Eastern Railroad Discussion > NS 955 at Carney's Crossing (Lilly, PA) + RJ Corman

Hi all,
Here's my contribution to the NS 955 OCS with freshly painted SD70ACe's... Thanks to a little intel from PittsburghMike I was aware that the train would be headed west out of Altoona.  I had planned to spend the day working on the restaurant at The Station Inn in Cresson, and with a full list of things to do didn't really have time to pick an ideal place to set up a shot.  Naturally - Murphy's Law dictated that the train passed Horseshoe Curve about 10 minutes before GPS showed me arriving in Cresson... I heard the 955 call MO as I was approaching the Rt 53 exit.  So I went "post haste" to Carney's Crossing knowing that I wouldn't even have time to get the drone in the air.  So, iPhone video it is, and here it is for you to see as well. 

I think it's great that NS opted to have assigned power to the OCS again... the paint scheme is... interesting, but it's great to see something different.
-Alex

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Once I was back at the Inn, I saw the Corman crew getting a corn train ready to go on 5 West at Cresson.  This didn't really pique my interest until I saw the red pair of RJC SD70M's back down against the train. So I did get the drone up in the air after they got the train put together and air tested.  Here's the RJC-1 rounding the curve by the old engine terminal in Cresson yesterday afternoon.
-Alex

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P wrote on a different thread:

>> Fresh. or clean, paint always looks good, but good God, I hope the railroads quickly get over these split paint jobs.  I get that it's the new thing these days, but it is not a good look.

It does kind of remind you a little bit of the CSX heritage schemes, doesn't it?  From Alex' video, the units in their new paint job do look a little better passing by than they do standing still, if you get my drift.

Jeff Gast
Greenwood, Indiana  

All EMD power on the front of the RJC1 …. that must have sounded awesome heading north.

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