HOW RAILROADS WORK Ep. 3: The Sunbury Mainline Family 

Not a problem, Teady.. I'm glad that you enjoy them.

Thanks Santa Fe.. Me too.. That's one thing about the Sunbury Line.. Freight trains still rule on this line!!

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Thanks, Jean.. I'm glad that you enjoy them.

Always a pleasure.. And thank you for the continued support, it's what makes the effort worth while!

Thanks Jeremy.... That's my plan ;-)

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Why thank you for such a wonderful compliment.. Yes we will.

Interesting

Happy belated birthday!

Haha, thanks for that! By the way, the video was very informative and descriptive :)

Thanks.. I'm glad that you enjoyed it.

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yeah I grew up in Renovo I remember seeing trains All the time come through town I lived Right next to the tracks they would stop on occasion to switch crews bc the one engineer Lived right there too he would come or I his house and jump on the train when it was still Conrail and then a Lot of times too the train would stop in town at Sockys restaurant and grab a snack and a drink get back on the train and keep rolling

it's sad to see no trains going through Renovo anybody Except Maybe once a month and that's Only bc they are servicing the factories in Emporium from the Lock Haven yard

Also I was just wondering, are there any updates coming to this line? NS seems to be putting the new "Darth Vader" signals everywhere, and I noticed at Taylor Yard that tracks are jointed rather then welded. If traffic for Taylor increases, (as you predicted in your former videos) will they likely change the track from jointed to welded? And also, on the River Line they have been lengthening sidings for trains like Q409 which was 14,000 feet. Are they doing that to accommodate trains like the huge 11Z?

I'll have to make it a point to do that!

Since NS bought the line they've made a lot of improvements to it and I witnessed the trains going by first hand.. The Herzog ballast trains, the welded rail trains and dozens upon dozens of gondola cars coming up on 11A filled with crossties.... Most of the work has been done on the "Freight Line" between Bingo and Albany, but work has been done on the Sunbury too. On the Freight Line numerous sidings and have been put back in along with tie replacement and resurfacing. On the Sunbury, some new welded rail has been laid (about 6 miles of it) and as I write this, M.P. 671 will be getting new tie plates (they've already been placed so I'm hoping that ties and rail will be part of the deal). NS posted all of this on their website, here's the link to the news release: www.nscorp.com/content/nscorp/en/news/norfolk-southernhighlightsinvestmentimprovedcustomerserviceonfir.html As far as the yard is concerned I can't really say what the future holds for it other than J.B. Hunt. NS says that traffic there had double-digit increases there since the buyout so that's a good sign. I was told by an employee that J.B. Hunt wants to bring in 4,000 feet of train a day (with their trailers on it) so we'll see if that actually happens. A JB Hunt driver from Chicago left a comment on the Ep. 2 video. Here's what he said: "I drive for JB Hunt out of Chicago and Taylor will be a new hub for the Northeast Corridor. Most containers would terminate at the Harrisburg, Pa hub or New Jersey to be delivered up there." Welded rail in the yard?... Maybe, but again, I can't say but the line itself is welded except for a few miles down by M.P. 680 (Hudson). I don't know of any sidings being lengthened but the one at Hanover that CP put in back about a decade or so ago is at least 11,000 ft. since it was the only one that could accommodate the 11Rs when they were that big.

Interesting. Thanks for the info and taking the time to write this!

One thing I forgot to mention.... At some point changes will come to the line.. If nothing else, PTC kicks in, in a few years and any line that runs passengers and/or hazmat will have to have the new compliant signals and such.... For now, I'm happy to have the searchlights and to me, the Sunbury Line comes about as close to "old school" style railroading as you can get in this day and age of today.

Yes, lots of salt is moved by rail and it moves in covered hoppers.

Thanks.... Check out Volume 2....

i did i meant in more detail wial there at the place during there switching operation srry

I'm working on that!... Thanks.... Have to be careful filming at certain places, though, in today's post 9/11 world if you know where I'm coming from.

Oh yeah, almost everyday.. Check out some of my newer videos like [T-44] BOOSTED..

Thanks. I've asked that question myself.

LOL.. No, I don't mind (wasn't hiding it from you) but now that you've found me out you can shoot some of your own stuff now. ;-) BTW, I was gonna call you and tell you the the NKP Heritage Unit should be coming through tomorrow morning on Train 11Z.. If you want, I can call you when I know he's on the move.

Okay I still have that app but I think it only works half the time

I couldn't find it,till I went over the bridge

:-)

It's just the way that freight cars move.. You will typically see a larger portion of them up this way because of our close proximity to Canada.

No.. 37T gets its intermodal from Bethlehem, Pa. and the North Jersey docks.. Taylor intermodal goes to Binghamton on Train 11A..

Foreign power is common in railroading, there's several reasons why this may occur.. The most common is foreign power hours being repaid..

Which ones??

Trains21 at 2:55 in front of those string tank cars. Lpg maybe? . Thanks

Either that or lumber

Don't know.. One of the guys that hung under the bridge