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Posted by P & LE RR

on Tue, Jan 2 2007 4:16 PM

CSX 8842 and 8825 work the yard in Lansdale, PA on 1-2-07

Modeling the CSX Bethlehem Branch from Lansdale to Telford

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Posted by Railfan1

on Tue, Jan 2 2007 7:11 PM

Great picture! Thanks for sharing.

"It's a great day to be alive" "Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, It might have been......"

Posted by CSXrules4eva

on Sat, Jan 6 2007 2:38 PM

Hey thats cool!! I'm guessing the unit shown is a SD50. When I lived in Philadelphia I used to do some railfaning allong the line in Lansdale. Unfortunitly, there isn't that much to see in terms of run through mainline traffic, considering the fact that the little CSX terminal is along a branch line. It used to go all the way up to Bethlehem, PA when the Reading owned it.

Here are some pics I took in Lansdale when they had a miniture derailment back in 2005. The first pic is of a SD50 just sitting out at idle.

This pic is of the mini derailment Lansdale had in 2005, there is a SD40-2 shown here attempting to pull a boxcar back on track.

LORD HELP US ALL TO BE ORIGINAL AND NOT CRISPY!!! please? Sarah J.M. Warner conductor CSX

Posted by Trainmaster.Curt

on Sun, Jan 7 2007 1:36 PM

Yeah, nice pics, especially like the LHF one at the end, sweet. Though i'm from Manitoba, Canada and have never seen a CSX train ever, lol. Though we do have 1 BNSF GP9 (Torpedo Boat) that runs from the U.S to here, and a small yard near Fort Rouge.

TMC (CNR Mixed train GMD1 1063 with combine coach)

(Remember always at Railway X-ing's, (Stop, Look and Listen!)

Posted by RR Redneck

on Sun, Jan 7 2007 2:42 PM

You tellin me BNSF has a GP9?

Lionel collector, stuck in an N scaler's modelling space.

Posted by pmsteamman

on Sun, Jan 7 2007 2:48 PM

RR Redneck wrote:
You tellin me BNSF has a GP9?

And a few SD-9s.

Highball....Train looks good device in place!!

Posted by Railfan1

on Sun, Jan 7 2007 4:47 PM

13 GP-9's

43 SD-9s

"It's a great day to be alive" "Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, It might have been......"

Posted by Lord Atmo

on Sun, Jan 7 2007 6:42 PM

not bad at all. gotta admit that newer paint scheme is nice, but i do like the older one with the grey more

Your friendly neighborhood CNW fan.

Posted by Railfan1

on Mon, Jan 8 2007 5:42 AM

When was that GP9 painted? It looks fairly new, why doen't it have the "Swoosh"?

"It's a great day to be alive" "Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, It might have been......"

Posted by Railfan1

on Tue, Jan 9 2007 4:39 PM

Great pics Sarah, nice to see you back.

"It's a great day to be alive" "Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, It might have been......"

Posted by Trainmaster.Curt

on Wed, Jan 10 2007 4:15 PM

Yeah, there is a passenger style GP9 high-hooder in Winnipeg, never seen it, but this summer on my railfan excursions i will probably photo and video it.

TMC (CNR Mixed train GMD1 1063 with combine coach)

(Remember always at Railway X-ing's, (Stop, Look and Listen!)

Posted by Anonymous

on Wed, Jan 10 2007 6:57 PM

CSXrules4eva wrote:
Hey thats cool!! I'm guessing the unit shown is a SD50.

Actually, that is a pair of ex-Conrail SD40-2's. They are similar to the SD40-2 in your second photo. Note the rear plow on 8868, a Conrail trademark.

Matt

Posted by al-in-chgo

on Fri, Jan 19 2007 12:36 PM

How'd it get so clean?

al-in-chgo