NS 591 slows to a crawl as they meet a eastbound van train departing Pitcairn yard crossing over from the 98 track to main 2 about a 1/2 a mile behind me blocking 591's route west.
After waiting for the 539 to clear and head to the Mon-line NS 591 starts west again heading for the Mon-line passing a loaded 576 with a pair of SD70ace's.
Probably one of the last if not the last time I will ever see this kind of lash up again, two of the only three remaining Conrail painted SD60I's lead a empty coal train back to the coal fields of... (more)