A-B-B-A F Units, Pennsy Signals And A Pennsy Depot - What More Could A Railfan Ask For?

On June 27th, 2011, the Norfolk Southern operated an Office Car Special (OCS) down the former Pennsylvania Railroad main (now Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern). The train, controlled by Norfolk Southern's classy, A-B-B-A set of covered wagons (F units), is headed east to Fort Wayne, Indiana and beyond. Here, we see the train passing through Plymouth, Indiana, crossing the diamond (Elkhart & Western) and passing the Pennsy position lights and Pennsy depot. A classic scene, indeed! There were at least a dozen of us, standing right next to each other. Listen to those shutter clicks go!

NS F9(A) 4271
NS F9(B) 4275
NS F9(B) 4276
NS F9(A) 4270

NS 39 baggage car
NS 7 Pennsylvania
NS 5 Maryland
NS 9 Alabama
NS 12 Indiana
NS 11 Illinois
NS 13 Georgia
NS 2 Carolina
NS 19 Kentucky
NS 24 Delaware dome car
NS 23 Buena Vista

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[fan2051949]

bello,gratzie!

[NicTrain35]

@fan2051949 Grazie a voi e voi siete i benvenuti.

[mike92586]

do the b units work or are they for show.

[NicTrain35]

@mike92586: I'm actually not a hundred percent sure on that. I did see all four units smoking at one point, so I would assume they're providing some sort of power to the train.

[indiantrains]

beautiful train........

beautiful location....

[NicTrain35]

@dcarpine28: Hope you are able to capture some of them.

[dcarpine28]

@NicTrain35 No Problem! Yea I wish there were more daylight freight trains where I am too.

[NicTrain35]

@CaliforniaRailfan101: Thanks. Oh, what I would give to see either one of those. Hopefully, NS brings back the program. Seeing the steamers on display just isn't good enough.

[NicTrain35]

@GenesisSanctuary: Thanks a lot. Hearing that E-bell in the distance, you'd think a GEVO was nearing. Haha.

[NicTrain35]

@dcarpine28: Thanks much. Everything really comes together at this spot. If only there were more daylight trains...

[NicTrain35]

@KyleVideoDesigns: Happy belated birthday to you. Thanks. They sure do make for a pretty sight.