NS Lurgan Branch

A detoured autorack train heads down the NS Lurgan Branch in the late evening.

Another detoured train, this time a manifest, heads down the Lurgan Branch. The former Conrail unit is NS 5445, which has just come out as rebuilt SD40E 6345

Detoured autorack train 274 head down the NS Lurgan Branch with a Dash-9 leading a Dash-8.

Eastbound stack train 202 heads up the NS Lurgan Branch on a nice summer afternoon.

Westbound 203 heads by Messiah College on a sunny afternoon.

NS 93M moves a switch panel down the Lurgan Branch on a cloudy day.

The westbound James E. Strates Carnival Train heads down the Lurgan Branch.

Westbound 11R heads by Messiah College with three GEs.

Eastbound manifest 16T heads east up the NS Lurgan Branch on a sunny Saturday morning.

An SD70M-2 and an SD70 take 290 east on the NS Lurgan Branch.

A single SD60M leads an extra 290 up the Lurgan Branch on a cloudy afternoon.

Four big units lead 38Q up the Lurgan Branch on a sunny afternoon.

An unusual move came on this day, consisting of an NS GP38-2, the 999 and one coach.

Westbound manifest 11R heads by Messiah College at 4:05PM with a trio of GEs for power.

Almost an hour later, unit grain train 50T hits some sweet light with four standard cab units.

Eastbound 202 heads past Messiah College on a dreary day in mid-October.

NS 5607 leads one odd looking car on a 93M right behind 202.

A trio of CSX units lead a PPLX coal train by Messiah College on a beautiful Sunday morning.

Westbound manifest 37Q has a nice lashup of units today, ranging from leased power to GP50s.

Westbound stack train 227 heads up the Lurgan Branch on a cloudy fall afternoon. The second unit is a CEFX leased unit, formerly owned by the SOO.

A late running 37Q heads by the open spot at Messiah College with an NS SD60 leading a former Conrail Dash-8.

With the afternoon sun beating down, 202 heads east up the Lurgan Branch on a fall evening.

Westbound 203 sports NS and UP power today. While waiting for this train, I was asked by a campus officer if I was commiting suicide. Kind of an interesting question when I'm holding a scanner and camera!

Eastbound 290 heads towards Harrisburg on a cold Monday morning.

Grain loads head west in the morning on the NS Lurgan Branch.

Eastbound manifest 38Q is the lone eastbound this cold Martin Luther King Day, with quite a nice lashup too!

Another 38Q heads up the Lurgan with an outstanding lashup.

Following M2R was 16T with another rather nice lashup.

To cap it all off, NS 203 showed up with an outstanding lashup of UP/UP/BNSF.

NS put on a great show on this cold, dreary day with two eastbounds and a westbound in an hour and a half. First up was eastbound M2R with a UP SD70M leading.

Westbound 11R heads by what's left of the snow in Grantham with an NS SD60 on the point.

NS 203 once agains sports UP power on the point. The green building in the background is the Public Safety Building for Messiah College. The steeple is for the Brethren in Christ Church.

A late running 212 heads by Messiah College with NS/UP/NS.

More UP power heads up NS 202 on a sunny and windy Saturday morning.

NS 290 heads up the grade of the Lurgan toward Harrisburg with a UP SD70ACe leading.

NS 16T with an SD70M-2 and a CEFX unit, heads up the Lurgan on a cloudy afternoon.

NS 203 heads down the Lurgan Branch with an ex-UP SD60 leading.

A single SD40-2 takes a switch panel west.

Three different railroads are represented on today's 203, seen passing Messiah College just after 1PM.

Another NS 203 with a freshly repainted Dash-8 on the point, heads west on a cloudy March day.

And 203 is seen yet again, with a pair of blacks and a UP.

A BNSF SD70ACe leads two NS SD70M-2s on 11R through Brandtsville, PA.

Eastbound NS 290 was waiting a CP Spring for 11R to clear. Here, he is seen crossing the Yellow Breeches creek outside Brandtsville with a pair of NS D9s.

Eastbound 38Q caught me by surprise, seen in Grantham with a great lashup.

Two D9s and an SD70 take 203 west.

Westbound 37Q prepares to cross Ledigh Drive outside of Boiling Springs. In consist is the PW 3004 I saw in Enola.

Grain empties head east about to cross the Yellow Breeches as fishermen look on.

The PW unit again.

A crane heads through the corrugated tunnel on the Lurgan Branch.

As the light fades, 15T's fred blinks as it disappears down the track.