Norfolk Southern Pittsburgh Line Series - Part 9 - South Fork, PA - The West Slope

Welcome to Part 9 of my 17 part series railfanning the NS Pittsburgh Line.

After starting at Lewistown, making our way to Altoona & then heading up the west slope, we head as far west as we will go in this series - MP 268 - South Fork, PA . At South Fork, the Pittsburgh Line meets the South Fork Secondary.
We catch a work train on the Secondary, then we see 65J cut off the helpers

Trains Seen Are -

NS 92W on the South Fork Secondary - NS 9140
NS 65J - NS SD40E Helpers 6301 & NS 6322 w/ NS SD70M-2 2691
Light Eastbound Helpers - NS SD40E 6305 & NS 6317

Shot on 8/5/10

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Trains
• Railroads
• Norfolk Southern
• Pennsylvania
• Pittsburgh Line
• Pennsylvanian
• Altoona
• Railfan
• South Fork
• West Slope
• SD40E
• Dash-9
• Intermodal
• SD70M-2

[nprsux]

great video all awesome catches

[lorimersnd]

@nprsux - Thanks!

[aocruiser]

Man this is a great video!!! You picked the perfect place at the perfect time to catch all this great action!!!

[lorimersnd]

@aocruiser - Thanks! There's always something cool going on along the Pit Line

[PghTrainFanatic]

Ok this is an awesome video! Two parts caught my liking the most....@ 0:35 when the train had the excavator on it, and @ 3:05 when the helpers separate from the train and roll away. So so Sweet my friend!

[lorimersnd]

@PghTrainFanatic - Thank you!! What I didn't put on the video for the sake of time was right after the helpers cut away from 65J, the train went into emergency. It popped an air hose & the brakeman had to walk back , check the hose & then wait for a ride back from one of the MOW crews to the head end.

[DjFreemode]

love the echo of the horn.