Eastern Railroad Discussion > Torrential Rain Trains

Surprise camp train 934 came west on main two this morning in a heavy 7am rain from the storm in the Northeast.

Running late, 21E-4 comes by at 10:45AM.  Super friendly crew with some great horn action.

MP 24.5
NS HARRISBURG LINE
PHOENIXVILLE, PA
 

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Nice videos.Hope you had a somewhat dry place to shoot from. Stay safe out there.

Randal Erickson

Tigard, Oregon

2020 and NS is still using camp cars.  Not necessarily bad, just an observation.  Our gang on Amtrak's NEC in the early 1990s had about 30 camp cars plus supporting office, tool and materials stores cars.
Are both tracks bi-directionally signaled at Phoenixville?
Thanks!

Great videos. You can see how much water was building up in the drainage areas. That area was in the 5-6 inches of rain bands from the tropical storm until early afternoon.
The signalling upgrade for PTC provided bi-directional signalling for the entire Harrisburg Line. There have been a few interlocking changes made over the last few years as well to provide more flexibility entering and departing Abrams Yard. All Yard traffic was on the near track only before the upgraded CP Forge was built. 
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I REALLY liked the 21E video!!

Doug,
Nice.  And thanks for sharing as usual.

We lost power yesterday at 1pm and didnt' get it back until 2am today.  The wind after the rain was the problem.

Steve

We had 5.16 here in Downingtown Pa Highest gust was 65 mph. Lost power from 12:45 pm Tuesday till 2 pm today. A bunch of roads are still closed due to fallen trees. ------- Ken 

Thanks guys.  We got 6" here.  Not much wind though so lucky there.  We lost power at my shop and are still running crtical systems on a generator.  Estimate is for power is sometime Saturday.  Second time this year we are without power at shop for three or more days.  C'Mon 2021!! 

Those camp cars have been parked at Perkiomen Junction for weeks.  It is right next to a sewage treatment facility.  It's been consistently in the 90s here with high humidity.