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Viewing Album:  Cresson, Summer 2006
 
By:George C Johnson
Dates:7/28/2006 - 8/26/2006
Album Info:A series of photos I took during two different trips to Cresson this summer. Sorry for the cloudy shots--it rained most of time I was there.
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RCJP 7697 & five friends
Title:  RCJP 7697 & five friends
Description:  RJ CORMAN #7697 and five friends pick up a load of empties that will be taken to a nearby mine for loading.
Photo Date:  7/27/2006  Upload Date: 12/25/2006 2:56:47 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RJCP 7697(GP38)
Views:  352   Comments: 0
PRR Caboose #477869
Title:  PRR Caboose #477869
Description:  PRR #477869 on static display at Cresson's railroad viewing park. The park is located on Front Street directly across from the Cresson Engine Facility.
Photo Date:  7/28/2006  Upload Date: 12/25/2006 2:56:48 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  417   Comments: 0
PRR caboose 477869
Title:  PRR caboose 477869
Description:  PRR #477869 on static display at Cresson's railroad viewing park. The park is located on Front Street directly across from the Cresson Engine Facility.
Photo Date:  7/28/2006  Upload Date: 12/25/2006 2:56:49 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  505   Comments: 0
NS helpers 3340 & 3380
Title:  NS helpers 3340 & 3380
Description:  NS helpers 3340 & 3380 awaiting service at the Cresson Engine Facility.
Photo Date:  7/28/2006  Upload Date: 12/25/2006 2:56:50 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3340(SD40-2) NS 3380(SD40-2)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
NS 3340, up close and personal
Title:  NS 3340, up close and personal
Description:  NS 3340 at the Cresson Engine Facility.
Photo Date:  7/28/2006  Upload Date: 12/25/2006 2:56:51 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3340(SD40-2)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
Signals on the NS Pittsburg mainline
Title:  Signals on the NS Pittsburg mainline
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/28/2006  Upload Date: 12/25/2006 2:56:52 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  137   Comments: 0
None shall pass...
Title:  None shall pass...
Description:  Derailer on the storage track leading to the Cresson Engine Facility.
Photo Date:  7/28/2006  Upload Date: 11/24/2006 2:47:33 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
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Views:  174   Comments: 0
Waiting for the call
Title:  Waiting for the call
Description:  A pair of SD60s (left) and a pair of SD40-2s (right) wait to be called out for duty at the Cresson Engine Facility.
Photo Date:  7/28/2006  Upload Date: 11/24/2006 2:47:35 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6706(SD60) NS 6709(SD60) NS 3374(SD40-2) NS 3425(SD40-2)
Views:  802   Comments: 0
Helpers on the mainline
Title:  Helpers on the mainline
Description:  A SD40-2 helper pair on the NS Pittsburg mainline at Cresson, PA.
Photo Date:  7/28/2006  Upload Date: 11/24/2006 5:28:08 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3338(SD40-2) NS 3339(SD40-2)
Views:  423   Comments: 0
NS 2588
Title:  NS 2588
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/28/2006  Upload Date: 12/21/2006 6:00:39 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2588(SD70M)
Views:  378   Comments: 0
NS 2588
Title:  NS 2588
Description:  Westbound freight passes the Station Inn in Cresson.
Photo Date:  7/28/2006  Upload Date: 12/21/2006 6:00:40 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2588(SD70M) NS 6585(SD60)
Views:  582   Comments: 0
NS 2897
Title:  NS 2897
Description:  A single SD70M-2 pulls a string of trailers eastbound.
Photo Date:  7/28/2006  Upload Date: 12/21/2006 6:00:41 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2697(SD70M-2)
Views:  367   Comments: 0
NS 9399
Title:  NS 9399
Description:  Two NS C40-9Ws pull a unit train of trash containers east.
Photo Date:  7/28/2006  Upload Date: 12/21/2006 6:00:44 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9399(C40-9W) NS 9666(C40-9W)
Views:  546   Comments: 0
NS 9666
Title:  NS 9666
Description:  Two NS C40-9Ws pull a unit train of trash containers east.
Photo Date:  7/28/2006  Upload Date: 12/21/2006 6:00:38 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9666(C40-9W) NS 9399(C40-9W)
Views:  499   Comments: 0
Helper action
Title:  Helper action
Description:  Two NS SD40-2's provide tail-end power on a long westbound trailer train.
Photo Date:  7/28/2006  Upload Date: 12/25/2006 2:56:46 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3340(SD40-2) NS 3380(SD40-2)
Views:  232   Comments: 1
Rear-end power
Title:  Rear-end power
Description:  NS # 3342 & #3387 (trailing) at the end of an eastbound coal drag.
Photo Date:  7/29/2006  Upload Date: 11/12/2006 7:34:54 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  NS 3387(SD40-2) NS 3342(SD40-2)
Views:  549   Comments: 0
NS #3387 & #3342
Title:  NS #3387 & #3342
Description:  Rear end helpers on a long, heavy coal drag.
Photo Date:  7/29/2006  Upload Date: 11/12/2006 7:32:48 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NS 3342(SD40-2) NS 3387(SD40-2)
Views:  419   Comments: 0
Eastbound, at speed
Title:  Eastbound, at speed
Description:  Maybe its not the best picture, but its one of my favorites. Four SD40-2s provide the head-end power on a fast moving coal drag.
Photo Date:  7/29/2006  Upload Date: 11/12/2006 7:55:06 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories:  Action
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Views:  134   Comments: 0
Eastbound coal drag
Title:  Eastbound coal drag
Description:  An eastbound coal drag passes the Cresson Engine Facility under threatening skys on a humid July morning.
Photo Date:  7/29/2006  Upload Date: 11/12/2006 7:42:51 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 3433(SD40-2)
Views:  186   Comments: 0
Head-end power
Title:  Head-end power
Description:  Head-end power (plus another SD40-2 you don't see) on an eastbound coal drag. Two additional SD40-2 helpers are on the back end,
Photo Date:  7/29/2006  Upload Date: 11/12/2006 7:45:18 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 3433(SD40-2) NS 3373(SD40-2)
Views:  431   Comments: 0
Waiting their turn
Title:  Waiting their turn
Description:  An eastbound coal drag approaches the Cresson Engine Facility, where a two engine helper set waits its turn to work on the mainline. Two other helper sets are being serviced.
Photo Date:  7/29/2006  Upload Date: 11/12/2006 7:58:02 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
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Views:  138   Comments: 0
Reporting for duty
Title:  Reporting for duty
Description:  The switch is thrown after NS 3374 and NS 3425 leave the Cresson Engine Facility for another day of rear-end helper service.
Photo Date:  7/29/2006  Upload Date: 11/20/2006 8:34:07 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3374(SD40-2) NS 3425(SD40-2)
Views:  390   Comments: 0
Service
Title:  Service
Description:  Four NS SD40-2 helpers being serviced at the Cresson Engine Facility.
Photo Date:  7/29/2006  Upload Date: 12/25/2006 2:56:52 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3337(SD40-2) NS 3338(SD40-2) NS 3339(SD40-2) NS 3362(SD40-2)
Views:  563   Comments: 0
Gettin' ready
Title:  Gettin' ready
Description:  Workman cleans the windshield of an ex-CONRAIL SD40-2 prior to sending it out for the day.
Photo Date:  7/29/2006  Upload Date: 11/24/2006 2:47:34 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3338(SD40-2) NS 3339(SD40-2) NS 3337(SD40-2) NS 3362(SD40-2)
Views:  526   Comments: 0
Helpers
Title:  Helpers
Description:  Another view of four SD40-2 helpers at the Cresson Engine Facility.
Photo Date:  7/29/2006  Upload Date: 12/25/2006 2:56:53 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3337(SD40-2) NS 3338(SD40-2) NS 3339(SD40-2) NS 3362(SD40-2)
Views:  434   Comments: 0
Standing by
Title:  Standing by
Description:  A pair of SD60s wait to be called for helper duty.
Photo Date:  7/29/2006  Upload Date: 11/24/2006 2:47:36 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6709(SD60) NS 6706(SD60)
Views:  747   Comments: 0
Headed home
Title:  Headed home
Description:  A pair of SD40-2s return to the Cresson Engine Facility.
Photo Date:  7/29/2006  Upload Date: 11/24/2006 2:47:37 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3339(SD40-2) NS 3338(SD40-2)
Views:  377   Comments: 0
Cresson Engine Facility
Title:  Cresson Engine Facility
Description:  Multiple engines being prepared for helper service on the NS Pittsburg Line.
Photo Date:  7/29/2006  Upload Date: 11/24/2006 2:47:33 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
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Views:  94   Comments: 0
Waiting their turn
Title:  Waiting their turn
Description:  It's time to leave so, of course, the Sun comes out! A helper pair headed by NS #6709 waiting for a call to action at the Cresson Engine Facility.
Photo Date:  7/30/2006  Upload Date: 11/14/2006 8:30:01 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6709(SD60)
Views:  388   Comments: 0
Maintenance of way equipment
Title:  Maintenance of way equipment
Description:  PArked for the weekend.
Photo Date:  8/26/2006  Upload Date: 11/12/2006 7:29:17 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  131   Comments: 0
Pushing East
Title:  Pushing East
Description:  Four SD40-2s form the read-end power on this eastbound coal drag.
Photo Date:  8/26/2006  Upload Date: 11/13/2006 9:24:39 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3341(SD40-2) NS 3337(SD40-2)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
Pushing hard
Title:  Pushing hard
Description:  Four Norfolk Southern helpers pushing an east-bound coal drag.
Photo Date:  8/26/2006  Upload Date: 11/20/2006 8:35:14 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3341(SD40-2) NS 3337(SD40-2) NS 3425(SD40-2) NS 3352(SD40-2)
Views:  283   Comments: 0

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