CR SEPY pauses near Bogota NJ with a new SD40-2 head out on 24OCT1981
Making the uphill climb near Lehighton, PA, is Conrail SD40-2 #6499 in the lead. Built by EMD in August of 1979, it was sent to the Norfolk Southern roster as #3411 after the CR breakup. Pennsylvania rail fan Frank Spieles took this action shot.
Balast train hustling by
Unlike its opposite train, ALEN, which came in behind a pair of GP 10s, ENAL is getting some more modern units for its 116 cars as it starts across Rockville Bridge.
ALEN rolls west at CP Burn with 153 cars.
A shot I did not do much, because it was hard to catch up afterward, was Wellsburg, where there was a rock wall next to the tracks. Its a good shot I wish I had dome more.
OIBU passes the site of the Waverly station, now CP Waverly where the double track from Binghamton ends
OIBU rolls west through Smithboro into the late day sun
OIBU rolls around the curve and past the old station at Chemung, catching the few rays of sun that would appear that day.
Conrail SD40-2 in PIAS-6 at Haley Tower
CR 1989 brings a train into Pavonia Yard; Exact Nov. date not recorded
CR 6610, exact date unknown
CR 6499 in consist of train TV-13 at East Syracuse, NY
BUEN-6X arrives at Enola west end. ENPI-6X departs at right.