They've completed the first 2.5 miles with 4.5 miles to go. It's all pick and shovel work by volunteers and the line has been out of service for 25 years, so the going is slow.
Yes. The three story LV passenger station (as seen in a separate post) was close by. Trivia: The 1935 trial of Bruno Hauptmann for the 1932 kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh's baby son took place in Flemington, the Hunterdon County seat. More Trivia: The Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police at the time was Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf, father of General Norman Schwarzkopf, Commander of Allied Forces during the 1990-1991 Gulf War.
Nice shot! Anyone else notice that the first car in the train looks like it's straight out of a Roundhouse Old Timer passenger car kit?
far from my best shot, but a DPU in the midst of bare tables took me by surprise. I'm not a rail, but that looks like trouble potentially. 2023-02-20, Hershey, PA.
Speaking of blue, stopped by the Snoqualmie Railroad shop quickly today, this gem is sitting there! Wanna say it's an old Northern Pacific unit, I heard they traded an Alco for this!
It was an Alco for Alco swap - an RSD4 for this HH660. The 770 was originally NP 125 - NP's second diesel locomotive. Its original assignment was switching the docks at the Port of Seattle. Then, it became Walla Walla Valley Railway 770. Later, leased back to the Northern Pacific for use as a switcher at King Street Station. Eventually, it was acquired by the Port of Longview.
If they can restore 770 to operating condition... it'll be a rare beauty. A working Alco high-hood switcher from the late 1930s, on Blunt trucks and a 538 engine. Only 43 of these were built!
Before and after at A Cabin, Alleghany, WV on the former C&O. The tower was built in 1928, closed 1961 or 1962 and demolished about 2018. My shot is from 04/12/2006.
From my trip to the Derry Road crossing by Hershey, PA, last Monday, an AC44C6M leads a short autorack consist West past the site of Hershey Chocolate's 1920's factory. This train was only 9 racks long, the power is still barely visible in the hind end shot.
I am confused about this "swap". As I recall it, the group had actually owned this unit for quite a while. But they needed to move it and have an place for it. The RDS4 went home to Nevada. It was way out of place. An interesting unit. Long years ago, I spent some hours riding in it. It would lope right along.
