NBER 1804 West, Port Matilda, Pa_
Once known as the Bald Eagle Valley Branch by the Pennsylvania Railroad. This 54-mile line was actually a connection between the PRR Middle Division main at Tyrone and the Buffalo Line at Lock Haven. It provided a short cut for traffic between Pittsburgh and the New England states. The line was busy enough after WWII that CTC was installed the length of the line.
Fast forward to 1984 when Conrail sold the line to the Nittany & Bald Eagle (SEDA-COG) operated by the North Shore Railroads group. This sale included the 12-mile Bellefonte Secondary Track.
Today the CTC is long gone and the NS still dispatches the now dark territory line between Tyrone and Lock Haven. NS occasionally operates freight and coal trains on the route. NBER runs turn jobs out of Bellefonte to each end of the line. Here a turn job to Tyrone hauls ass at Port Matilda behind a pair of great looking Geeps. I paced them once at 40MPH.
NBER 1804 West, Port Matilda, Pa_
Once known as the Bald Eagle Valley Branch by the Pennsylvania Railroad. This 54-mile line was actually a connection between the PRR Middle Division main at Tyrone and the Buffalo Line at Lock Haven. It provided a short cut for traffic between Pittsburgh and the New England states. The line was busy enough after WWII that CTC was installed the length of the line.
Fast forward to 1984 when Conrail sold the line to the Nittany & Bald Eagle (SEDA-COG) operated by the North Shore Railroads group. This sale included the 12-mile Bellefonte Secondary Track.
Today the CTC is long gone and the NS still dispatches the now dark territory line between Tyrone and Lock Haven. NS occasionally operates freight and coal trains on the route. NBER runs turn jobs out of Bellefonte to each end of the line. Here a turn job to Tyrone hauls ass at Port Matilda behind a pair of great looking Geeps. I paced them once at 40MPH.