It's a beautiful fall morning on the Norfolk Southern Pittsburgh Line as NS train 65T (Philadelphia, PA-Decatur IL empty ethanol) rolls through the small borough of Lilly, Pennsylvania.
Norfolk Southern train 20X (Chicago, IL-Croxton, NJ intermodal) is moments from passing under the Route 53 bridge just outside of Cresson, Pennsylvania eastbound on the NS Pittsburgh Line.
It's a cold blue hour as NS 26C (Jacksonville,FL-Chicago,IL) start to pick up the pace after getting a diverging-clear signal at Tenbridge to cross over to the adjacent track. Like anything that i... (more)