NS On the NEC

[Big Bri]

Fri. Oct. 2, 2009
Caught H-86 at Ridley Park Sta. and then 501 at Prospect Park Sta. early this morning!
1.(H-86) Amtk. #1 trk 2:38am
NS 8398 C40-8W(x6195) "HH"
NS 2680 SD-70M-2

19 Cars
48 axles
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2.(NS-501) Amtk. #1 trk 4:19am
NS 9227 C40-9W
NS 2743 SD-70M-2

0 x 70 = 70 (mty Top Gon Hopps)
2,031 Tons
292 axles
3,620 feet

Bri

[Big Bri]

Nothing this week kids........
No Coal trains in PECO since middle of last week. H-86 is still running the NEC late at night though.

Bri

[Big Bri]

Wed. Oct.14,2009
Even a short "local" freight is better than nothing.......LOL
H-86 by me at Prospect Park Sta.
(H-86) Amtk # 1 trk 4:44am
NS 9646 C40-9W
NS 9970 C40-9W

20 Loaded Covered Hoppers
2,657 Tons
92 axles
1,392 feet

Cheers,
Bri

[Big Bri]

Wed. Oct. 21,2009
Would y'all settle for an even SHORTER H-86? By me at Ridley Park Sta.
(H-86) Amyk #2 trk 4:18am
NS 9977 C40-9W
NS 2709 SD-70M-2

13 Cars
64 axles

And we would have had a 501 except for the fact that they went on duty way too late
to make it out onto Amtrak before 4:30am. So the 501 went the "back way" via Septa
and CSX.
9759-9051 and 68 mty hoppers.

Bri

[Big Bri]

Sat. Oct. 31,2009
Finally! After 2 seperate 501's went out the "back way"(via Septa/CSX) my beloved 501 returns to Amtrak!
By me at Prospect Park Sta.
(NS-501) Amtk. #1 trk 4:30am
NS 8398 C40-8W(x6195) "HH"
NS 9899 C40-9W

0 x 88 = 88 (mty Top Gon hopps)
2,537 Tons
364 axles
4,461 feet

Bri

PS. What's better than an xCON leading Under Pennsy Wires!!

[Big Bri]

Fri. Nov. 6,2009
Living only 600ft. away from Ridley Park Sta. does have its advantages........
(H-86) Amtk #1 trk 4:40am
NS 9977 Dash-9W
NS 2709 SD-70M-2

35 Cars
152 axles

Bri

[Big Bri]

Sat. Nov. 7,2009
Strange? NS will run the hoppers via Amtrak on a weekend morning but not on a weekday? Hmmmm
By me at Prospect Park Sta. in 29 degree weather!! Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr
(NS-501) Amtk. #1 trk 3:53am
NS 7563 GEVO
NS 9205 C40-9W

0 x 93 = 93 (mty Top Gon Hopps)
2,696 Tons
384 axles
4,747 feet

Bri

[Big Bri]

Wed. Nov. 11,2009
TWO northbound freights by me at Prospect Park Sta. within' 12 minutes of one another.
1.(NS-501) Amtk #1 trk 4:50am
NS 7506 GEVO
NS 9164 C40-9W

0 x 117 = 117 (mty Hopps){mix of everything!}
3,452 Tons
480 axles
5,941 feet
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2.(H86) Amtk #1 trk 5:03am
NS 9900 C40-9W
NS 6795 SD-60M(x5557) "HH"

18 Cars
84 axles

Bri

[Big Bri]

Sat. Nov. 14,2009
H-86 by Prospect Park Sta. but the NS-501 went out the "back way" via Septa/CSX.
(H-86) Amtk #1 trk 5:02am
NS 9349 C40-9W**
NS 9900 C40-9W

12 x 11 = 23 (Abrams)
1,887 Tons
104 axles

** 9349 was the leader on the 500 but got swapped out with the 6795 which
went West on the 501.

Bri

[Big Bri]

Wed. Nov. 18,2009
By me at Prospect Park Sta. both a 501 and H-86 Twenty minutes apart!
1.(NS-501) Amtk. # 1 trk 4:25am
NS 9209 C40-9W
NS 9165 C40-9W

0 x 101 = 101 (mty Hopps)
2,891 Tons
416 axles
5,116 feet
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2.(H-86) Amtk. #1 trk 4:45am
NS 9349 C40-9W
NS 9900 C40-9W

7 x 0 = 7 (loaded Cov. Hopps)
928 Tons
40 axles
604 feet

Bri

[Big Bri]

Tues. Nov. 24,2009
Isn't often that I catch the mty H&K Stone train heading back to Birdsboro...........
By me at Ridley Park Sta,
(NS-69T) Amtk #2 trk 2:55am
NS 9477 Dash-9W
NS 9702 Dash-9W

0 x 61 = 61 (mty H&K Stone Hopps)
1,744 Tons
256 axles

Bri

[Big Bri]

Wed. Dec. 2,2009
A healthy sized H-86 local by me at Ridley Park Sta. this morning!
(H-86) Amtk #1 trk 5:14am
NS 9349 C40-9W
NS 9900 C40-9W

50 Cars
212 axles

Bri

[Big Bri]

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!

"Exelon Corp. announced yesterday that it would shut down two aging fossil-fuel power plants in Phoenixville and Eddystone in 2011, eliminating 280 jobs. Exelon said that it would completely close the Cromby Generating Station along the Schuylkill in Phoenixville and that it would retire two coal-fired generators at the Eddystone Generating Station on the Delaware River."

This will mean the END of me catching the NS-501 "Under Pennsy Wires" on the NEC!!! A truly sad day when this comes to pass. I've been logging in PECO Eddystone Coal trains since I moved to Essington(on CR's Chester Sec.)in 1981. And have caught CR and NS coal/empty trains since then.

A truly sad day indeed my Friends..................

Bri

[Big Bri]

Sat. Dec. 5,2009
TWO within' 5 minutes of each other on Amtrak's NEC!! One south by me at Prospect Park Sta. and one north by me at Ridley Park Sta. as I was driving back from PP sta.
1.(NS-68T) Amtk #1 trk 4:18am
NS 9955 Dash-9W
NS 2741 SD-70M-2

77 x 0 = 77 (1 gon with Trap Rock/76 H&K Stone)
10,205 Tons
320 axles
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2.(H-86) Amtk #2 trk 4:23am
NS 9349 Dash-9W
NS 9900 Dash-9W

35 Cars
152 axles

Bri

[Big Bri]

Wed. Dec. 10,2009
Ho-HUm, I guess even a 19 car Local freight is better than nothing...........
Just ain't gonna be the same without my NS-501's.
Prospect Park Sta.
(H-86) Amtk #1 trk 4:49am
NS 9349 Dash-9W
NS 9900 Dash-9W

19 Cars
88 axles

Bri