Eastern Railroad Discussion > NS Pittsburgh Line...Tyrone to Cassandra....

I spent some time along the NS Pittsburgh Line between Tyrone and Altoona last Sunday and between Cresson and Cassandra today.

Pic 1....A new Amtrak platform is being constructed at Tyrone, PA along the NS Pittsburgh Line.

Pic 2....A hand made sign directing travelers to a temporary wooden platform which has been put in place nearby.

Pic 3....A view of the temporary Amtrak platfom at Tyrone...Dave W.

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Pics 4 and 5....The view from the temporary Tyrone Amtrak platform....Dave W.

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Pics 6 and 7....The Eastbound Amtrak Pennsylvanian makes its station call at Tyrone in morning shadows last Sunday morning.....Dave W.

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Pic 8....More morning shadows as an Eastbound NS 054 rolls through Tyrone last Sunday...Dave W.



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Pics 9 and 10...A caboose and cabin car on display on the now unused East leg of the Tyrone wye....Dave W.



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Pics 11 through 13....A Westbound NS 053 tranaformer dimensional move departs Altoona last Sunday...Dave W.

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Moving on to today,  Pics 14 through 16....MOW brushcutting work at Cassandra has cleaned up the rockcut along Track 1 and concrete work is ongoing for support posts to reinstall the slide fence....Dave W.



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Pics 17 and 18...A Westbound NS 34A has a sizeable cut of loaded doublestack trash containers at Cassandra today....Dave W

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Pics 19 and 20.....NS SD70ACC 1801 leads a Westbound NS 741 hopper train downgrade through Lilly this morning with a pair of AC44C6M DPU's bringing up the rear of the train...Dave W.

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Pic 21....NS 21G Westbound at Carneys Crossing this afternoon....Dave W.

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Neat shots! I guess the new station at Tyrone means the classic egg shaped pay phone cover is gone, too bad. I remember seeing that pay phone from the westbound Broadway Limited in June of 1989 and thinking it was peculiar.
Thanks!
Dan

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And finally.....Pics 22 and 23....An Eastbound NS 6K4 with SD70ACU rear helpers at Cresson this afternoon....with the rear marker visible from a Westbound NS 21J.....Dave Williams



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dschlegel Wrote:
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> Neat shots! I guess the new station at Tyrone
> means the classic egg shaped pay phone cover is
> gone, too bad. I remember seeing that pay phone
> from the westbound Broadway Limited in June of
> 1989 and thinking it was peculiar.
> Thanks!
> Dan
>
> Posted from iPhone
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Yes....payphone is gone.....along with the couple of parking spots near the crossing...Dave W.

I just moved on after seeing the mess in Tyrone a few days ago...

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Why don't Amtrak use that New Station at Tyrone they build 10 years ago??

Amtrak did not build it...It is a museum for a local historical society....Davs W.

Really like that shot of the exposed cut along track 1 at Cassandra;  curious:  with the slide fence temporarily removed, along with the protection it provided, is there a speed restriction on track 1 ?

And, is the fence on the track 3 side slated for replacement also ?



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I do not know if a speed restriction is in place or not....I do not believe there is.....I was only there briefly on Sunday and when I was there a couple weeks ago, traffic ran normally on 1.

As far as the other rockcuts, I can only assume that they will receive the same renovations.....There is another set of slide fences at the West end of the rockcuts as well....Dave W.

Nice shots Dave.....

Dave,

Any additional info on those doublestack trash containers from 34A? Cannot say I've seen those before.