RDGAndrew wrote:I was actually watching that siding waiting for SEPTA to rip the switch out. Glad Conte Luna had a change of heart.
I also grew up in Warminster and don't remember seeing hoppers on the siding until about 1991/92 when the blue GATX Airslides started to show up. Conte Luna actually did rip out the switch, maybe 5 years ago! I remember going by and noticing that it was completely gone, and thinking it was a shame to see the service go completely to those bulk trucks. Then, not 6 months later, there was a new frog and new switch rails on the ballast, and soon the siding was back in service! I heard (perhaps here on railroad.net) that there was a management change at Conte Luna, and the outgoing management had made the no-rail decision, but the new management reversed that. Anyone else remember this? It was surreal.
I remember that. We caught a 2 covered hopper train being moved onto that little service track next to the plant back in.... musta been 1991. Was the only time i've ever seen a train move there before or since. I was 11 and on my way to a private school in montgomery county after a long pick up route.
By the way, in the summer operating hours, do visit triumph bar & grill in New Hope. I don't drink, but the patio abuts the ROW.
- A