Sightings 08.29.11 / UP at Plains

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August 29, 2011

Expect The Unexpected

The normal movement for this time of night would be a northbound coming over the Guantlet.  Lot of noise from the road and the Crossvalley expressway.  Could not hear this train unitl it got close.  

But it was a Southbound, with UP power to boot

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Tidbit :

 
From 1991 CONRAIL Timetable :

Taylor Secondary Track 

Distance from Hoboken 

136.7  TAYLOR (D&H Railway) 
136.7  BLS MINOOKA 
139.7  OLD FORGE 
142.8  PITTSTON JCT. 
  (Lehigh Sec and 
  Pocono Northeast RR)  

(Why is the distance 
listed as distance 
from Hoboken, since
trains have not run 
to Hoboken in many,
 many years ???)