Opportunity Lost
After Marietta, the next realistic place to intercept the F-Units was in the tiny town of New Philadelphia just a few miles away. (The original New Philadelphia sits roughly 85 miles to the south near the town of Barry. It is historically significant as the first town in America platted and registered by an African American, Free Frank McWorter in 1836. It died when today's Norfolk Southern's Springfield District railroad intentially bypassed the town to the north.)
New Philadelphia was home to a nice, crusty grain elevator. But it's also where the KJ tracks improve to allow for faster speeds on the climb to Bushnell. So we opted for the more historic opportunity to catch the F's when the KJRY briefly intercepts the BNSF Beardstown Sub and the Highway 41 overpass just outside of Bushnell. Unbeknownst to us at the time, the F's would stop at New Philadelphia to let the second pair of cab riders off (and possibly a third pair boarded).
Opportunity Lost
After Marietta, the next realistic place to intercept the F-Units was in the tiny town of New Philadelphia just a few miles away. (The original New Philadelphia sits roughly 85 miles to the south near the town of Barry. It is historically significant as the first town in America platted and registered by an African American, Free Frank McWorter in 1836. It died when today's Norfolk Southern's Springfield District railroad intentially bypassed the town to the north.)
New Philadelphia was home to a nice, crusty grain elevator. But it's also where the KJ tracks improve to allow for faster speeds on the climb to Bushnell. So we opted for the more historic opportunity to catch the F's when the KJRY briefly intercepts the BNSF Beardstown Sub and the Highway 41 overpass just outside of Bushnell. Unbeknownst to us at the time, the F's would stop at New Philadelphia to let the second pair of cab riders off (and possibly a third pair boarded).