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Viewing Album:  October 2021
 
By:Jacob Rink
Dates:10/1/2021 - 10/31/2021
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The Mogul
Title:  The Mogul
Description:  CN 2-6-0 #89 approaches Esbenshade Rd with the 12pm train
Photo Date:  10/1/2021  Upload Date: 11/2/2021 11:50:49 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SRC 89(2-6-0)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
The Queen Returns
Title:  The Queen Returns
Description:  Norfolk & Western 611 is seen running again at the Strasburg Railroad on its last weekend of public excursions
Photo Date:  10/1/2021  Upload Date: 11/2/2021 11:52:17 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
Working up Cherry Hill
Title:  Working up Cherry Hill
Description:  Canadian National #89 works hard up Cherry Hill passing the adventure farm on its way back to Strasburg
Photo Date:  10/1/2021  Upload Date: 11/2/2021 11:55:27 AM
Location:  Cherry Hill[Lancaster], PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SRC 89(2-6-0)
Views:  95   Comments: 0
Out of Place
Title:  Out of Place
Description:  N&W 611 works up the hill at the Cherry Crest Adventure Farm with a sold out train of tourists and railfans
Photo Date:  10/1/2021  Upload Date: 11/2/2021 11:56:07 AM
Location:  Cherry Hill[Lancaster], PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  141   Comments: 0
Solving the Mystery
Title:  Solving the Mystery
Description:  89 pulls the Murder Mystery train through Groffs Grove on the way back to Strasburg
Photo Date:  10/1/2021  Upload Date: 11/2/2021 11:56:53 AM
Location:  Cherry Hill[Lancaster], PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SRC 89(2-6-0)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
Stopping at Groffs
Title:  Stopping at Groffs
Description:  Norfolk & Western J Class #611 rolls to a stop at Groffs to pick up passengers at the picnic grove
Photo Date:  10/1/2021  Upload Date: 11/2/2021 11:57:50 AM
Location:  Cherry Hill[Lancaster], PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
Away We Go
Title:  Away We Go
Description:  N&W 611 departs Groffs Grove on the "Road to Paradise"
Photo Date:  10/1/2021  Upload Date: 11/2/2021 11:58:17 AM
Location:  Cherry Hill[Lancaster], PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  133   Comments: 0
Down the Port Road
Title:  Down the Port Road
Description:  NS 36A passes through CP SHOCKS with a long manifest for Edgemoor, DE
Photo Date:  10/4/2021  Upload Date: 11/2/2021 2:14:47 PM
Location:  Maytown, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8163(ES44AC) NS 1218(SD70ACe)
Views:  128   Comments: 0
Columbia Passings
Title:  Columbia Passings
Description:  NS 36A rolls by COLA Tower along the once electrified Enola Branch
Photo Date:  10/4/2021  Upload Date: 11/2/2021 2:17:09 PM
Location:  Columbia, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8163(ES44AC) NS 1218(SD70ACe)
Views:  149   Comments: 0
Catenary Pole Remains
Title:  Catenary Pole Remains
Description:  36A passes under the cat poles still standing from a bygone era of PRR, PC, & Conrail electric freights
Photo Date:  10/4/2021  Upload Date: 11/2/2021 2:21:15 PM
Location:  Washington Boro, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8163(ES44AC) NS 1218(SD70ACe)
Views:  130   Comments: 0
A Quick History Lesson
Title:  A Quick History Lesson
Description:  NS 633 passes through the location of 'Port' interlocking, where the Enola Branch ended, and the Columbia & Port Deposit and Atglen & Susquehanna branches began. The C&PD still survives as the Port Road Branch, but the A&S RoW which ran between the two tracks saw its last train in 1988.
Photo Date:  10/4/2021  Upload Date: 11/2/2021 2:21:43 PM
Location:  Washington Boro, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9922(C44-9W) NS 9686(C44-9W)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
Along the River
Title:  Along the River
Description:  NS 633 slowly passes along the Susquehanna River as the prepare to stop at CP COLA. I am standing where the Manor Siding once was many years ago
Photo Date:  10/4/2021  Upload Date: 11/2/2021 2:18:51 PM
Location:  Columbia, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9922(C44-9W) NS 9686(C44-9W)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
Time for a Recrew
Title:  Time for a Recrew
Description:  NS 633 awaits a recrew at CP COLA on Norfolk Southern's Port Road Branch
Photo Date:  10/4/2021  Upload Date: 11/2/2021 2:19:33 PM
Location:  Columbia, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9922(C44-9W) NS 9686(C44-9W)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
Onto the Secondary
Title:  Onto the Secondary
Description:  NS H19 leaves the Port Road Branch and starts up the Columbia Secondary as they head for Lancaster
Photo Date:  10/4/2021  Upload Date: 11/2/2021 2:20:34 PM
Location:  Columbia, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6335(SD40E) NS 6943(SD60E)
Views:  91   Comments: 0
Empty Coal at Cola
Title:  Empty Coal at Cola
Description:  With a fresh recrew onboard that will take the train onto the Buffalo Line, NS 633 passes COLA Tower
Photo Date:  10/4/2021  Upload Date: 11/2/2021 2:20:09 PM
Location:  Columbia, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9922(C44-9W) NS 9686(C44-9W)
Views:  133   Comments: 0
Up the Royalton
Title:  Up the Royalton
Description:  633 passes alongside Amtrak rails as they close in on Harrisburg while running up the Roy Branch
Photo Date:  10/4/2021  Upload Date: 11/2/2021 2:22:21 PM
Location:  Middletown, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9922(C44-9W) NS 9686(C44-9W)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
Running at Dawn
Title:  Running at Dawn
Description:  The sun has yet to rise as Norfolk Southern empty grain train 45M heads west on the Port Road. This would be the first of 9 daylight trains to run on the PORB this day
Photo Date:  10/9/2021  Upload Date: 11/4/2021 10:45:17 AM
Location:  Columbia, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9856(C44-9W) NS 9930(C44-9W)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
From the Low Grade
Title:  From the Low Grade
Description:  Norfolk Southern 23W heads west during the early morning hours on the Port Road at CP CRES, seen from the Enola Low Grade Trail, which was once PRR's electrified Atglen & Susquehanna Branch
Photo Date:  10/9/2021  Upload Date: 11/4/2021 10:53:19 AM
Location:  Creswell, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 4045(AC44C6M) NS 1844(SD70ACC)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
A Tale of Two Routes
Title:  A Tale of Two Routes
Description:  NS 592 slowly rolls through CP CRES after meeting 23W near 'Port'. 592 is on the former Columbia & Port Deposit Branch, while the abandoned Atglen & Susquehanna can be seen above.
Photo Date:  10/9/2021  Upload Date: 11/4/2021 10:55:08 AM
Location:  Creswell, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 4102(AC44C6M) NS 7589(ES44DC)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
Eastbound Minerals
Title:  Eastbound Minerals
Description:  NS 590 rolls down the Port Road near Milepost 37 with coal loads for CONSOL in Baltimore
Photo Date:  10/9/2021  Upload Date: 11/4/2021 10:50:22 AM
Location:  Columbia, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9786(C44-9W) NS 3628(ET44AC)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
Back to Lancaster
Title:  Back to Lancaster
Description:  Norfolk Southern H30 heads back to Lancaster after working the Marietta Industrial Track, and is seen here entering the Columbia Secondary
Photo Date:  10/9/2021  Upload Date: 11/4/2021 10:45:52 AM
Location:  Columbia, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5662(GP38-2)
Views:  80   Comments: 0
Bringing Up the Marker
Title:  Bringing Up the Marker
Description:  NS SD40-2 #3414 is on the rear of H30 which is slowly to work the CORY interchange
Photo Date:  10/9/2021  Upload Date: 11/4/2021 10:49:46 AM
Location:  Columbia, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3414(SD40-2)
Views:  95   Comments: 0
Waiting Game
Title:  Waiting Game
Description:  NS 590 holds at Washington Boro for a WB coming up the single tracked section of the Port Road Branch
Photo Date:  10/9/2021  Upload Date: 11/4/2021 10:57:07 AM
Location:  Washington Boro, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9786(C44-9W) NS 3628(ET44AC)
Views:  128   Comments: 0
Port Road Meet
Title:  Port Road Meet
Description:  NS 590 has been given the signal and continues east as it meets empty coal train 593 running short on time
Photo Date:  10/9/2021  Upload Date: 11/4/2021 10:57:59 AM
Location:  Washington Boro, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9706(C44-9W) NS 9786(C44-9W)
Views:  123   Comments: 0
The Trains Keep Coming
Title:  The Trains Keep Coming
Description:  The 7th train of the morning, Norfolk Southern 633, passes through Creswell along the Susquehanna River. The train can still be seen snaking around the mountainside to the right of the lead locomotive
Photo Date:  10/9/2021  Upload Date: 11/4/2021 10:55:48 AM
Location:  Creswell, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 7571(ES44DC) NS 7708(ES44DC)
Views:  106   Comments: 0
Taking the High Ground
Title:  Taking the High Ground
Description:  NS 593 runs up Track 1 on the Port Road as they continue west. The 2 tracks of the former C&PD split for a short time due to the now abandoned PRR Low Grade flyover which is directly behind me
Photo Date:  10/9/2021  Upload Date: 11/4/2021 10:56:21 AM
Location:  Creswell, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 4364(AC44C6M) NS 1198(SD70ACe)
Views:  128   Comments: 0
Meet Me at Columbia
Title:  Meet Me at Columbia
Description:  NS 591 sits tied down at CP COLA, as 593 comes a stop to figure out their game plan before combining both trains together
Photo Date:  10/9/2021  Upload Date: 11/4/2021 10:51:24 AM
Location:  Columbia, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9706(C44-9W) NS 4364(AC44C6M)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
Port Road Side by Side
Title:  Port Road Side by Side
Description:  NS 591 & 593 sit side by side at COLA before combining both engine consists together to take both trainsets west
Photo Date:  10/9/2021  Upload Date: 11/4/2021 10:52:08 AM
Location:  Columbia, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9706(C44-9W) NS 4364(AC44C6M)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
Two into One
Title:  Two into One
Description:  593 and 591 had combined powersets, and are seen here doubling their train in Columbia
Photo Date:  10/9/2021  Upload Date: 11/4/2021 10:52:44 AM
Location:  Columbia, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 4364(AC44C6M) NS 1198(SD70ACe) NS 9706(C44-9W) NS 3628(ET44AC)
Views:  148   Comments: 0
CP LAKE
Title:  CP LAKE
Description:  The second 591 of the day passes through CP Lake and will soon head for the Royalton Branch
Photo Date:  10/9/2021  Upload Date: 11/4/2021 10:58:49 AM
Location:  Marietta, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8031(ES44AC) NS 8046(ES44AC)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
Off and Running
Title:  Off and Running
Description:  After doubling both trains, NS 593 is seen passing Lake Siding as they continue west, passing an old PRR cast iron mile-marker and the newer NS era milepost
Photo Date:  10/9/2021  Upload Date: 11/4/2021 10:59:26 AM
Location:  Marietta, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 4364(AC44C6M) NS 1198(SD70ACe) NS 9706(C44-9W) NS 9768(C44-9W)
Views:  138   Comments: 0
24 Hour Turnaround
Title:  24 Hour Turnaround
Description:  NS 593 passes through Marietta with the same trainset seen on 590 the previous morning
Photo Date:  10/10/2021  Upload Date: 11/5/2021 8:55:47 AM
Location:  Marietta, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9786(C44-9W) NS 3628(ET44AC)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
Standard Cab Under the Cat Poles
Title:  Standard Cab Under the Cat Poles
Description:  SD40E 6335 leads H19 east through Marietta
Photo Date:  10/10/2021  Upload Date: 11/5/2021 8:56:16 AM
Location:  Marietta, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6335(SD40E)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
Off the Port Road Branch
Title:  Off the Port Road Branch
Description:  A family looks on as H19 swings onto the Columbia Secondary and passes COLA Tower
Photo Date:  10/10/2021  Upload Date: 11/5/2021 8:56:46 AM
Location:  Columbia, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6335(SD40E) NS 6943(SD60E)
Views:  68   Comments: 0
Up to Lancaster
Title:  Up to Lancaster
Description:  H19 works hard uphill at Mountville on its way to Lancaster
Photo Date:  10/10/2021  Upload Date: 11/5/2021 8:57:27 AM
Location:  Mountville, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6335(SD40E) NS 6943(SD60E)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
Passing the "Block Operator"
Title:  Passing the "Block Operator"
Description:  NS 591 passes through ROY alongside the block station which is now used as a MoW storage area
Photo Date:  10/11/2021  Upload Date: 11/5/2021 8:58:35 AM
Location:  Royalton, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9505(C44-9W) NS 9972(C44-9W)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
One Side to the Other
Title:  One Side to the Other
Description:  NS 637 is seen curving back alongside Amtrak's Keystone Corridor. The Royalton Branch ducks under Amtrak using a flyover between Highspire and Jednota
Photo Date:  10/13/2021  Upload Date: 11/5/2021 8:59:50 AM
Location:  Highspire, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 1154(SD70ACe) NS 9735(C44-9W)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
Meeting at Middletown
Title:  Meeting at Middletown
Description:  An EB Keystone local meets NS 591 near Roy interlocking
Photo Date:  10/16/2021  Upload Date: 11/5/2021 9:00:55 AM
Location:  Middletown, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 626(ACS-64) NS 4364(AC44C6M) NS 1198(SD70ACe)
Views:  104   Comments: 0
Big Apple Bound
Title:  Big Apple Bound
Description:  Amtrak ACS-64 #626 departs Middletown as NS 591 heads west
Photo Date:  10/16/2021  Upload Date: 11/5/2021 9:01:53 AM
Location:  Middletown, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 626(ACS-64)
Views:  63   Comments: 0
Waving Hello
Title:  Waving Hello
Description:  The second 591 of the morning rolls through Royalton with a friend at the helm
Photo Date:  10/16/2021  Upload Date: 11/5/2021 9:02:57 AM
Location:  Royalton, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3639(ET44AC) NS 8079(ES44AC)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
The Return to Vermont
Title:  The Return to Vermont
Description:  After not visiting my favorite state for trains in over a year, a trip up to the Green Mountain state was made. GMRC 263 is seen making a pickup at Bartonsville
Photo Date:  10/18/2021  Upload Date: 11/8/2021 7:12:27 PM
Location:  Bartonsville, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VTR 432(SD70M-2)
Views:  74   Comments: 0
Headed for Bellows Falls
Title:  Headed for Bellows Falls
Description:  GMRC 263 passes under an older style road bridge in Bartonsville as they pick up storage tankcars in the siding at Bartonsville
Photo Date:  10/18/2021  Upload Date: 11/8/2021 7:13:02 PM
Location:  Bartonsville, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VTR 432(SD70M-2)
Views:  61   Comments: 0
Colorful Lashup on the Green Mountain Main
Title:  Colorful Lashup on the Green Mountain Main
Description:  GMRC 263 continues on to Bellows Falls with 6 engines on the point, including GP38 #203 which is on its way to the Conway Scenic
Photo Date:  10/18/2021  Upload Date: 11/8/2021 7:14:51 PM
Location:  Rockingham, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VTR 432(SD70M-2) VTR 307(GP40-2) GMTX 2208(GP38-2) CLP 204(GP38-2) VTR 208(GP38-2) CSRX 203(GP38)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
Leaving the Property
Title:  Leaving the Property
Description:  Former CLP GP38 203 has been sold to the Conway Scenic, and is seen on VRS property for the final time
Photo Date:  10/18/2021  Upload Date: 11/8/2021 7:16:10 PM
Location:  Rockingham, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSRX 203(GP38) CLP 203(GP38)
Views:  322   Comments: 0
Back to Rutland
Title:  Back to Rutland
Description:  Now running as 264, the Green Mountain job passes through one of the several truss bridges on the GMRC route
Photo Date:  10/18/2021  Upload Date: 11/8/2021 7:13:51 PM
Location:  Bartonsville, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VTR 208(GP38-2) CLP 204(GP38-2) VTR 307(GP40-2)
Views:  177   Comments: 1
Lunch Break
Title:  Lunch Break
Description:  GMRC 264 pauses at Chester to grab a quick snack before continuing on to Rutland
Photo Date:  10/18/2021  Upload Date: 11/8/2021 7:17:31 PM
Location:  Chester, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VTR 208(GP38-2) CLP 204(GP38-2) VTR 307(GP40-2) VTR 432(SD70M-2)
Views:  139   Comments: 1
Back on the Move
Title:  Back on the Move
Description:  GMRC 264 passes the Chester depot as they get rolling again after a quick stop
Photo Date:  10/18/2021  Upload Date: 11/8/2021 7:18:06 PM
Location:  Chester, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VTR 208(GP38-2)
Views:  120   Comments: 1
Into the Trough
Title:  Into the Trough
Description:  Vermont Railway 264 rolls into Gassetts with what little color is still hanging on in Vermont's Green Mountains
Photo Date:  10/18/2021  Upload Date: 11/8/2021 7:19:53 PM
Location:  Gassetts, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VTR 208(GP38-2) CLP 204(GP38-2) VTR 307(GP40-2) VTR 432(SD70M-2)
Views:  104   Comments: 1
Rolling into Smithville
Title:  Rolling into Smithville
Description:  GMRC 264 passes the Magris Talc plant as they approach Ludlow
Photo Date:  10/18/2021  Upload Date: 11/8/2021 7:21:20 PM
Location:  Smithville, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VTR 208(GP38-2)
Views:  117   Comments: 0
Along Route 103
Title:  Along Route 103
Description:  GMRC 264 passes along Rt 103 just outside of Ludlow after a passing rain shower
Photo Date:  10/18/2021  Upload Date: 11/8/2021 7:23:46 PM
Location:  Grahamville, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VTR 208(GP38-2) CLP 204(GP38-2) VTR 307(GP40-2) VTR 432(SD70M-2)
Views:  104   Comments: 0

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