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Hardcoaler Mar 26, 2015

  1. Doug Gosha

    Doug Gosha TrainBoard Member

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    Great shot, Buddy!

    And, as far as Harper's Ferry, it would take at least ten years for A project like that to get government approval,, these days. Rampant stupidity.

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  2. BNSF FAN

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    CSX #60 along with CSX #124 leading a southbound along the edge on NS DeButts Yard in Chattanooga TN - Dec. 26, 2004

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  3. Sepp K

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    Wernersville, PA enjoys early Spring sunshine. NS 62V hustles New Jersey trash westward, this Wednesday past, 03/10/2021.
     
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  4. HemiAdda2d

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    Amtrak 130 led the 'Builder recently.
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  5. gjslsffan

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    I still think those AMTK locos look like Velveeta cheese boxes with wheels under them. :)
     
  6. Mike VE2TRV

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    I think that "heritage" paint scheme looks better than the current one.

    It even makes #130 look half decent. It breaks up the "box with a semi-pointy end" shape.
     
  7. gjslsffan

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    Oh Yea. That paint makes them to as good as can be for sure.
     
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    Here's the branch crossing the Potomac River at Harper's Ferry. Mar 11, 2006 taken from the C&O Canal towpath. PICT0032.JPG
     
  9. gjslsffan

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    You just gotta respect all that work. I mean what a great undertaking that all was. From what ever direction. I respect and admire the effort.
     
  10. BNSF FAN

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    Chattanooga TN - 2004

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  11. Doug Gosha

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    Yes, that was some REAL engineering!

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    I agree. :)
     
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  14. Mike VE2TRV

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    There are a couple of gems. Those yard goats make the Energizer Bunny look like a wuss.

    And to think that 1366 was built before Pearl Harbor!
     
  15. Doug Gosha

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    Wow! One over 80 years old and the other over 70 years old looking great and STILL doing their thing!

    I see 1366 has the original compound slope hood arrangement and 1367 the later simplified arrangement.

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  16. Hardcoaler

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    That's a great shot Sepp K. Love that depot. With such beautiful stonework, I'm guessing RDG?
     
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  17. Doug Gosha

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    Yes and I wonder about the structure going along between the station and tracks. That can't be just decorative, can it?

    Doug
     
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  18. Hardcoaler

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    That's a good question. I looked around on the Internet and it was once a platform canopy, now missing its roof. It is indeed a Reading station, completed in 1927. Passenger service on the line ended in 1963.
     
  19. Sepp K

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    That's correct. The Heidelberg Heritage Society has restored the station, and opens it for special events. Unfortunately NS won't allow restoration of the platform canopy, as it is too close to a very active line.
     
  20. Doug Gosha

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    I found these two pictures of the station, one of which has one view with the roof still there and the other which shows the supporting framework for the roof:

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