NS Reading Line 2012
Author: Dan Davis
Photos taken along the NS Reading Line during January 2012.
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11J heads westbound through the Macungie Railfan Park with NS SD70M-2 2756 leading.
Rear shot of the 6566 as it leads H68.
19G pulls up just shy of the grade crossing with West Main Street in Macungie to hold for two eastbounds and some MOW work at Alburtis to clear up.
18N moves eastbound with NS C40-9W 9603 leading.
NS SD60M 6799 in Thoroughbred paint trails on 18N.
962!(39G lite power) heads east with GMTX SD60 9027 leading double GE standard cabs.
Ex Conrail brings up the rear marker on the 962.
19G gets the clear to get moving west down two with four widecabs leading a short train composed of mostly trash.
Former Conrail C40-8W trails on 19G.
38G hdads west with NS C40-8W 8466, which is an extremely recent repaint, as the leader, with NS C40-8W 8353 and NS C40-9W 9903 trailing
H68 eastbound in the late `fternoon with double Dash 9s, they would tie up main two for four hours while working Buckeye, with the H70 crew eventually getting called in to finish the job.
24Z comes east up main one with NT ES40DC 7619 and NS SD60M 6794 elephant style.
NS GP38-2 5016 trails third out on 33A.
NS C40-$W 8931 trails on 15T. The leader on this train was NS C40-8W 8325, with another Dash 9 trailing. I was looking for something better than the lead unit to shoot, and I ended up with this, oooops.....
261 heads west next with two C40-9Ws for power, with 9976 trailing.
NS C40-9W 9561 trails another C40-9W on NS I0K (Extra 20K).
NS C40-9W 9561 trails another C40-9W on NS I0K (Extra 20K).
16T moves eastbound with a trio of standard cabs, with NS SD60 6566, NS SD70 2562, and NS C40-9 8836 for power.
Four NS uniss and one UP pull baretable!train I3M (23M extra) westbound as they head upgrade through Emmaus, with ex Conrail, now NS C40-8W 8409 leading.
NS SD60 6584 is the second of five engines on I3M.
UW SD70M 4552 is the fifth unit on I3M.
Going away shot of the N3M.
H68 heads westbound towards Reading with NS SD60 6566 leading two Dash 9s.
D9/SD70M-2/D9 head east with 212.
ES40DC plus two Dash 9s lead intermodal 21M westbound through Emmaus.
11J heads westbound through Emmaus with a Dash 9 leading a blue SD50.
First, a rear shot of NS SD50 5420.
Roster,shot of the 5420.
Double Dash 9s drift lite westbound through Macungie.
Triple Dash 9s lead 20K east by Macungie.
38G heads westbound through Ma`ungie.
NS C46-8 8755 in extremely clean paint is the sgcond unit on 38G.
NS SD70 2512 in rather fresh Horsehead paint trails as the third engine on 38G.
Eastbound 262 heads through Macungie.
Triple Dash 9s lead Loaded Ethanol Train 66Q east by MP RV 20.4.
H68 returns east from Readihg, now with NS C40-9W 9856 leading.
Ex LMS C40-8W plus two ES40DCs lead 19G west.
33A comes east up main one just after sunset with NS SD60M 6801 (with a fantastic RS=L horn) leading..