CON0602
We are at the end of the Conrail Good Spring Branch at Good Spring, PA on May 12, 1988 and train WHWC-21 has just arrived from West Cressona. SW1500 No. 9527 and MP15 No. 9627 slowly negotiate the crumbing track structure, worn out rail setting on rotten ties in cinder ballast. The glory days were long gone in the anthracite region. There was a sizable truck loadout around the curve. Ten to fifteen loads would be pulled, and the same number of empties spotted. Amazingly, if I rercall correctly, Good Spring was still served several times a week. Much has changed over the years. The track has been greatly improved by Reading and Northern and coal is still loaded out, although at a newer facility.
CON0602
We are at the end of the Conrail Good Spring Branch at Good Spring, PA on May 12, 1988 and train WHWC-21 has just arrived from West Cressona. SW1500 No. 9527 and MP15 No. 9627 slowly negotiate the crumbing track structure, worn out rail setting on rotten ties in cinder ballast. The glory days were long gone in the anthracite region. There was a sizable truck loadout around the curve. Ten to fifteen loads would be pulled, and the same number of empties spotted. Amazingly, if I rercall correctly, Good Spring was still served several times a week. Much has changed over the years. The track has been greatly improved by Reading and Northern and coal is still loaded out, although at a newer facility.