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Viewing Album:  Moving day for GG1 4859; Chasing 21E on the Mainline
 
By:Bob Kise
Dates:4/5/2014 - 4/5/2014
Album Info:GG1 4859 is moved out of Harrisburg Station to a temporary location to allow station renovations. We then go to Elizabethtown to see a rare NS freight detour on the mainline, due to SEPTA trackwork.
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5-car Keystone Express trains, lined up to head east
Title:  5-car Keystone Express trains, lined up to head east
Description:  The cab control cars date from the 1960s. Note NS freight on the left, coming up from Royalton.
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:38:29 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  133   Comments: 0
Amtrak provided power to extract 4859 and its caboose from the train shed area
Title:  Amtrak provided power to extract 4859 and its caboose from the train shed area
Description:  The crew is performing a brake test. Mulberry Street Bridge in the background.
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:39:41 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  AMTK 514(B32-8WH)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
Amtrak would not allow the public on the station platforms
Title:  Amtrak would not allow the public on the station platforms
Description:  However, free coffee and donuts were provided inside the station. : )
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:40:41 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  184   Comments: 0
The Norfolk & Western Heritage Unit makes up Train 20R
Title:  The Norfolk & Western Heritage Unit makes up Train 20R
Description:  A pleasant surprise!
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:41:48 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8103(ES44AC)
Views:  156   Comments: 0
Amtrak 514 returns to the station after pushing the caboose approximately 1,000 feet west of the station
Title:  Amtrak 514 returns to the station after pushing the caboose approximately 1,000 feet west of the station
Description:  On 7th Street siding
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:42:47 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 514(B32-8WH)
Views:  99   Comments: 0
A Keystone Express backing onto the 7th Street siding, passing HARRIS Tower
Title:  A Keystone Express backing onto the 7th Street siding, passing HARRIS Tower
Description:  Getting ready to head east
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:43:42 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  78   Comments: 0
The G is slowly pushed west under a spider-web of catenary toward its temporary new home
Title:  The G is slowly pushed west under a spider-web of catenary toward its temporary new home
Description:  It has been quite a while since one could witness a moving GG1 in Harrisburg...
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:45:07 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  175   Comments: 0
The 20R pulling out with the N&W Heritage Unit, heading east
Title:  The 20R pulling out with the N&W Heritage Unit, heading east
Description:  It was hard to choose between shooting the G or the Heritage Unit! Note the PRR caboose on the left, in its new temporary location.
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:46:21 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8103(ES44AC)
Views:  184   Comments: 0
The N&W Heritage Unit nearing the State Street Bridge
Title:  The N&W Heritage Unit nearing the State Street Bridge
Description:  About 15-20 railfans enjoyed the view from the bridge sidewalk
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:47:32 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8103(ES44AC)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
The N&W Heritage Unit pulls the 20R past the 4859
Title:  The N&W Heritage Unit pulls the 20R past the 4859
Description:  A rare meet! The new and the old...
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:48:32 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8103(ES44AC) PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  174   Comments: 0
4859 passing HARRIS Tower
Title:  4859 passing HARRIS Tower
Description:  Tiptoeing through the interlocking
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:49:52 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
The first GG1 to pull a revenue passenger train to Harrisburg in 1938
Title:  The first GG1 to pull a revenue passenger train to Harrisburg in 1938
Description:  The 4859 was dedicated in November 1986 at the display location under the train shed
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:52:19 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1) AMTK 514(B32-8WH)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
HTC cell phone shot of the 4859 about to duck under State Street
Title:  HTC cell phone shot of the 4859 about to duck under State Street
Description:  Lots of sharp eyes watching the centipede-like wheels of the G
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:53:34 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1) AMTK 514(B32-8WH)
Views:  265   Comments: 1
4859 emerges from under the State Street Bridge
Title:  4859 emerges from under the State Street Bridge
Description:  Slowly heading westbound at a walking speed
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:54:35 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
It was fitting for a GE diesel to move the PRR-GE 4859
Title:  It was fitting for a GE diesel to move the PRR-GE 4859
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:55:48 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 514(B32-8WH) PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
The engine is being moved aside the parking garage in the distance
Title:  The engine is being moved aside the parking garage in the distance
Description:  It will be covered with a cocoon-like shelter, similar to what is done at the Strasburg to preserve some of their equipment
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:57:34 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 514(B32-8WH) PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
Number 514 is sometimes used to pull Amtrak's "Pennsylvanian"
Title:  Number 514 is sometimes used to pull Amtrak's "Pennsylvanian"
Description:  It's also used as a protect engine; and in this case, as a very big switcher
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:58:50 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 514(B32-8WH) PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  137   Comments: 0
A three-train meet! They're all moving...
Title:  A three-train meet! They're all moving...
Description:  What more could you want? Location, Milepost 105.
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:59:44 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 514(B32-8WH) PRR 4859(GG1) NS 8856(C40-9)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
The end of the N&W Heritage Unit-pulled 20R finally comes into view on the right
Title:  The end of the N&W Heritage Unit-pulled 20R finally comes into view on the right
Description:  As 4859 nears the end of its journey...
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 8:01:03 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8856(C40-9) AMTK 514(B32-8WH) PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  194   Comments: 1
Off to the old Pennsy mainline to see rare mainline freight...
Title:  Off to the old Pennsy mainline to see rare mainline freight...
Description:  A Keystone Express being shoved westbound, upgrade, preceeding NS 21E
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 8:02:26 PM
Location:  Elizabethtown, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 925(AEM7)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
The 21E detouring on the old PRR mainline
Title:  The 21E detouring on the old PRR mainline
Description:  Passing the M&M Mars factory, with train curving out of the old Mt. Tunnel cut
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 8:04:12 PM
Location:  Elizabethtown, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  NS 7560(ES44DC)
Views:  115   Comments: 0
A truly rare sight- fast freight on the mainline, in daylight hours
Title:  A truly rare sight- fast freight on the mainline, in daylight hours
Description:  21E is out of Morrisville heading to Willow Springs, Illinois, and it's pouring it on to get up the grade here...
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 8:05:25 PM
Location:  Elizabethtown, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  NS 7560(ES44DC)
Views:  186   Comments: 1
Three mighty NS diesels roaring upgrade, just west of the E-town station
Title:  Three mighty NS diesels roaring upgrade, just west of the E-town station
Description:  Heading toward the Conewago Creek Valley
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 8:06:48 PM
Location:  Elizabethtown, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9962(C40-9W)
Views:  96   Comments: 1
I haven't seen a mainline freight on this line in probably 20-25 years
Title:  I haven't seen a mainline freight on this line in probably 20-25 years
Description:  The train adds some color to the drab landscape...
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 8:07:54 PM
Location:  Elizabethtown, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  65   Comments: 0
A Conrail intermodal train, July 29, 1976
Title:  A Conrail intermodal train, July 29, 1976
Description:  Trackwork has held up the train, but the crew is re-boarding, to head east. Note old freight elevator on right- it's still there...
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 8:09:01 PM
Location:  Elizabethtown, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4838(GG1)
Views:  285   Comments: 0
Another GG1-powered freight at E-town in 1976
Title:  Another GG1-powered freight at E-town in 1976
Description:  Eastbound intermodal freight, 86.74 miles west of Philadelphia...
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 8:10:08 PM
Location:  Elizabethtown, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 4860(GG1)
Views:  237   Comments: 0
Train 666 slowing to a halt
Title:  Train 666 slowing to a halt
Description:  Eastbound to Philly
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 8:11:14 PM
Location:  Elizabethtown, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 925(AEM7)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
Cab control car 9645 was built as PRR 800 in the mid-60s
Title:  Cab control car 9645 was built as PRR 800 in the mid-60s
Description:  The cab control car will be in the lead on the New York leg of the trip.
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 8:12:28 PM
Location:  Elizabethtown, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  75   Comments: 0
Amtrak Train 43 westbound on Rockville Bridge
Title:  Amtrak Train 43 westbound on Rockville Bridge
Description:  Photo taken from the 1877 steel bridge abutment
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 8:13:58 PM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 513(B32-8WH)
Views:  115   Comments: 0
The 21E continues its journey west
Title:  The 21E continues its journey west
Description:  The train we saw at Elizabethtown is now on the old PRR Middle Division in this photo
Photo Date:  4/5/2014  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 8:15:17 PM
Location:  Cove, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 7560(ES44DC)
Views:  124   Comments: 0

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