Plumbers Sorrow
We stumbled upon a sad scene at Plumbers Hollow. A couple of days prior, CP Gray was cut over and the PRR intermediates east of the control point were removed. The bridge here at Plumbers Hollow (MP 221) was cut up and thrown to the side of the ROW along with the others between here and CP Tunnel. Plumbers Hollow was the last to be removed completely though which gave us some time to look at the ruins up close. At one time these signals would have made this boring power look a bit better but in this snippet of time, it just made for a sad scene. But, modernization is critical for the railroads to continue to be competitive. It just means we'll have to adapt as photographers and find new ways to make photos look good without these historic relics in them.
Train: W/B NS coal with NS 8178 (ES44AC) and NS 9232 (C44-9W).
Plumbers Hollow, PA (Tyrone)
NS Pittsburgh Line
Plumbers Sorrow
We stumbled upon a sad scene at Plumbers Hollow. A couple of days prior, CP Gray was cut over and the PRR intermediates east of the control point were removed. The bridge here at Plumbers Hollow (MP 221) was cut up and thrown to the side of the ROW along with the others between here and CP Tunnel. Plumbers Hollow was the last to be removed completely though which gave us some time to look at the ruins up close. At one time these signals would have made this boring power look a bit better but in this snippet of time, it just made for a sad scene. But, modernization is critical for the railroads to continue to be competitive. It just means we'll have to adapt as photographers and find new ways to make photos look good without these historic relics in them.
Train: W/B NS coal with NS 8178 (ES44AC) and NS 9232 (C44-9W).
Plumbers Hollow, PA (Tyrone)
NS Pittsburgh Line