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| Fredag aften var
min gode ven Raymond Stern kørt fra New Jersey til Pittsburgh
for at vi kunne tilbringe weekenden med togkiggeri. Og lørdag
morgen beretter nyhederne så om en større togafsporing
nordvest for Pittsburgh, ved Beaver. Hvilket betød at stort set
al NS-trafik vest for Pittsburgh lå stille... Det var jo ikke
gode nyheder, men heldigvis havde vi planlagt at kigge på den
tidligere Monongahela Railway, en god times tid syd for Pittsburgh.
Banen tilhører nu NS, men har også trafik fra CSX. Banens
eneste formål er kul - og så mere kul... Vi hørte på radioen at der var et tog på den sydligste del, på vej til Blacksville nr. 2 kulminen. Og vi fandt toget da det drejede ind på Wana Industrial Track, som fører ind til minen. |
Friday evening my
good friend Raymond Stern drove from NJ to Pittsburgh so we could spend
the weekend together railfanning. And Saturday morning the news told
about a major derailment northwest of Pittsburgh at Beaver. Meaning
that almost all NS traffic west of Pittsburgh was at a
standstill... Not good news, but fortunately we had planned to go
to the former Monongahela Railway, a good hour south of Pittsburgh. The
line now belongs to NS but CSX has rights as well. The only purpose of
the line is coal, and then more coal... We heard on the scanner that a train was on the southern part, headed for Blacksville no. 2 mine. And we found the train when it was turning onto the Wana Industrial Track that leads to the loader. |