Long distance pushers  Contributor's Pick!       
Most trains were not heavy enough to get pushers out of Scranton, and practice was to put the tonnage on and drag it up to Clarks Summit with the road power. Still, some trains got helpers, such as this 555. They would stay on all the way to Binghamton.
Date: 7/7/1991 Location: Hop Bottom, PA   Map Show Hop Bottom on a rail map Views: 650 Collection Of:   Tom Beckett
Locomotives: PLMX 3019(SD40) CP 5679(SD40-2)    Author:  Tom Beckett
Long distance pushers
Picture Categories: Scenic,Signal,Action This picture is part of album:  CP Binghamton south
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Olaf Junges General Awesome photo! 2/23/2015 2:24:43 AM

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