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Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad Rare Mileage Trip 5/23/2010



by Chris Guenzler

The RDC left Scottsdale north for Radebaugh.





Running along the creek north of Scottsdale.





Views looking back.





Homes along our route.





Views looking back.





A section of new railroad ties installed on our route.





An old industry.





The junction with the Yukon Branch that we would be riding later this afternoon.





A spur into a lumber yard.





A stream along our route.





A truck facility as we neared Youngwood.





Two views of that stream.





Interstate 70 and 76.





View ahead.





Two views behind.





The former Pennsylvania Railroad station in Youngwood built in 1902.





Bulcher Railcar Services 25 ton switcher "Elliot 1", previously owned by the Elliott Company, built by General Electric in 1949. I noticed that it had Harley-Davidson stickers applied to it.







Views of the Transload Facility.





Trolley Line Avenue.





Another Transload Facility.





View of the stream.





Whistle Post.





The RDC reached County Home Junction at Milepost G2.5.





The view behind.





The northwest leg of the wye here.







Looking back.





A spur with a active customer.







Views looking back.





Railfans on the US Highway 30 bridge.





Views looking ahead approaching Radebaugh.





A radio control switch.





A look back to where we had been.







Views of the Norfolk Southern main line. We detrained for a posed picture.





The RDC at Radebaugh.









The RDC and Norfolk Southern 6752 West. We all reboarded and the RDC took us back south to County Home Junction and our next piece of new mileage.



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