Eastern Railroad Discussion > 2020 Favorites

Here's some of my favorite shots from 2020. Didn't do near as much travelling for obvious reasons, and the lack of trains on most of the Class 1's these days also didn't help, but still managed a few good days out and about!

Enjoy,

Scooter

1. January 21 - Buffalo and Pittsburgh empty hopper train running as NS N73 coming down the street 
in West Brownsville, PA en route to Bailey Mine to load for the Homer City power plant.

2.February 28 - CSX local D703 southbound on the S&C Subdivision at Geiger, PA passing under the former South Penn right of way.

3. March 29 - SW8 LTEX 802 working the Galvtech plant in Hays, PA, the AVR's line to Washington, PA is in the background.

More to follow....

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4. April 30 - A pair of CSX Geeps creep across the upper end of Main St. in Johnstown, PA.

5. June 19 - The last of the C39-8's, Pennsylvania Northeastern 8212, idles at the Lansdale, PA Septa station near midnight.

6. June 29 - Belpre Industrial Parkersburg's, at the time, entire roster of GP38's switch the west end of the High Yard in 
downtown Parkersburg, WV. This is the location of the former B&O station on their St. Louis mainline. The blue roofed structure to 
the right of the locos is OB Tower, which remained active up to the end of mainline operations.

More to follow...

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7. July 13 - A former RF&P GP40-2 and another pair of CSX Geeps under the lights at Sandyvale Yard on the S&C Sub in Johnstown, PA.

8. August 9 - S&C Sub local D703 northbound through Friedens, PA.

9. August 10 - A pair of Belpre Industrial Parkersburg GP38's smoke it up with the Relief Job just north of Belpre, OH. The crew
has just finised switching the Orion Carbon Black plant in the background.

More to follow...

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10. August 10 - CSX Q317 rolls down the street in St. Mary's, WV.

11. August 10 - A little further down the Ohio River Sub Q317 splits the small town of Waverly, WV.

12. August 26 - Local D703 works one of the S&C Sub's main customers, Pepsi, with downtown Johnstown, PA in the background.

More to follow...

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13. October 17 - A lone ET44AH leads Q015 on to the single track main at Pinkerton, PA on the Keystone Sub.

14. November 11 - An NS DC/AC conversion leads 67N through the 'trench' in Pittsburgh's West Park with the Ginkgo trees in full
gold mode.

That's it, hope everyone has a Happy, and hopefully much better, 2021!

Scooter

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All great photos and interesting comments.  

Does the B&P still go down and load at Bailey Mine.  And if so, how often.

Thanks



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/03/21 11:21 by dozerman.

Incredible shots for sure!

That #2 CSX really pops!

TJY

I really like the last one. My granddaughter is finishing up her pharmacy degree from the University of Pittsburgh and the UPMC (University of Pitsburgh Medical Center) building in the background is where she worked until very recently. That trench is really a neat place to watch trains.

Bruce Stikkers
St. Joseph, IL

All winners !  My fav is #2. I have soft spot for the S&C.

What a bunch of great shots. First time ever for me to see or know about BIP.
JB

What brand and contols of the drone are you using,thanks scoob

Good stuff, Scooter!
Scoob, I think he's using a pole not a drone, but that's a guess on my part.

NICE pics!!

dozerman Wrote:
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> Does the B&P still go down and load at Bailey
> Mine.  And if so, how often.
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> Thanks

Lately the B&P trains have been loading at Loveridge, which takes them down the other side of the river in Brownsville on the East Division of the MGA. They use a CSX routing north of Brownsville so it is possible to catch them in the street running at Elizabeth, PA.

Scooter

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JUTower Wrote:
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> Good stuff, Scooter!
> Scoob, I think he's using a pole not a drone, but
> that's a guess on my part.

You’re right on the money Alex, no drone used on any of the shots, some are just from on a building, but the Polish Air Force was brought in for others. There’s a picture of the pole in action at the end of this thread from last year...

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,4843069,4843386#msg-4843386

Scooter

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