South Jersey

chuchubob wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2019 3:56 pm Conrail CA-07 replaced CSXT 759.

Old news- C759 and C788 were abolished by CSX and replaced by Conrail crews almost half a year ago.

Here's SC21 (former 788 job) heading north on the Chester Secondary way back in May-
http://manatree.rrpicturearchives.net/s ... id=5147063

-SMS Lines in Bridgeport hosted their very first "Wheels & Rails" car show today. On hand for the festivities were three of CSX's "Tribute Units".

CSX #911 "Spirit of our First Responders",
CSX #3194 "Spirit of Law Enforcement" &
CSX #1776 "Spirit of our Armed Forces".

Special thanks to CSX for loaning out the locomotives for today's event, and to SMS Lines for hosting!!

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiv ... ?id=133492

Ben

liftedjeep wrote: ↑Sat Oct 05, 2019 11:40 am -SMS Lines in Bridgeport hosted their very first "Wheels & Rails" car show today. On hand for the festivities were three of CSX's "Tribute Units".

CSX #911 "Spirit of our First Responders",
CSX #3194 "Spirit of Law Enforcement" &
CSX #1776 "Spirit of our Armed Forces".

Special thanks to CSX for loaning out the locomotives for today's event, and to SMS Lines for hosting!!

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiv ... ?id=133492

Ben

Very nice. I saw the units come north this week on the Ashland, VA webcam, had no idea where they were headed.

You've certainly had a couple busy days.

-NS #8099 "Southern" Heritage Unit was the middle unit of three on NS 39G on Tues, Oct 15th:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=5207013

Ben

Get the popcorn ready for this hour and ten minute long video! Featuring the latest happenings in South Jersey on former PRSL (and CNJ) territory, this video is loaded with everything from the common local to the popular heritage unit.      
Some of the highlights include two Norfolk Southern heritage units, a Union Pacific heritage unit, and the new CSX commemorative units that were on display at the Wheels & Rails car show at SMS. All three loaded coal trains from Beesleys Point were captured, marking the end of the coal era on the former Clementon Branch. Also, a few scenes of the Winchester & Western in Bridgeton and Millville can be seen. We'll even witness the last run of a Conrail engineer before retiring after 41 years of service.     
From a Chessie work train, to NJT's Atlantic City Line, to D.P.U. freights right here in South Jersey, this video should not disappoint, so I hope you enjoy it! 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiKmn2F5RUE 

Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corp (SMC) is removing soil contaminated with heavy metals from their Superfund site in Newfield. They use a Shuttlewagon Commander SWX 420 to move the gondolas.
Shifting to another track.

Some "fringe" railfanning...

Bound for South Jersey, I caught NS 38G in Bala Cynwyd this afternoon, awaiting a crew to take the train across the bridge. Ordinarily, I wouldn't even bother posting since the train hadn't yet made its way into Jersey. But since the Conrail Heritage Unit was on the point, I figured I would share a few pics from just outside the realm of the Garden State.

NS #8098 Conrail Heritage:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=5218872

Over top of Righters Ferry Rd. Note the Reading Railroad "diamond" date stamp of 1949 on the bridge:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=5218874

Ben

Good catch, Ben. 8098 certainly needs a bath.

Thanks for the heads-up, Ben.
Going to work Monday morning at Pavonia.

chuchubob wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2019 10:09 am Thanks for the heads-up, Ben.

My pleasure, Bob
How about returning the favor sometime?

Ben

This might impact the former 60N/61N gondolas. I just saw a 39G on 12/4 with no gons

https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/ste ... 91203.html

...In Farrell, Pa., north of Pittsburgh, Russian-owned steelmaker NLMK Pennsylvania laid off 100 of its 430 steelworkers and cut 35 salaried office positions this week, citing higher import costs...

Delaware River ports have also seen a drop in import cargoes as tariffs rise, port officials say. “We are seeing the effect on steel from Europe. The tonnage is down,” said Sean Mahoney, spokesman for the city-owned Philadelphia city ports...

-"Central of Georgia" Heritage Unit as a DPU on NS 39G, seen here along 36th St in Pennsauken on December 15th:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=5232480

Ben

While out walking the dog on this frigid Wednesday evening, we decided to parallel the Hainesport Industrial Track for a bit, and happened to cross paths with WPCA-20 returning to Pavonia Yard after a day's work. The freight train passed by us, but came to a stop just before the old Maple Shade train station. After coercing the dog to sit still for a while, I had just enough time to snap a couple of photos.

NS #3013 (GP40-2), built for Conrail in 1977, was leading:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=5233558

Opposite the train was the Maple Shade station, all decked out for Christmas:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=5233560


Ben

12/30/2019

WPCA51 made an uncommon run down the Grenloch in daylight today.

Splitting the geese-
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=5238736

A little closer-
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CSX 6157 (ex-Western Maryland GP40-2) trailing-
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=5238738

12/31/2019

The Conrail heritage unit made another appearance in South Jersey, coming in last night on 38G. Today, it was placed in the DPU spot on a relatively short 39G.

The CA15 crew getting the 39G power ready at 27th St.-
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=5238816

The Conrail unit was put in the DPU slot on a small train-
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=5238817

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