Thanks. I wondered if electrification had been extended to Enola Yard in the 1930s as had been done with Pot Yard, then removed during the Conrail era.
This is one of the spots they did maintenance on in 2018. I think they were laying CWR too for heavy grain trains. Here's one from the CP Holiday Train chase last month. "Harvey's Past & Future" Harvey, ND hosts a large grain elevator and a steam locomotive to portray its rich history and strong agricultural future.
LOTS of track in Harrisburg and it gets confusing for me. The PRR's station is on east side of the Susquehanna River and Enola Yard is on the west bank. With an important electrified freight route converging at Enola, it was electrified too, but I'm not sure to what extent on the north (west) end, at least enough to cut off the power and return to the engine terminal. You're right -- CR did remove it. You can see a number of disused catenary poles in this slide taken at Enola on the same trip in '89. I think it rained the entire week there.
Thanks. There still is similar catenary support structure remaining on the bridge across the Potomac and all the way into WAS Union Station.
CSX 899 with 9003 trailing and two CN units on the M338 eastbound at Earlville, IA. A Tier 4 unit was the MidDPU. CN Dubuque Sub. New Year’s Day 2020. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Seems hard to believe in this era of increased military security, but back in June of 1981, the U.S. Navy opened its doors to the Jersey Central Chapter of the NHRS with a rail tour of the Earle (NJ) Naval Weapons Station where munitions are received, stored and loaded aboard warships. The attraction was the Navy's Baldwin VO-1000s, all with original engines and well maintained.
Hardcoaler, that's just COOL! Hard to imagine doing that today, but Minot Air Force Base in ND does that every other year, with what they call "Northern Neighbors Day" when the public can drive on base and see aircraft, a few flyovers, and all kinds of attractions. They do have a very heavy security presence to go anywhere but on the approved routes on base, though. One year I went we saw a B-2 flyover. There was a B-1 and B-52 in the display area. One could walk up under the bomb bays. It was very neat. "Late Night Meet" Amtrak 8, led by heritage unit 156, meets a BNSF westbound manifest on an adjacent main track in Minot, ND.
Back in June 2012 at a Santa Fe historical society convention, we were given a tour at Fort Hood. Got to see the facility where they loaded all their armor onto DOD trains and a tour of their locomotive maintenance shops. And of course they had a cool museum and display of old tanks and such.
Was it retired at that date? I guess they didn't white-line retired engines back then? "Service Disruption" Amtrak 7 is stuffed into a spur next to the old Great Northern freight house in Minot. An Amtrak crewman braves the icy wind to throw the switch to pull out onto the mainline.
I don't have any information on the photos. It does appear to be out of service in the later photo. It is also missing the main piston rod and some of the valve gear rods. Looks to be a kid posing in the fireman's seat.
In July of 1978 at Princeton Jct, Amtrak's image was a whole lot less impressive, though double headed G's inspire in any color. That's the Princeton branch to the left.
Thinking of catenary, the New Haven had a unique triangular design engineered into theirs. I'm guessing it contributed to stability in winds and with use over high speed trains, but I really have no idea. [11/19/1988 Greenwich CT]
