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| Title: |
Cassandra Overlook |
| Description: |
EB pushers strain against a loaded coal train. To me, this is the best show in the area. |
| Photo Date: |
10/18/2010 Upload Date: 11/6/2010 11:21:55 PM |
| Location: |
Cassandra, PA |
| Author: |
Bob Rule, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6300(SD40E) |
| Views: |
245 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Action at Slope. |
| Description: |
A pair of SD40E pushers drifts down grade at Slope as a TOFC train heads upgrade. Around the bend is an area known as the Brickyard. A favorite site for railfans to photograph WB trains as they make the run for Horseshoe Curve. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/2011 Upload Date: 10/19/2011 12:44:35 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Bob Rule, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6308(SD40E) |
| Views: |
298 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Cassandra Meet |
| Description: |
Look closely, you can see a pair of EB pushers on the middle track between the two trains. |
| Photo Date: |
10/17/2010 Upload Date: 11/6/2010 11:27:29 PM |
| Location: |
Cassandra, PA |
| Author: |
Bob Rule, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6309(SD40E) NS 9475(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
256 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
WB pushers |
| Description: |
This pair of WB pushers has assisted this freight train upgrade from Altoona and now is enjoying the downgrade part of the trip to the Johnstown area. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/2011 Upload Date: 10/19/2011 1:01:26 AM |
| Location: |
Cassandra, PA |
| Author: |
Bob Rule, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6323(SD40E) NS 6309(SD40E) |
| Views: |
287 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Returning pushers |
| Description: |
This pair of EB pushers is returning to Altoona, Pa, passing under one of the remaining old style Pennsy signal bridges at an area known as Slope. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/2011 Upload Date: 10/19/2011 12:38:34 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Bob Rule, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6311(SD40E) NS 6312(SD40E) |
| Views: |
311 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Pusher close up |
| Description: |
Here is a good look at this helper pair at Slope. These engines are rebuilt SD50s and have replace the SD40s that held down the pusher activity for so long in the Altoona area. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/2011 Upload Date: 10/19/2011 12:41:15 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Bob Rule, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6312(SD40E) NS 6311(SD40E) |
| Views: |
321 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Stack Train Pushers |
| Description: |
This pair of WB SD40E pushers are hard at work pushing the WB stack train upgrade and around the curve to the Cresson, Pa area. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/2011 Upload Date: 10/19/2011 12:53:48 AM |
| Location: |
Gallitzin, PA |
| Author: |
Bob Rule, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6312(SD40E) NS 6311(SD40E) |
| Views: |
358 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EB pushers |
| Description: |
Taken from the Cassandra railfan bridge, we see a pair SD40E pushers working hard against the EB grade. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/2011 Upload Date: 10/19/2011 1:07:26 AM |
| Location: |
Cassandra, PA |
| Author: |
Bob Rule, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6312(SD40E) NS 6311(SD40E) |
| Views: |
297 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WB stack train pushers |
| Description: |
As these pusher pass Alto Tower they are just beginning the work of climbing the grade that will take the train around Horseshoe Curve. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/2011 Upload Date: 10/19/2011 12:35:32 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Bob Rule, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6315(SD40E) NS 6317(SD40E) |
| Views: |
323 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WB Pushers |
| Description: |
A pair of pushers assists a west bound auto rack train out of the station area in Altoona, headed for Horseshoe Curve. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/2011 Upload Date: 10/18/2011 4:47:50 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Bob Rule, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6326(SD40E) NS 6328(SD40E) |
| Views: |
234 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Cassandra Close Up |
| Description: |
Westbounder glides around the downgrade curve at Cassandra overlook. This is the daily trash train with the helpers on the headend. Hey, would you want to be on the helpers if they were on the hind end of this train? |
| Photo Date: |
10/17/2010 Upload Date: 11/6/2010 11:24:29 PM |
| Location: |
Cassandra, PA |
| Author: |
Bob Rule, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6327(SD40E) NS 9510(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
443 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
East end of Chesterton, Ind. |
| Description: |
NS 6342 leads a WB train through the east end of Chesterton, Ind. If I am not mistaken, 6342 is normally a helper on the west slope in Pa. |
| Photo Date: |
6/18/2012 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 8:43:40 PM |
| Location: |
Chesterton, IN |
| Author: |
Bob Rule, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6342(SD40E) NS 6339(SD40E) |
| Views: |
705 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SD 40Es |
| Description: |
This westbounder is lead by three engines, two of which are the SD40E class. |
| Photo Date: |
6/18/2012 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 8:44:01 PM |
| Location: |
Chesterton, IN |
| Author: |
Bob Rule, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6342(SD40E) NS 6339(SD40E) |
| Views: |
678 Comments: 1 |
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