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The Philadelphia Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society Established in 1936
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Railfan Pictures of the Day - 12/29/2003
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Twelve hours difference - December 29 2003
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At 1:00 AM, C746 with Dark Future G40-2 6389 leading CEFX 3130 and a string of cars waits at Lansdale Station for the run back to Philadelphia via the Stony Creek Branch (due to high cars in consist) |
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| You can see where the classification lights on the nose have been filled in. | ||||||||||
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| CEFX SD40-2 3130 makes its second trip to Lansdale in a week. | ||||||||||
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| The flared radiators hint of its body's SD45 origins. The Scotchlite frame and nose striping preclude the use of flash on these units. | ||||||||||
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| Meanwhile, exactly 12 hours later, SEPTA 50 brings the Bomber set from Warminster into town. Oddly enough, this seems to have become a Christmas time tradition, as last December 27 SEPTA 51 made the same run, albeit nose first, into the city. | ||||||||||
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| All pictures December 29 2003 c. 2003 John P Almeida | ||||||||||
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