2008 NS Buffalo Line
Author: Scott Spicer
Photo Gallery
High hood GP38 leading a GP40 north from Enola towards Norry Yard in Northumberland
NS H3W south in Sunbury with less than 10 cars
H3W passes the siding at North Boyles; just off of the picture in the background is the new spur being constructed for a new industry. Wished those trees weren't there on the bank.
NS H3W flies through Herndon
NSHR 2004 in Montandon returns to Northumberland from West Milton
Southbound 11R passes old PRR signals as it starts south through Sunbury, with over 100 cars
NS 11R nears the end of the Buffalo Line, view from the Pittsburgh Line across the Susquehanna River
11R coming down to CP Horn on signal indication
Northbound empty coal train at S. Linden after leaving its load at Montour Power Plant
11R, formerly known as 412 a few minutes before...
at Packer street, sun recently dropped below the mountains
Power for the H3W switching in Northumberland Yard - moving down to CP Norry to make a reverse move back to pick up their train
11R coming down to CP Horn on signal indication under a light snowfall; Nice to see some non "catfish" on the 11R today!
H3W with some unusual power: 2 SD80MAC's!! Unusual for this small freight as well as for this area!
SD80MAC's leading the H3W today!
11R approaches CP Horn with a Conrail blue SD60I!
another 30T proceeds slowly through Sunbury with heavy fog
NS 30T heads south of Sunbury in heavy fog - a GEVO, SD70M-2, and a GP40-2!
30T slow approach at CP Horn under heavy fog
H3W south of Norry after picking up a few cars and having the fog clear up
Sunday's H3W with light power
NS 11R medium approach off the controlled siding at Herndon. The 11R was held in the siding while the H2W passed with a "dimension" car. Something about a car of telephone poles and a McDonald's drive-thru.....
11R flying by CP South Boyles
11R rolls into the Packer Street Crossing
CSX 4528 in tow in the H2W at Montgomery.
extra coal train (the second 631 in just a few hours)
NS H3W
approaching Packer Street
NS 550 Coal Hoppers fore Shamokin Dam Power Plant
BNSF 6182 - ES44AC's are unusual up here in NS territory that mostly sees 9's and 44DC's
NS 12R with 2 UP units - SD9043MAC & AC44CW-CTE! Third unit NS 70M-2.
H3W through Deward with a high hood
NS 536 power backing up past the 238 detector with 20 cars just picked up from the Watsontown siding, backing up to pick up:~100 cars left earlier
The 536 backing through Dewart with 90 cars picked up from the Watsontown siding; backing up to combine with the 100 cars brought in on the 536.
The 536 heads out the Watsontown Secondary, diverging from the Buffalo Line here at MP 240. After picking up 20 cars left by the previous 536 in Watsontown Siding - left due to loss of engine and inability to make the grade `nto the plant with all their cars.
the 536 can be seen here coming down off the Watsontown Siding onto the main track (Buffalo Line) after picking up 20 loaded coal hoppers set out by a previous train with engine trouble
The 536 has picked up the extra coal hoppers from the Watsontown Siding (seen in foreground) and is now backing down the mainline to back up to tse remainder of it's own train (~100 more coal hoppers).