Thanks. The area stretching from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh is jam-packed with railfanning points of interest. If you are particularly interested in the mountainous portion of the line, Cresson is a good spot to base a visit and then spiral out from there to other locations.
I went to New York in August 2015. But I'm not going there anymore, because Durand, Michigan USA is very close to home and that's where the diamond is located where CN's Flint and Holly Subdivisions cross each other at grade. You can also see other railroads at the Durand station as well, such as Great Lakes Central, Huron & Eastern Railway, and Amtrak (GLC, HESR, AMTK).
+iusetano Thanks! most of the hillside there is just tall grass now; the only trees left are further down towards where the service road comes out beside the tracks.
+FlyToChina0071 I can totally understand the need for sleep. :) In the Pennsylvania Railroad days this would have been 4 main tracks and the 'Ought' track (track 0, the one nearest to the camera) which only ran between AR Tower in Gallitzin and MO Tower in Cresson. Nowadays there are 3 main tracks - the two furthest away from the camera plus the middle one of the other three. The other two tracks were sometimes used to store cuts of coal cars waiting to be returned for loading, but given the recent drop in coal traffic that has become less common. Now imagine what it was like back in the 1940s-1950s when you had all four main tracks busy plus the coal branches funneling trains into Cresson, over the mains on a flyover bridge, then down into a yard and onto the Ought track...
+FastFlyingVirginian Looking closer - after sleeping - it is clear that track 0, the right-most track, is not in the same condition as the other 4 tracks. Thanks for the info regarding the tracks - would be nice to visit one day :-) Cheers Adam
Im going to PA in march, for spring break. Im already gonna be visiting Altoona, Gallitzin, Horseshoe Curve, and Harrisburg. But this is on my to-do list.
Sadly, this angle from the old abutment may no longer be accessible. Since I was last there, one of the nearby homeowners has reportedly gotten aggressive about running people off from it. I'm not sure what their standing is to do so, since it was not their land before and was not posted in any way. The shot can pretty much be safely replicated from out on the Route 53 bridge itself, but you're more likely to get traffic noise in the background.
Yes, I think they do a good business bringing raw coils and slabs west for finishing. The eastbound seen here with the coil cars, 14G, would be headed back to Morrisville, PA with the empties. There is a westbound train with a solid consist of loaded slab gons (currently symboled as 60N) that is one of my favorite catches in this area - it is one of the only westbounds on the Pittsburgh Line (stone trains being the other) that will rate a four-unit helper more often than not.
I had a funny feeling the title was a reference to Doug Obert and wasn't just simply dog day with an inadvertantly added "u" hehe. I too met the man in the same territory, on the same porch. Haven't spoken to him much sense then but those aforementioned stories were indeed just as entertaining as they were informative to someone like myself who's still breaking into that same field, albeit a different market. Is he still doing the promotional stuff for B&B's these days? Great display of fanning though, proof that you don't need anything flashy on the point to have a good time. I haven't spent a lazy summer's day next to that bridge in a while that I can recall, though I've spent plenty everywhere else though on my recent once or twice annual treks out that way over the years.
+AliceInChains243 I'm not actually sure how much video he still does, to be honest. We keep up on Facebook, so if I can remember I'll ask him. It's funny, I spent the better part of a few days trying to think of a good title while I put the video together, and then while it's uploading the idea hit me. Go figure. You are right about the lack of flashy stuff on the point. Personally, I find the chug of a good plain-vanilla ES44AC plenty entertaining, as it was on 14G. We got plenty of flashy stuff at night though; the 'original' NS and the PC heritage units passed somewhere around midnight on two separate days. Doug managed to convince Tom to let him dig out a 5,000-watt xenon lamp that was in the basement, and he hauled it through the underpass and up the other side to plug it in so the group could catch the units. Unfortunately, I was long passed out by that point or I would have been out there trying to capture them in 24p. Next time...
+FastFlyingVirginian The way I see it, trains are trains. I expect them all to have less than "ideal" power, and if they do, it makes things all the more fun and interesting. A day of nothing but catfish box-nosed EMD's is fine with me, just like a day of GEVO's and dark AC44's is fine while out alongside their yellow-nosed competitor. I didn't even realize Tom had that lamp, too bad it couldn't be utilized for an FFV piece this time around. I've always flirted with the idea of purchasing an HMI lighting setup (a lamp fixture that literally produces daylight and lots of it) for that same purpose...if it wasn't half the cost of a new car. Is it out of the question for the future? Considering I'll ideally have practical uses for one down the road for things well-beyond the hobby, absolutely not. Until then, I've been settling for blasting the high beams, which usually isn't quite enough for a one-chip 1/3" sensor to work with at 1/60. Really curious as to how well Tom's light put out.
The two tracks furthest to the left are main tracks 3 and 2, the middle track is storage (which I think only runs between AR and UN Interlockings), the fourth track is main track 1, and the last one used to be known in the PRR days as the 'Ought' track, which runs between AR and MO.
Sometimes there are even more units pulling and pushing, but many times the extra units are just in tow, along for the ride. It is still an impressive sight though.
Yup, it's not an illusion. :) In the Pennsy days it was 4 main tracks and the 5th was the 0 or 'Ought' track (the one farthest to the right), which ran between AR and MO Interlockings. Nowadays NS uses the 0 track and the former track 2 (third from the right) for coal hopper storage as necessary. Note that the two mains closest to the camera run to AR Tower, where they come together in a single track for the New Portage Tunnel, while the other two mains run through UN and eventually the Allegheny Tunnel a few blocks over from AR in Gallitzin.
Correct, these trains operate with diesels. The electrified territory ends about 140 miles east of here, and the freights all operate with diesel power regardless.
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Cresson looks like railfanning paradise.Nice video.
Thanks. The area stretching from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh is jam-packed with railfanning points of interest. If you are particularly interested in the mountainous portion of the line, Cresson is a good spot to base a visit and then spiral out from there to other locations.
I went to New York in August 2015. But I'm not going there anymore, because Durand, Michigan USA is very close to home and that's where the diamond is located where CN's Flint and Holly Subdivisions cross each other at grade. You can also see other railroads at the Durand station as well, such as Great Lakes Central, Huron & Eastern Railway, and Amtrak (GLC, HESR, AMTK).
Great video! Beautiful place! 👏👏👏
I met Doug once a number of years ago. I haven't been back to this location since the new bridge was erected. Excellent video Dave.
+iusetano Thanks! most of the hillside there is just tall grass now; the only trees left are further down towards where the service road comes out beside the tracks.
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With 4 parallel tracks there must be a lot of action going on all the times - Thanks for sharing :-)
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+FlyToChina0071 Not 4 but 5 tracks - Maybe time to go to bed..... /Adam
+FlyToChina0071 I can totally understand the need for sleep. :) In the Pennsylvania Railroad days this would have been 4 main tracks and the 'Ought' track (track 0, the one nearest to the camera) which only ran between AR Tower in Gallitzin and MO Tower in Cresson. Nowadays there are 3 main tracks - the two furthest away from the camera plus the middle one of the other three. The other two tracks were sometimes used to store cuts of coal cars waiting to be returned for loading, but given the recent drop in coal traffic that has become less common. Now imagine what it was like back in the 1940s-1950s when you had all four main tracks busy plus the coal branches funneling trains into Cresson, over the mains on a flyover bridge, then down into a yard and onto the Ought track...
+FastFlyingVirginian Looking closer - after sleeping - it is clear that track 0, the right-most track, is not in the same condition as the other 4 tracks. Thanks for the info regarding the tracks - would be nice to visit one day :-) Cheers Adam
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Im going to PA in march, for spring break. Im already gonna be visiting Altoona, Gallitzin, Horseshoe Curve, and Harrisburg. But this is on my to-do list.
Sadly, this angle from the old abutment may no longer be accessible. Since I was last there, one of the nearby homeowners has reportedly gotten aggressive about running people off from it. I'm not sure what their standing is to do so, since it was not their land before and was not posted in any way. The shot can pretty much be safely replicated from out on the Route 53 bridge itself, but you're more likely to get traffic noise in the background.
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Awesome video!
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This is in Cresson, Pennsylvania, about 100 miles east of Pittsburgh.
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how fare from that one hotel you're from that's right across the tracks? I think it's the station inn
It's about a mile and a half from the Station Inn on Route 53.
ok cool ive never been there but I watch the live train cam there sometimes. wave at the building next time and maybe ill see you waving.
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Nice to see some steel products being shipped; structural steel, hopefully the coil cars contained coils & I believe I saw some slabs in the gondolas.
Yes, I think they do a good business bringing raw coils and slabs west for finishing. The eastbound seen here with the coil cars, 14G, would be headed back to Morrisville, PA with the empties. There is a westbound train with a solid consist of loaded slab gons (currently symboled as 60N) that is one of my favorite catches in this area - it is one of the only westbounds on the Pittsburgh Line (stone trains being the other) that will rate a four-unit helper more often than not.
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I had a funny feeling the title was a reference to Doug Obert and wasn't just simply dog day with an inadvertantly added "u" hehe. I too met the man in the same territory, on the same porch. Haven't spoken to him much sense then but those aforementioned stories were indeed just as entertaining as they were informative to someone like myself who's still breaking into that same field, albeit a different market. Is he still doing the promotional stuff for B&B's these days?
Great display of fanning though, proof that you don't need anything flashy on the point to have a good time. I haven't spent a lazy summer's day next to that bridge in a while that I can recall, though I've spent plenty everywhere else though on my recent once or twice annual treks out that way over the years.
+AliceInChains243 I'm not actually sure how much video he still does, to be honest. We keep up on Facebook, so if I can remember I'll ask him. It's funny, I spent the better part of a few days trying to think of a good title while I put the video together, and then while it's uploading the idea hit me. Go figure.
You are right about the lack of flashy stuff on the point. Personally, I find the chug of a good plain-vanilla ES44AC plenty entertaining, as it was on 14G. We got plenty of flashy stuff at night though; the 'original' NS and the PC heritage units passed somewhere around midnight on two separate days. Doug managed to convince Tom to let him dig out a 5,000-watt xenon lamp that was in the basement, and he hauled it through the underpass and up the other side to plug it in so the group could catch the units. Unfortunately, I was long passed out by that point or I would have been out there trying to capture them in 24p. Next time...
+FastFlyingVirginian The way I see it, trains are trains. I expect them all to have less than "ideal" power, and if they do, it makes things all the more fun and interesting. A day of nothing but catfish box-nosed EMD's is fine with me, just like a day of GEVO's and dark AC44's is fine while out alongside their yellow-nosed competitor. I didn't even realize Tom had that lamp, too bad it couldn't be utilized for an FFV piece this time around. I've always flirted with the idea of purchasing an HMI lighting setup (a lamp fixture that literally produces daylight and lots of it) for that same purpose...if it wasn't half the cost of a new car. Is it out of the question for the future? Considering I'll ideally have practical uses for one down the road for things well-beyond the hobby, absolutely not. Until then, I've been settling for blasting the high beams, which usually isn't quite enough for a one-chip 1/3" sensor to work with at 1/60. Really curious as to how well Tom's light put out.
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Where do far tracks 4/5 go?
The two tracks furthest to the left are main tracks 3 and 2, the middle track is storage (which I think only runs between AR and UN Interlockings), the fourth track is main track 1, and the last one used to be known in the PRR days as the 'Ought' track, which runs between AR and MO.
What a Train... How long it is..?..?
Where this is running... which country?
This is in the USA, in the state of Pennsylvania, about 110 miles east of the city of Pittsburgh.
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Which country is this,I want to visit
This is in the USA, in the state of Pennsylvania. Specifically, it is in the mountains approximately 110 miles east of Pittsburgh.
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Where is it??
The outskirts of Cresson, PA where Route 53 crosses over the tracks.
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Sometimes there are even more units pulling and pushing, but many times the extra units are just in tow, along for the ride. It is still an impressive sight though.
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how long are these trains
It varies. The longest I've seen where I could count was 195 cars.
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5 tracks?
Yup, it's not an illusion. :) In the Pennsy days it was 4 main tracks and the 5th was the 0 or 'Ought' track (the one farthest to the right), which ran between AR and MO Interlockings. Nowadays NS uses the 0 track and the former track 2 (third from the right) for coal hopper storage as necessary. Note that the two mains closest to the camera run to AR Tower, where they come together in a single track for the New Portage Tunnel, while the other two mains run through UN and eventually the Allegheny Tunnel a few blocks over from AR in Gallitzin.
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That train it seems to be using other source of power such as diesel engine instead of electricity
Correct, these trains operate with diesels. The electrified territory ends about 140 miles east of here, and the freights all operate with diesel power regardless.
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Very long train video
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Those were some long trains, especially the second eastbound.
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