OCS Extra
I just can't win at this spot. It was bluebird skies ALL day and I shot the F units on the LGSR three times in perfect sun so I shouldn't complain....but....
Anyway, after our morning bike ride and some time around town we headed out to Lansford to do a little ghost foaming and then take the absolutely fabulous #9 Coal Mine tour. While out there I got word that Andy Muller's OCS was backing out of Jim Thorpe to turn on the wye at the bridges and head south. Since Lansford is just across the mountain from here after getting done with the mine tour we swung back to this spot where we'd lensed 2102 the prior day for another round. This time we were the only ones there and without a smoke plume to contend with I figured I'd get a chance at the classic nicely view of town and the iconic church. However juat as I heard the train blowing east (railroad north) of town a cloud rolled in.
Oh well, this isn't the worst shot I suppose and it was a nice bonus on a mostly non train day. RBMN GP38-2s 2012 (blt. Sep. 1979 as high hood SOU 5256) and 2010 (blt. Oct. 1974 as high hood SOU 5139) lead the three car special at about MP 117 on the modern day Reading and Northern Railroad's Reading Division mainline, the former Central Railroad of New Jersey Railroad branch built in 1870 as Nesquehoning Valley Railroad Company.
St John the Babtist Orthodox Church on Railroad Street stands out prominently in the background. The church of Byzantine design with its blue onion domes was completed in 1936. Built by Andrew Gerber of Scranton, who used girders of World War I vintage, it has no posts or supports under the huge dome and main edifice of the church.
Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania
Saturday July 2, 2022
OCS Extra
I just can't win at this spot. It was bluebird skies ALL day and I shot the F units on the LGSR three times in perfect sun so I shouldn't complain....but....
Anyway, after our morning bike ride and some time around town we headed out to Lansford to do a little ghost foaming and then take the absolutely fabulous #9 Coal Mine tour. While out there I got word that Andy Muller's OCS was backing out of Jim Thorpe to turn on the wye at the bridges and head south. Since Lansford is just across the mountain from here after getting done with the mine tour we swung back to this spot where we'd lensed 2102 the prior day for another round. This time we were the only ones there and without a smoke plume to contend with I figured I'd get a chance at the classic nicely view of town and the iconic church. However juat as I heard the train blowing east (railroad north) of town a cloud rolled in.
Oh well, this isn't the worst shot I suppose and it was a nice bonus on a mostly non train day. RBMN GP38-2s 2012 (blt. Sep. 1979 as high hood SOU 5256) and 2010 (blt. Oct. 1974 as high hood SOU 5139) lead the three car special at about MP 117 on the modern day Reading and Northern Railroad's Reading Division mainline, the former Central Railroad of New Jersey Railroad branch built in 1870 as Nesquehoning Valley Railroad Company.
St John the Babtist Orthodox Church on Railroad Street stands out prominently in the background. The church of Byzantine design with its blue onion domes was completed in 1936. Built by Andrew Gerber of Scranton, who used girders of World War I vintage, it has no posts or supports under the huge dome and main edifice of the church.
Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania
Saturday July 2, 2022