Trains on the Norfolk Southern Harrisburg Line Fall 2017

Trains on the Norfolk Southern Harrisburg Line Fall 2017 was shot between Reading and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, from the end of September to the beginning of December, 2017. Train descriptions, and the time they appear in the video are listed below.


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9/24/17 - An entire train of brand new Postal Service trailers heads east through Robesonia with an increasingly rare H1 BNSF Dash-9 in the consist. Seeing a solid TOFC train of this size is reminiscent of the 90's and early 2000's, but is a practice that has disappeared around here in the post-Conrail days.
0:40 - I4Z - Chicago, IL - Croxton, NJ (Special section)
NS C44-9W 9593
BNSF ES44C4 7923
BNSF C44-9W 1054 H1


10/01/17 - A rather loud SD60E leads 15T under a rising moon at Robesonia. No wonder SD60E's have been nick-named "thunder cabs" by crews.
2:20 - 15T - Allentown, PA - Birmingham, AL
NS SD60E 6915
NS C44-9W 9058
NS ES44DC 7605


10/23/17 - A GP38-2 from the local pool leads 33A east toward Allentown on a blustery evening. This train would be re-symboled to 30A in 2018.
4:00 - 33A - Enola, PA - Allentown, PA
NS GP38-2 5304
NS C44-9W 8971
NS SD40-2 3376
NS SD40-2 3489
NS GP38-2 5282


10/24/17 - 15T rounds the bend west of Richland through the fields in some of the sweetest evening light I have ever seen.
5:25 - 15T - Allentown, PA - Birmingham, AL
NS C44-9W 9012
NS C44-9W 9704
NS C44-9W 9383


10/28/17 - A few days later, we see the same fields being harvested as loaded autos 18N head east.
6:30 - 18N - Fostoria, OH _ Doremus, NJ
NS C44-9W 9686
NS SD60I 6744


11/18/17 - A late 17G heads west after sunrise.
8:30 - 17G - Morrisville, PA - Conway, PA
NS SD70ACe 1116
NS SD70ACU 7297

Later that morning it starts to rain, as coal loads cross form 1 to 2 at Prescott with a ratty former AC6000CW second out.
10:20 - 874 - Columbus, OH - Carney's Point, NJ
NS SD70M-2 2706
NS AC4460CW 6924
NS ES44AC 7760

With rain still pouring, mail train 21M passes a blooming berry tree at Avon.
11:55 - 21M - Croxton, NJ - Chicago, IL
NS SD70ACe 1047
NS SD60E 7033
NS C44-9W 9973


11/24/17 - A colorful consist, including an increasingly rare gray KCS SD70MAC, leads 16T across Railroad Street in Myerstown.
13:20 - 16T - Birmingham, AL - Allentown, PA
CN C44-9W 2532
NS C44-9W 9059
KCS SD70MAC 3921


11/25/17 - A GREX ballast car and cleaner set heads west; I have never seen cars like this before.
14:55 - 920 - Birdsboro, PA - NS System MOW
NS C44-9W 9393


11/26/17 - Ethanol loads roll east past the train station at Annville on a sunny afternoon.
15:50 - 64T - Chicago, IL - Port Richmond, PA
NS C44-9W 9512
NS SD60E 6940
NS SD70M-2 2737


12/3/17 - 290 heads east with an SD40-2 leader as sun sets behind the Lebanon train station.
17:25 - 290 - Birmingham, AL - Croxton, NJ
NS SD40-2 3553
NS C44-9W 8924

On the way home, a massive "blood moon" started to rise over the fields, so I decided to grab some shots with some lite power for the audio.
18:45 - 685 Lite Power - Reading, PA - Enola, PA


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