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Railfan Pictures of the Week - 08/20/2006
CSX Trenton Line Langhorne, Neshaminy Falls and Philadelphia PA August 2006 |
Foreign power has given leased power a run for its money on trains on the Trenton Line this month. The first week of August saw NS SD70M-2 2760 bouncing back and forth on the Philadelphia to Oak Island turn, here on Q300 at CP Wood early on the morning of the 4th. |
Ten days later, Q301 with CSX 9013 leading the train through Neshaminy Falls .... |
with UP C44AC 6318 wearing the Southern Pacific paint it has had since June 1995 and a Union Pacific patch that was applied in July 2004. |
The day before, a pair of CN units came down on Q417 and spent a few days in South Jersey before returning on Q418 on the 16th. After working Woodbourne Yard, CN SD75i (CN class GF-643c) 5779 led the train eastbound at CP Wood ... |
with CN Dash 9-44CWL (CN class EF-644e) 2664 trailing. |
Later that day Q439 came down with a pair of new ES44DC's: CSX 5345 on the point ... |
and behind it, BNSF 7794 in "Power Bar" scheme, here being passed by a pair of CSX B36-7's (CSX 5831 and 5834) on K206 on the siding at CP Berry. |
All pictures August 2006 Copyright © 2006 John P. Almeida Photographs for personal use only. All rights reserved by original owner of image. Reproduction or redistribution in any form without express written permission is prohibited. |
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