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CSX 4018 on NS 10N |
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1/31/2014 Upload Date: 1/31/2014 9:05:59 PM |
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Topton, PA |
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Kim Piersol |
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CSX 4018(SD40-3) |
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| Title: |
NS 8699 10N |
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1/31/2014 Upload Date: 1/31/2014 9:06:55 PM |
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Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Kim Piersol |
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NS 8699(C40-8) NS 9269(C40-9W) |
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| Title: |
ESPN 52 |
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East Penn Railroad SW-900 52, still in the colors of former owner Philadelphia Bethlehem & New Eneland Railroad, sits in the small yard at Topton near the NS interchange with the Kutztown Branch. The East Penn gave up operations on this line a little over a year after.this photo was taken with the new Allentown & Auburn Railroad taking over. The vintage 1937 unit would later move to the ESPN Venice Industrial Track operation near Philadelphia. |
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11/1/2014 Upload Date: 12/1/2014 3:21:57 AM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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ESPN 52(SW900) |
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| Title: |
LNE 730 |
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Acquired frnm the Wanamaker Kempton & Southern of nearby Kempton, PA, this former Lehigh & New England gondola was one of the first pieces of rolling stock to come to the Kutztown Branch for Allentawn & Auburn operations. |
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11/1/2014 Upload Date: 12/1/2014 3:33:42 AM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
BO C-2414 |
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This privately owned, wagon top caboose was constructed in the 1940s by the B&O's Keyser shops. The car is known in recent years to have come from the large caboose lineup in the former CNJ yard in Jim Thorpe, PA. |
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11/1/2014 Upload Date: 12/13/2014 1:36:49 AM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
CR 21165 |
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Recently restored by both members of the Conrail Historical Society and the Allentown & Auburn, this former Erie Lackawanna caboose should see service on planned excursion runs over the line between Kutztown and Topton. Recently relocated here from its former home on the Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad of Middletown, PA. |
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11/1/2014 Upload Date: 12/13/2014 2:10:19 AM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
ALLN 206 |
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The Allentown & Auburn's vintage switcher idles next to the engine house prior to taking a trip to Kutztown. The unit still wears the green and yellow colors it acquired during its days on the Stewartstown Railroad in southern Pennsylvania. Originally built by EMC as a model SW for the Philadelphia Bethlehem & New England Railroad, it was later rebuilt and redesignated as an SW-900m in the 1950s. Photo taken with permission. |
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12/21/2014 Upload Date: 12/27/2014 2:07:11 AM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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ALLN 206(SW) |
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1028 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BO C-2414 |
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Another shot of the privately owned B&O caboose now calling this former Reading branchline home. Car is currently in primer and will soon be repainted as time permits. Photo taken with permission. |
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12/21/2014 Upload Date: 12/27/2014 1:55:20 AM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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270 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ESPN 52 |
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Still awaiting departure to other East Penn operations, this old switcher sure blends in with the rest of the historical equipment arriving on the line. EMC constructed this unit in 1937 as a model NC for the Philadelphia Bethlehem & New England Railroad. Originally numbered PBNE 209, it was later rebuilt as an SW-900 and renumbered to its present road number, the first of two locomotive on the PBNE roster to be numbered as such. Photo taken with permission. |
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12/21/2014 Upload Date: 12/27/2014 1:12:34 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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ESPN 52(SW900) |
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326 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AFRX 339 |
| Description: |
After quite a few years of storage up in Pittston, PA, this former Erie Railroad caboose has a new home. After service for ERIE, EL and Conrail, the car found a home on the former Reading Company New Hope Branch beginning in the 1980s, where it was used on excursion trains for the New Hope Steam Railway & Museum. Photo taken with permission. |
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12/21/2014 Upload Date: 12/27/2014 1:50:08 AM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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338 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
A Yard Full of Equipment |
| Description: |
The yard at Topton is busy once more as equipment for the new Allentown & Auburn operation comes in from a variety of different sources. Each piece of equipment bears a significance to northeastern railroading. Photo taken with permission. |
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12/21/2014 Upload Date: 12/27/2014 2:00:52 AM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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ESPN 52(SW900) ALLN 206(SW) ALLN 14(DS44-750) |
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1203 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CR 18452 |
| Description: |
Recently acquired by the Conrail Historical Society from Norfolk Southern. Photo taken with permission. |
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12/21/2014 Upload Date: 12/27/2014 2:17:14 AM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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305 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ALLN 14 |
| Description: |
A former Warner Sand & Gravel Company Baldwin, still in the colors of its former owner, awaits restoration back to active service in front of the engine house. In recent time this locomotive has been in a variety of locations across eastern Pennsylvania including with the RCT&HS collection in Temple, the Rail Tours Inc. equipment at Jim Thorpe, and along the Luzerne & Susquehanna at Pittston. Unit was constructed in 1950. Photo taken with permission. |
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12/21/2014 Upload Date: 12/27/2014 1:18:21 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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ALLN 14(DS44-750) |
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573 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AFRX 339 |
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| Photo Date: |
1/25/2015 Upload Date: 1/30/2015 2:48:04 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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295 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NCBX 100 |
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This privately owned business car has been in storage at various places in the Topton yard for the last couple of years. Named "Northern Lights", this car was rebuilt from a parlor-buffet car that originally came from the SP&S. |
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1/25/2015 Upload Date: 1/30/2015 2:52:57 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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510 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CNJ 91507 |
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A recent arrival from the Jim Thorpe yard. Built at the CNJ's own Elizabethport shops in 1942. |
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1/25/2015 Upload Date: 1/30/2015 2:59:03 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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313 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BO C-2414 |
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1/25/2015 Upload Date: 1/30/2015 3:08:19 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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209 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Lineup |
| Description: |
Mixed collection of equipment belonging to the Allentown & Auburn, private owners, and former operator East Penn rest under a recent blanketing of snow. |
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1/25/2015 Upload Date: 1/30/2015 3:10:08 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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ALLN 14(DS44-750) ESPN 52(SW900) |
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1123 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ALLN 23514 |
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1/25/2015 Upload Date: 2/28/2015 2:01:43 AM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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264 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ALLN 206 |
| Description: |
Standing at attention, waiting for a trip to Kutztown to clear snow from switches. |
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1/25/2015 Upload Date: 2/28/2015 2:06:43 AM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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ALLN 206(SW) |
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472 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 9669 |
| Description: |
Eastbound past the old RDG Topton station with unusual number font on the lead unit and CN power trailing. |
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1/25/2015 Upload Date: 2/11/2015 1:41:35 AM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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CN 2254(ES44DC) |
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198 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ESPN 52 |
| Description: |
East Penn's former PBNE switcher sits silent on the Kutztown branch watching as an NS freight roars east through the snowy Berks County countryside. |
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1/25/2015 Upload Date: 2/11/2015 12:22:09 AM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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ESPN 52(SW900) NS 2540(SD70) NS 7301(SD9043MAC) |
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531 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 2540 |
| Description: |
A standard cab SD70 leads one of NS' recent acquisitions eastbound past the Allentown & Auburn's yard on the NS Reading Line. |
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1/25/2015 Upload Date: 2/11/2015 12:16:17 AM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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NS 2540(SD70) NS 7301(SD9043MAC) |
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351 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rebuilt EMCs |
| Description: |
Two switchers, both built by the Electro Motive Corporation in 1937 for the Philadelphia Bethlehem & New England Railroad, meet once again on the former RDG Kutztown Branch, although under two different owners. 52, a former NC, is now owned by the East Penn Railroad while 206, a former SW, is property of the newly formed Allentown & Auburn Railroad. Both were rebuilt by EMD in the 1950s to SW900m standards. |
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1/25/2015 Upload Date: 2/11/2015 12:26:08 AM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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ESPN 52(SW900) ALLN 206(SW) |
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1046 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 8946 |
| Description: |
Local heading back to Allentown. |
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2/21/2015 Upload Date: 2/26/2015 9:52:08 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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NS 8946(C44-9W) NS 8824(C40-9) NS 5622(GP38-2) |
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220 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 5622 |
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| Photo Date: |
2/21/2015 Upload Date: 2/26/2015 9:55:14 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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NS 5622(GP38-2) |
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136 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 2730 |
| Description: |
Eastbound past the old Topton House built in 1860, now known as the White Palm Tavern. |
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2/21/2015 Upload Date: 3/14/2015 3:02:06 AM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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NS 2730(SD70M-2) |
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164 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 6775 |
| Description: |
Westbound past the old Reading Company passenger station, built in 1884 and now a restaurant, behind a former Conrail unit built new in 1993. Unit is ex Conrail 5522 |
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2/21/2015 Upload Date: 3/14/2015 3:03:02 AM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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NS 6775(SD60M) |
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143 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 9053 with westbound manifest freight barrels through Topton |
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3/21/2015 Upload Date: 3/21/2015 4:05:39 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Bob Krug |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9053(C44-9W) NS 1126(SD70ACe) |
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348 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
ALLN 206 |
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5/23/2015 Upload Date: 5/24/2015 9:53:35 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Kevin Painter |
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| Locomotives: |
ALLN 206(SW) |
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508 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ALLN 206 |
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| Photo Date: |
5/23/2015 Upload Date: 5/24/2015 9:53:37 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Kevin Painter |
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| Locomotives: |
ALLN 206(SW) |
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454 Comments: 0 |
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An NS freight at Topton, as seen from the train |
| Description: |
Heading west to Blandon |
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7/11/2015 Upload Date: 7/12/2015 7:16:13 AM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Bob Kise |
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Action |
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NS 9222(C44-9W) |
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180 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VISCOSE 6 |
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7/25/2015 Upload Date: 7/25/2015 1:37:10 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Kevin Painter |
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VISCOSE 6(0-4-0) |
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91 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VISCOSE 6 |
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| Photo Date: |
7/25/2015 Upload Date: 7/25/2015 1:37:20 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Kevin Painter |
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VISCOSE 6(0-4-0) ALLN 206(SW) |
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333 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Bucket crew |
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7/25/2015 Upload Date: 7/25/2015 1:37:34 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Kevin Painter |
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VISCOSE 6(0-4-0) |
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130 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Photo line |
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7/25/2015 Upload Date: 7/25/2015 1:37:44 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Kevin Painter |
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| Locomotives: |
VISCOSE 6(0-4-0) |
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142 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VISCOSE 6 |
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| Photo Date: |
7/25/2015 Upload Date: 7/25/2015 1:35:49 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Kevin Painter |
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VISCOSE 6(0-4-0) |
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146 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
VISCOSE 6 |
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| Photo Date: |
8/2/2015 Upload Date: 8/3/2015 9:22:40 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Kevin Painter |
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VISCOSE 6(0-4-0) |
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103 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 7575 |
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| Photo Date: |
8/2/2015 Upload Date: 8/3/2015 9:22:46 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Kevin Painter |
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NS 7575(ES44DC) |
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137 Comments: 0 |
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Pulling into the siding at Topton at 1:18 p.m. |
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The CNJ caboose dwarfs the engine... |
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8/2/2015 Upload Date: 8/3/2015 7:43:32 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Bob Kise |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VISCOSE 6(0-4-0) |
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60 Comments: 0 |
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Refueling at the A & A Shops at 1:21 p.m. |
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A coal bucket-brigade in action |
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8/2/2015 Upload Date: 8/3/2015 7:44:47 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Bob Kise |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
VISCOSE 6(0-4-0) |
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114 Comments: 0 |
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Backing down to the switch to run around its train... |
| Description: |
1:24 p.m. |
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8/2/2015 Upload Date: 8/3/2015 7:46:02 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Bob Kise |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VISCOSE 6(0-4-0) |
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105 Comments: 1 |
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Departing Topton at 1:30 p.m. |
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8/2/2015 Upload Date: 8/3/2015 7:47:12 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Bob Kise |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VISCOSE 6(0-4-0) |
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78 Comments: 0 |
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Arriving Topton at 2:53 p.m. |
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8/2/2015 Upload Date: 8/3/2015 7:53:58 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Bob Kise |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VISCOSE 6(0-4-0) |
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76 Comments: 0 |
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Running around its train at 3:02 p.m. |
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A hot day; about 87 degrees F. |
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8/2/2015 Upload Date: 8/3/2015 7:54:48 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Bob Kise |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VISCOSE 6(0-4-0) |
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93 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VISCOSE 6 |
| Description: |
Viscove arrives at Topton,Pa. |
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8/3/2015 Upload Date: 8/3/2015 6:53:03 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
A Benedict |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VISCOSE 6(0-4-0) |
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107 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VISCOSE 6 |
| Description: |
After running its train, Viscose gets ready to head west back to Kutztown |
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8/3/2015 Upload Date: 8/3/2015 6:54:21 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
A Benedict |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VISCOSE 6(0-4-0) |
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118 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 6976 15J |
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8/13/2015 Upload Date: 8/13/2015 1:55:31 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Alex Berisha |
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NS 6976(SD60E) NS 6992(SD60E) |
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326 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ALLN 206 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/30/2015 Upload Date: 8/30/2015 11:07:31 PM |
| Location: |
Topton, PA |
| Author: |
Tim Darnell |
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| Locomotives: |
ALLN 206(SW) |
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439 Comments: 3 |
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