The Maine Central Comes to Pennsylvania
I can already envision the comment from GSP, but I will post this anyway. I was at a slide get-together and someone mentioned that Delaware & Hudson train NE87 had gone to Potomac Yard with two Maine Central units for power. They would return on NE84. This was big news, and the next day, most of the railfans in the Allentown area were gathered at the South Fourth Street overpass in Emmaus to record the GP38/U25B arriving in the Lehigh Valley. After a fairly quick runaround/recrew in Allentown, the train was headed west on the Lehigh & Susquehanna line.
Arrival in Lehighton revealed a southbound D&H train and a set of helpers that has assisted the southbound, and was poised to help NE84 over Penobscot Mountain. The helper set consisted of two D&H GP39-2’s and, you guessed it, another MEC GP38. Here the train has combined with the helpers and is rolling under the former CNJ bridge at Lehighton. The Guilford era had arrived.
The Maine Central Comes to Pennsylvania
I can already envision the comment from GSP, but I will post this anyway. I was at a slide get-together and someone mentioned that Delaware & Hudson train NE87 had gone to Potomac Yard with two Maine Central units for power. They would return on NE84. This was big news, and the next day, most of the railfans in the Allentown area were gathered at the South Fourth Street overpass in Emmaus to record the GP38/U25B arriving in the Lehigh Valley. After a fairly quick runaround/recrew in Allentown, the train was headed west on the Lehigh & Susquehanna line.
Arrival in Lehighton revealed a southbound D&H train and a set of helpers that has assisted the southbound, and was poised to help NE84 over Penobscot Mountain. The helper set consisted of two D&H GP39-2’s and, you guessed it, another MEC GP38. Here the train has combined with the helpers and is rolling under the former CNJ bridge at Lehighton. The Guilford era had arrived.