4/2018 photo
>
> How often does #11 get down that far ? It would be
> sweet to catch it out in the farm country south of
> Roaring Spring.

Usually twice a year on scheduled excursions, and also on certain charters. One has just been scheduled for March 21st. Trip leaves at 1:00pm. (Everett RR.com)
There are also 8-10 runs to Roaring Springs station per year, #11 gets a good workout on the 1.6% up through McKee's Gap.
2018 images by WW Jenkins

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Cool- thanks ! I've photographed (and rode) the Roaring Spring trips before but never knew they went all the way to Martinsburg Junction. Might have to check one of those trips out.

Roger Durfee
Akron, OH

I like Pic 3!!

bigsavage Wrote:
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> Usually twice a year on scheduled excursions, and
> also on certain charters. One has just been
> scheduled for March 21st. Trip leaves at 1:00pm.
> (Everett RR.com)
> There are also 8-10 runs to Roaring Springs
> station per year, #11 gets a good workout on the
> 1.6% up through McKee's Gap.
> 2018 images by WW Jenkins

Might that be an old cast iron PRR milepost or whistle post on the left in your first photo ? What crossing was this ?

Roger Durfee
Akron, OH

EL833 Wrote:
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> bigsavage Wrote:
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> > Usually twice a year on scheduled excursions,
> and
> > also on certain charters. One has just been
> > scheduled for March 21st. Trip leaves at
> 1:00pm.
> > (Everett RR.com)
> > There are also 8-10 runs to Roaring Springs
> > station per year, #11 gets a good workout on
> the
> > 1.6% up through McKee's Gap.
> > 2018 images by WW Jenkins
>
> Might that be an old cast iron PRR milepost or
> whistle post on the left in your first photo ?
> What crossing was this ?
The crossing is the entranceway for the Appvion paper plant in Roaring Spring, but the photo was taken from the adjacent embankment of PA867, just south of its intersection with PA 36.
It is a PRR whistle post, in the attached video from 9/2018, it is at the 00:13 mark, my vantage point and the crossing are also here.

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