PASSING TRAINS PT27

An SD70MAC leads a PITT29 train westward towards the Steel City. PITT29 is the AP&W's priority freight service between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The trains are often short, so one 4000hp diesel can usually handle it.

Engine 8663 has the new 'Star' logo on its flanks. Originally purchased in the 90's for unit coal service, she, like her AC4400 contemporaries, has been bumped in to the general freight pool by a combination of newer, more efficient locomotives, and the general decline of coal traffic -especially in the east as EPA mandates lead power plants to switch over to natural gas.

An AP&W boxcar leads the train, with several loads of telephone/power line poles following.

Several LPG tank cars are also present.

A string of empty HERZOG gons.

A pair of boxcars. Note the grimy Guilford car. The rest of the train will pass through next week!