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Chautauqua Branch Helpers

 by Schaffner ¦  Sun Jul 29, 2018 5:32 pm ¦  Forum: Pennsylvania Railroad ¦  Topic: Chautauqua Branch Helpers ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 3280

Did the Pennsy use helpers on the north end of the Chautauqua Branch? It appears that the summit of the line was in Summerdale, NY at about 1600 ft above sea level. Were helpers used on either side of this grade?

DL109 and PA Branch Restrictions?

 by Schaffner ¦  Wed Nov 29, 2017 7:22 pm ¦  Forum: New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad NYNH&HRR ¦  Topic: DL109 and PA Branch Restrictions? ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 3922

Were there any lines that the DL109s and/or the PAs were restricted from due to their long wheelbases?

Re: Chataqua Branch realignment (North End)

 by Schaffner ¦  Mon Nov 27, 2017 8:12 pm ¦  Forum: Pennsylvania Railroad ¦  Topic: Chataqua Branch realignment (North End) ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 6655

Sorry, LATE reply, but I just found it and have to add something. The west end crossover between this branch and the old P & E was probably just east of PA Rt 89, as theres still a signal bridge there, (minus signals), over the still existant ex-P&E. Went to Spartansburg last Saturday, drove...

OBB Railjet between Salzburg and Innsbruck

 by Schaffner ¦  Fri Mar 14, 2014 7:01 pm ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: OBB Railjet between Salzburg and Innsbruck ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 1207

Last summer I took a OBB Railjet between Salzburg and Zurich, Switzerland. I believe it was on the part of the trip between Salzburg and Innsbruck where we appeared to go underground and then picked up a lot of speed. Is this a stretch of track that is in an underground trench that is dedicated to h...

MILW Diesel Power in the Gap

 by Schaffner ¦  Sun Nov 04, 2012 11:45 am ¦  Forum: Granger Railroads - C&NW, Rock Island, and MILW ¦  Topic: MILW Diesel Power in the Gap ¦  Replies: 0 ¦  Views: 6709

What type of diesels hauled the Milwaukee passenger trains through the gap between the electrified divisions? For that matter, what type of freight diesels worked the gap in the 50's?

B&S: Why the switchbacks?

 by Schaffner ¦  Sun May 22, 2011 10:47 am ¦  Forum: Pennsylvania Railfan ¦  Topic: B&S: Why the switchbacks? ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 1253

I'm referring to the switchbacks near Galeton, not the one at Keating Summit. I'm assuming the switchbacks over the mountain were built just to get the line through as quickly as possible, but were there originally plans to replace them with a series of loops and maybe even a tunnel near the summit?...

Re: Knox & Kane along US Rt 6

 by Schaffner ¦  Sun May 22, 2011 10:39 am ¦  Forum: Pennsylvania Railfan ¦  Topic: Knox & Kane along US Rt 6 ¦  Replies: 11 ¦  Views: 4898

That would great if they kept it in place, and I hope some tourist trade could pan out. I'd love to be able to ride between Kane and Mt. Jewett again.

Knox & Kane along US Rt 6

 by Schaffner ¦  Sat May 07, 2011 10:11 am ¦  Forum: Pennsylvania Railfan ¦  Topic: Knox & Kane along US Rt 6 ¦  Replies: 11 ¦  Views: 4898

I was traveling along Route 6 last night, and I was pleasantly suprised to see that the old Knox and Kane tracks were still in place. Is this scheduled for scrapping this summer? Whenever they pull up the tracks, I'll miss them. The old P&W looked like one long industrial spur ever since I can r...

Freightliner locomotives loading in Erie, Pennsylvania

 by Schaffner ¦  Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:40 pm ¦  Forum: Pennsylvania Railfan ¦  Topic: Freightliner locomotives loading in Erie, Pennsylvania ¦  Replies: 3 ¦  Views: 2564

Some nice shots on a local shipping news blog from December:

http://erieshipnews.blogspot.com/2010/1 ... loads.html

PS&N Horseshoes

 by Schaffner ¦  Sun Nov 21, 2010 12:12 pm ¦  Forum: Pennsylvania Railfan ¦  Topic: PS&N Horseshoes ¦  Replies: 6 ¦  Views: 4708

Check out this interesting set of horseshoe curves, including one that nearly loops back on top of itself, on the Pittburg, Shawmut and Northern up by Mt. Jewett, PA. http://historical.mytopo.com/getImage.asp?fname=mtjw40ne.jpg&state=PA (It’s in the northeast corner of the map, go all the way to...

Gold Camp Road in Colorado (Old ROW)

 by Schaffner ¦  Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:32 pm ¦  Forum: Western Railfan ¦  Topic: Gold Camp Road in Colorado (Old ROW) ¦  Replies: 0 ¦  Views: 2900

Is Gold Camp Road, (i.e the old CS&CCD Ry row) still open all the way between Colorado City and Cripple Creek? While reading about the "haunted tunnels" on some other websites I thought I read that there was a cave-in in one of the tunnels which severed the route.

Re: Road built on abandoned Railroad ROW in Southwestern PA

 by Schaffner ¦  Sat Sep 11, 2010 8:33 pm ¦  Forum: Pennsylvania Railfan ¦  Topic: Road built on abandoned Railroad ROW in Southwestern PA ¦  Replies: 5 ¦  Views: 1268

Bingo! That's the road I was thinking about, thanks for the info. Layton Road leading out of Perryopolis. Old Washington Run Railroad ROW. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Run_Railroad Also, if you plug "Perryopolis to Layton Road" into a search engine, you can get quite a few diffe...

Road built on abandoned Railroad ROW in Southwestern PA

 by Schaffner ¦  Sun Aug 29, 2010 12:09 pm ¦  Forum: Pennsylvania Railfan ¦  Topic: Road built on abandoned Railroad ROW in Southwestern PA ¦  Replies: 5 ¦  Views: 1268

I could have sworn I found a web page once that showed a road, not a rail-trail but an actual road, built on an abandoned railroad right of way in southwestern PA. What was unique about it was it passed through a tunnel and over a river on a railroad through truss bridge. I can’t remember if it was ...

ALCO-GE Builders Plate #79477

 by Schaffner ¦  Fri Aug 13, 2010 11:36 am ¦  Forum: American Locomotive Company - ALCO ¦  Topic: ALCO-GE Builders Plate #79477 ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 3561

Builders Plate seen on the wall over a bar. I wrote down the following info:

"ALCO-GE 79477 Oct 1951"

Anybody out there know what unit was assigned that builder number?

OLD RAILROAD: New York and Pennsylvania Railway

 by Schaffner ¦  Sun May 23, 2010 4:11 pm ¦  Forum: New York State Railfan ¦  Topic: OLD RAILROAD: New York and Pennsylvania Railway ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 1178

This line appears to have started right on the state line with a connection to the Pittsburgh, Shawmut and Northern in Ceres, NY. It then went down into PA in McKean and Potter Counties before coming back up into New York and connecting with the Erie just outside of Canisteo. Now, when I first saw i...