| Home | Chapter History | National Info | Chapter Info | CINDERS Newsletter | Our FP7A | Transportation Links | Railfan Links |
 |
The Philadelphia Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society Established in 1936
|
|||||||
Railfan Pictures of the Week - 08/04/2013
| NS Harrisburg Line Ford Street Grade Crossing Bridgeport PA July 30 2013 |
| Norfolk Southern is doing a little housecleaning, actually ballast cleaning, on the Harrisburg Line, but just south of Bridgeport a failure in the cleaning mechanism caused them to bring the unit up to the Ford Street grade crossing for some attention. |
 |
| A couple of the scoops on the starboard wheel of the front unit NS 992600 (the motive power and digging portion) were parked on the ground alongside, waiting to be reconnected later that afternoon. The other half, NS 992601, carried the cleaning portion. |
 |
| The rest of the consist was composed of a Difco side dump car SOU 991980 in Southern Green paint ... |
 |
| orange water tank car 992602 ... |
 |
| shorty black diesel oil tank car NS 999834 ... |
 |
| and boxcar converted to caboose SOU 992253. |
 |
|
All pictures July 30 2013 Copyright © 2013 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. |
| Click here for previous RPOTW |
Last Updated August 4, 2013
Direct website questions or comments to phillynrhs webmaster
Website created June 12, 2002
Website copyright © 2002-2013 John P. Almeida
