I love watching these videos, they are helpful in not only understanding how rail companies operate their equipment but also in planning out model railroad layouts and operations for us modelers. Also the maps and captions are a great touch!
Can we all give a moment of silence for my grandfather that was killed in the action of a switching session on the PRR in 1964, he was 26 unfortunately. He was getting off out from the inside of a box car and he found himself with a f7 going 64 mph and he was hit.. Nice vid btw
This has NOTHING to do with this great Video..but as a Model Railroader, I'm looking at the Railbox/TTX Car, and it's end side grab irons; the Walther's version of it truly isn't as bad as the picky choosy Modelers think they are...it depends on your taste.
Do you ever railfan Norfolk Southern's switching operations around Lancaster, Pennsylvania? I'd love to see some videos of Norfolk Southern's H28 or H26.
This is an awesome video! I remember all of these times going out and catching the locals! Do you have any footage of H31 switching Triple M Farms in those years? Funny enough I remember one time H31 had a D9-40CW switching out Triple M Farms and and GP38-2 High Hood was on the rear. That was so funny to watch. I surely miss those times. Im very happy that you got the footage while you could!!!
I do have one video of H33 shifting PACMA in Palmyra with big power, an SD60M and SD60. I will upload that probably within a few weeks when finished. I caught them with SD70ACe's and Dash-9's before (not recently), definitely an odd sight.
These videos you make are incredible. Don’t know how you make it to each shot every time, and know everything that’s going on. When I’m older, I’m going to do the same. Great videos!
Fabulous footage. Viewing this from the UK, big fan of the NS but obviously not so easy to get up close very often! I particularly like the high hood designs, thanks for posting such interesting and informative footage.
Yet another great video. Nice close ups of the 3001. She was no stranger to the area being one of the ex Reading GP40-2s purchased for Joanna Mine runs. An engineer friend of mine liked those old RDG units for local and yard service because they were built slightly heavier for better traction on those heavy ore trains.
Hello from Cornwall. Love that Conrail blue. How easy it is to forget that without Conrail, all of my favorite PA railroads would have ended up as rail trails or worse. Lackawanna, Reading, Lehigh Valley, Jersey Central, Erie, Lehigh and Hudson River, all would have been liquidated in bankruptcy without the creation of Conrail. Yes, a lot of lines were lost, but much remained and is in use profitable today. So it’s good to see Conrail blue. Many thanks. CAS
Not to mention all of the lines destroyed by Hurricane Agnes. That's the reason Penn Central abandoned the Cornwall and Lebanon, then a few years later Conrail abandoned the Cornwall Railroad. I doubt any customers would be around today, but it would be cool if there was a tourist train to Mt Gretna out of Lebanon Station.
Central Penn Rail Productions Hi Again. Ah Yes!! What fun that would be. I might even be willing to put on a conductor’s uniform and volunteer to work some of the trains. Hurricane Agnes was of course the proximate cause of Conrail. Most of the Central Pennsylvania railroads were utterly destroyed by Agnes. The multiple bankruptcies forced the government at act. It’s amazing that anything created by government could work as well as it did! CAS
How many NS locals run out of Lancaster each weekday, plus on a day Wednesday or Thursday will I see a decent amount of trains on NS Harrisburg Line west of Reading in daylight???
Local deliveries are the most interesting. but Wow, two locomotives? I just watched another video where there was ONE, 35 year old engine doing the delivery
Nice video.i live in upstate ny.Canadian pacific territory.used to be home of the deleware and hudson and the American locomotive in Schenectady ny.love trains
'Doors open in the air conditioning position'! lol. Yup, back in the dark ages of railroading there are countless days riding the head end in the Texas heat and keeping my foot on the door to keep it open, even though the air was stiflingly hot coming in the door. Since this is NS, I saw N&W, Southern, and L&N engines at the Hardy Street Southern Pacific Houston yard back in the day. I would see them when we went to pick up our power and caboose for the trip to Englewood Yard to pick up our train. I worked the local for about two years.
Besides that I subscribe & love your videos, the fact that at :38 you explain how NS ran these switch jobs and have a cool little map is awesome!! Keep up the great work.
Very nice video, brings back fond memories of the older engines. I grew up near the Allentown PA hump yard and spent many hours there just watching the trains, good times.
Please release some more of these type of videos as show how railways operate and help model railroaders. Keep up the good work I have become a subscriber.cheers from Tony in the Uk
I agree, it's not a talent I have, but it's something I am practicing in the back end. These captions and descriptions are helping me develop my story board process, that I hope to eventually replace with voice over. Thanks for commenting!
@@CentralPennRailProductions Personally, I do appreciate quality video without voice overs covering the sounds. Keep doing what you do, it's phenomenal work!