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Posted by Jersey Mike on Thu Jun 6 13:59:04 2024 I've been cycling a more friends up to HARRIS tower lately so instead of my previous tradition of only visiting once per year, I have been popping by up to 2 or even 3 times per year! In May 2023 I combined a HARRIS visit with my project to get photos of the wayside distant signals on Amtrak's Harrisburg Line. You can find the full set of photos here.The eastbound milepost 96 automatic signals are in advance of ROY interlocking in Royalton, PA. When the western end of Amtrak's Harrisburg Line was re-signaled around 2005 it went with a largely cab signal only system, however wayside signals were retained in advance of each interlocking to provide route information and as a backup in case of cab signal failure. Located across from the Harrisburg International Airport, the signals are surprisingly accessible and I probably should have visited before 2018 when a similar position light distant signal on the NS Royalton Branch was removed.  Unfortunately I only managed to catch a single passing Amtrak train in the form of a westbound Keystone with ACS-86 #964.   Of course being so close to Middletown, PA necessitated a stop by the Middletown and Hummelstown RR yard where Alco T-6 #1016 was in a position for a photograph. One of only 57 built, the Alco T-6 was a derivative of the more popular 1000hp 251B equipped S-6 switcher, with higher speeds for transfer service.  At HARRIS tower the movements on the adjacent NS Harrisburg Line were passing by at a frequent clip. First up was a westbound coal train led by Ac44C6m #4233 and follwed by C40-10W's #7705 and #7674.    Next up was a local freight move with GP38-2 #5631  This was followed by an eastbound manifest freight with AC44C6M #4166 and C44-9W #9648.  After that was another eastbound NS manifest led by AC44C6M #4342 and C40-10W #7558.   In the age of distributed power one must always be on their toes as the train passes least one might miss something special like M-K-T heritage unit #1988.  As noon approached so did eastbound Amtrak Pennsylvanian Train 42 with P42DC #94.   After Train 42 passed, one of the Keystone sets with Metroliner Cab Car #9633 and ACS-86 #629.  Back on NS it was a third straight eastbound with AC44C6M #4248 and C44-9W #9886 leading.  Make that four in a row as AC44C6M #4862 and, the first EMD road power of the day, SD70ACe #1087, passed by.  A westbound finally appeared to break the streak with SD70ACC #1819 and C44-9W #9662 ahead of an intermodal.   Not all movements are trains as an NS hi-rail truck passed by westbound on Harrisburg Line #1 track before being talked past the signal at CP-HARRIS.  The time sure flies when one is having fun as before I knew it westbound Amtrak Pennsylvanian Train #43 departed Harrisburg behind P42DC #118.   The next westbound manifest freight hadseasoned AC44C6M #4848 leading, aged C44-9W #9698 behind and a nearly new AC44C6M #4607 in the three slot.   As a bonus ET44AC #3650 was helping out at the rear as distributed power.  The next manifest freight in the wave of westbounds had ES44AC #8835 leading AC44C6M #4249.  The final NS freight I would catch that day was another westbound manifest with recently outshopped AC44C6M #4640 up front head of late model C44-9W #9962 and ET44AC #3603.   That's it for this set, next time I'll be out on the NEC along the Mason-Dixon line. |
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