Winter Halted My Railfanning Activities

This cold. bitter and snowy winter reallt put the kibosh to my Railfanning activities .... I am looking back at the pictures I took and there are reallt not that much. Also it seemed that not much stuff ran in the daylight ... and during the day ... I was at work. Traffic leveks seemed to be lower too.

Most of the time I passed by Taylor during the day on Weekends, nothing was doing. Once in a while some power was laying over and really not many cars in the yard, as in years past. Maybe an indicator of the Economy.

The one area of Taylor that did have activity was the Sand Transloading Terminal, where sand for the Natural Gas / Fracking Industry are taken from the chutes of the rail hopper cars and top loaded in to hopper trailers that are driven over the road to the Well Sites.

We still have the potential to see a lot of growth from the Natural Gas Industry that could result in more carloads. The rest of the Regional Economy is still in the toilet.

Here is a picture of the Sand Transload Terminal / Intermodal Terminal at Taylor Yard, Taylor, PA,

MP Location 614.13 CPBD NS TIER CONNECTOR 616.00 CONKLIN YARD 617.23 TERRACE DRIVE GRADE CROSSING 618.00 BLS SHAWS 618.01 SHAWS ROAD CPF619 SHAWS 619.29 POWERS RD 619.92 CARLIN RD 620.20 BINGHAMTON CONTAINER 623.63 STILLWATER RD {PINEGROVE} 623.80 NY/PA STATE LINE 627.30 HALLSTEAD {HBD-DED} 631.60 SUMMERVILLE RD 633.40 MEW MILFORD 643.20 KINGSLEY {HBD-DED} 646.39 ABS SIGNAL SOUTH DISTANT CPF 648 NORTH END 10,000FT CONTROLLED SIDING CPF 650 SOUTH END 10,000FT CONTROLLED SIDING 652.70 ABS SIGNAL NORTH DISTANT 656.99 FACTORYVILLE {TUNNEL} 661.90 GLENBURN {DED} 664.40 CLARKS SUMMIT 667.90 CLOVER ST 669.40 ABS SIGNAL SOUTH DISTANT 670.80 BRIDGE 60 {WYE} 671.16 BLOOM {DELAWARE LACKAWANA & STEAMTOWN CPF 672 NORTH END PASSING SIDNG 7,000FT 672.00 TAYLOR {YARD} CPF 673 SOUTH END PASSING SIDNG 7,000FT TAYLOR YARD 673.95 MINOOKA JUNCTION {R&N TAYLOR SECONDARY} 675.00 CARBON {DELAWARE LACKAWANA CONNECTOR} 675.90 ABS SIGNALS 675.80 SOUTH/675.90 NORTH DISTANT 676.89 FOURTH ST 676.95 MAIN ST {WYOMING AVE} 676.97 MOOSIC {HBD-DED} 677.46 SPRING ST {STARKS} 678.17 YORK AVE {MOTION SENSING EQUIPED} 678.77 AVOCA 678.80 MC ALIPINE ST CPF 679 READING & NORTHREN LEHIGH LINE CONNECTOR 679.92 MAIN ST {SR2035} SIGNAL NORTH DIRECTION 20MPH RESTRICTION 681.06 BROAD ST 681.13 NORMAN ST 681.71 OAK ST {JUDGES} 682.42 PITTSTON AVE 682.43 YATESVILLE 683.79 LAFLIN RD {FLANNERYS} 684.08 MARKET ST 685.21 KEYSTONE AVE 685.91 MINER ST 685.91 HUDSON 686.20 0AK ST 686.55 MILL ST 687.43 NORTH MAIN STREET GRADE CROSSING 688.00 MILE TRESTLE 692.06 FELLOWS AVE 693.42 BREAKER RD 693.43 BUTTONWOOD FRA CLASS 3 ACCEPTED TRACK BEGINS 40-50MPH 696.00 BROADWAY RD NANTICOKE 696.03 {HBD-DED} 706.08 NICELELY ST 706.34 ITALY ST 710.82 WAPWLALLOPEN 712.00 APPORACH TO CPF-714 DISTANT SIGNAL NORTH DIRECTION 713.70 BEACH HAVEN FERRY CROSSING {SR 3036} CPF-714 NORTH END 8,000FT CONTROLLED SIDING BEACH HAVEN CPF-716 SOUTH END 8,000FT CONTROLLED SIDING THRID ST 716.41 NESCOPECK 718.00 APPORACH TO CPF-716 DISTANT SIGNAL SOUTH DIRECTION 718.46 STATE ROUTE 2017 718.52 STATE ROUTE 339 721.80 {DED-HBD} MIFFLINVILLE 728.70 EAST BLOOMSBURG 731.96 MAIN ST 741.10 MILL ST 741.16 SOUTH DANVILLE MERCK PLANT 741.27 CHESTNUT ST 747.10 APPROACH TO CPF-752 DISTANT SIGNAL NORTH DIRECTION 747.10 {HBD-DED} SUNBURY 750.20 BANKS:NORTH END 6,400FT SIDING CPF-752 SOUTH END 6,400FT SIDING SUNBURY 751.75 SHILKELLAMY AVE 752.00 CP-KASE NORFOLK SOUTHERN BUFFLO LINE CONNECTOR BUFFALO LINE MILEPOSTS T0 ENOLA 257.5 CP-KASE {CP/D&H BRIDGE LINE DIVISION} 258.1 CP-HORN 258.5 SUNBURY 258.6 CP-SF 262.6 *DED SELINSGROVE 263.3 SELINSGROVE JCT 265.8 *HBD-DED NORTH BOYLES 266.7 CP-NORTH BOYLES 269.6 CP-SOUTH BOYLES 280.9 CP-NORTH MILLER 283.7 CP-SOUTH MILLER 286.7 *HBD-DED MILLERSBURG 294.7 CP-NORTH FERRY 297.6 CP-SOUTH FERRY 300.0 *DED DAUPHIN 306.2 CP-ROCKVILLE

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