A single F40PH-2 pulls a string of MHC's (Material Handling Car) west through Hillsdale Yard. The paint scheme and a/c on the loco's roof date this photo to the early 90's.
The train only consists of seven cars. While Amtrak normally only runs passenger trains, at times it did have enough freight traffic to warrant a small special train such as this between cities. With the discontinuation of non-passenger traffic in 2001, scenes such as this dissappeared as well.
Speaking of passenger trains, here two engines pull the AP&W's business cars through town. While the lights are on in the cars, no one is onboard; the train is being moved back to its Cumberland, Md. storage location.
Another day, another long freight with another string of ethanol tank cars.
Mixed in with the ethanol tank cars are these LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas) tank cars. Due to the light weight of LPG, the tank cars are much larger than the corn syrup tank cars sitting in the yard, with nearly twice the capacity -33,000 gallons vs 19,600 gallons!
A single F40PH-2 pulls a string of MHC's (Material Handling Car) west through Hillsdale Yard. The paint scheme and a/c on the loco's roof date this photo to the early 90's.
The train only consists of seven cars. While Amtrak normally only runs passenger trains, at times it did have enough freight traffic to warrant a small special train such as this between cities. With the discontinuation of non-passenger traffic in 2001, scenes such as this dissappeared as well.
Speaking of passenger trains, here two engines pull the AP&W's business cars through town. While the lights are on in the cars, no one is onboard; the train is being moved back to its Cumberland, Md. storage location.
Another day, another long freight with another string of ethanol tank cars.
Mixed in with the ethanol tank cars are these LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas) tank cars. Due to the light weight of LPG, the tank cars are much larger than the corn syrup tank cars sitting in the yard, with nearly twice the capacity -33,000 gallons vs 19,600 gallons!
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