Spent a few days up here w/ my 2 older kids going to Strasburg, watching some NS & going to Hershey Park. My wife couldn't make the trip, as she is due any day now. NS Dash-9 9667 is in charge of 165 as it clears Green Hill on the Christiansburg District
The late evening setting sun reflects off the side of NS Dash-9 9314 as it leads 20T through PITL MP 151 in Port Royal, PA. The setting sun is also a perfect metaphor for the PRR signals that stand guard at this location. Thanks to mandated PTC installation, their time grows short.
Strasburg SW8 8618 ( ex CR 9618/exx PC/NYC 9618) make s a rare move past the RR museum of PA & across Gap Road to retrieve some MOW cars & return them to the yard.
NS Dash-9 9275 leads eastbound 12R up the rural Lurgan Branch at sunset in Shippensburg, PA
This is kind of train related, but too crazy not to share - The kids & I were setting up to shoot the last inbound Strasburg train of the day when Lorenzo notices a small flame coming from the top of the barn I was going to use as a backdrop for my shot. Within minutes, the whole barn was engulfed in flames. I called the FD & 27 trucks showed up! The barn collapsed but all the cows were able to get out safely & I believe nobody was hurt.
I don't usually keep test shots, but this one was still on the camera. This was about 15 min before the fire started -
