toast21602 Posted June 5, 2020 Report Posted June 5, 2020 5 minutes ago, Mixilplix said: Got to see this today I love that whistle of the diesel engines! Quote
JFskiDan Posted June 5, 2020 Report Posted June 5, 2020 38 minutes ago, toast21602 said: I love that whistle of the diesel engines! Boiling water is where its at buddy. Quote
toast21602 Posted June 5, 2020 Report Posted June 5, 2020 Just now, JFskiDan said: Boiling water is where its at buddy. I value them both. #BoilingWaterMatters 2 Quote
Schif Posted June 5, 2020 Report Posted June 5, 2020 I see NS trains more often than any others around here. They really kill the PA market. When is the PASR trip to Steamtown? 2 Quote
toast21602 Posted June 5, 2020 Report Posted June 5, 2020 3 hours ago, Schif said: I see NS trains more often than any others around here. They really kill the PA market. When is the PASR trip to Steamtown? Yeah they do. Here are some good maps of the geographic regions where you will find the larger rail services. 1 Quote
AtomicSkier Posted June 8, 2020 Report Posted June 8, 2020 Beautiful sight on my run this morning. She was movin, too. 1 Quote
trackbiker Posted June 8, 2020 Report Posted June 8, 2020 1 hour ago, AtomicSkier said: Beautiful sight on my run this morning. She was movin, too. Is that across from the hump yard? That's a pretty cool operation to watch as they build up trains. Quote
AtomicSkier Posted June 8, 2020 Report Posted June 8, 2020 40 minutes ago, trackbiker said: Is that across from the hump yard? That's a pretty cool operation to watch as they build up trains. Just east of the hump yard, with the train heading west towards the hump. It was moving faster than I've ever seen a train move through that area. Quote
toast21602 Posted June 22, 2020 Report Posted June 22, 2020 Downtown Jim Thorpe. Mostly a parking lot now but still three tracks and the station still there. 7 Quote
toast21602 Posted July 2, 2020 Report Posted July 2, 2020 From yesterday just outside of Bath at the old Tadmor freight yard. 2 Quote
toast21602 Posted July 7, 2020 Report Posted July 7, 2020 Not a bad place to spend the night. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/south-africa-kruger-shalati-train-on-the-bridge/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2iZK92PAK4_MdCRPdSPOYw-n-IqJ7lx26wRAscsYGCMwapmkUfrkJ5MM0 1 Quote
toast21602 Posted July 15, 2020 Report Posted July 15, 2020 41 minutes ago, Mixilplix said: Saw this on my bike ride .... Hauling! Is that outside Alburtis? Quote
Mixilplix Posted July 15, 2020 Report Posted July 15, 2020 20 hours ago, toast21602 said: Hauling! Is that outside Alburtis? Correct...Shamrock Station to be exact..... 1 Quote
theprogram4 Posted July 17, 2020 Report Posted July 17, 2020 Accela went by across from work today. Not sure what the deal was. Def never saw that before 1 Quote
Schif Posted July 17, 2020 Report Posted July 17, 2020 19 minutes ago, theprogram4 said: Accela went by across from work today. Not sure what the deal was. Def never saw that before When the pandemic first started there were upwards of 3 Acelas parked at 30th street station at any given time. That's down to 1 for the most part. Where do you work? 1 Quote
theprogram4 Posted July 17, 2020 Report Posted July 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, Schif said: When the pandemic first started there were upwards of 3 Acelas parked at 30th street station at any given time. That's down to 1 for the most part. Where do you work? Right across from the keystone corridor tracks. It was heading towards Lancaster https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_Corridor I see a lot of electric trains going to/from Harrisburg, plus each day once in each direction I see the diesel locomotives going to/from Pittsburgh. Also, once per day the freight train makes a trip in each direction to make a pick up from the steel plants in Coatesville. Quote
Schif Posted July 17, 2020 Report Posted July 17, 2020 18 minutes ago, theprogram4 said: Right across from the keystone corridor tracks. It was heading towards Lancaster https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_Corridor I see a lot of electric trains going to/from Harrisburg, plus each day once in each direction I see the diesel locomotives going to/from Pittsburgh. Also, once per day the freight train makes a trip in each direction to make a pick up from the steel plants in Coatesville. I lived along that line near Harrisburg for a while. The diesel locomotives ramp up at night. There are usually 2-3 long trains per night on that line. 1 Quote
Kyle Posted July 17, 2020 Report Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) 24 minutes ago, theprogram4 said: Right across from the keystone corridor tracks. It was heading towards Lancaster https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_Corridor I see a lot of electric trains going to/from Harrisburg, plus each day once in each direction I see the diesel locomotives going to/from Pittsburgh. Also, once per day the freight train makes a trip in each direction to make a pick up from the steel plants in Coatesville. I took that line out to Pittsburgh for the stadium series game a few years ago. Not a bad ride. Bunch of other flyers fans on the train and they ran out of beer around Altoona edit: not to mention “business” first class was like $75 each way or something like that. Nice reclinable chair with power outlets and plenty of leg room. Edited July 17, 2020 by Kyle 2 Quote
Shadows Posted July 17, 2020 Report Posted July 17, 2020 Trains are the way to go for sure. We need mass bullet rail coast to coast. 2 Quote
Schif Posted July 18, 2020 Report Posted July 18, 2020 (edited) 16 hours ago, Shadows said: Trains are the way to go for sure. We need mass bullet rail coast to coast. The infrastructure cost on such a thing would be astronomical not to mention the upkeep which would jack prices to that of airlines if not higher. For coast to coast travel I would just take it to the aviation thread. High speed trains would work best on the east coast (Acela corridor) but for a few dozen interconnected reasons that doesn't work well and likely never will. Edited July 18, 2020 by Schif Quote
saltyant Posted July 26, 2020 Report Posted July 26, 2020 Took a short hike around my area and found remnants of the old railroad next to the existing active one. 4 Quote
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