The Christmas Train pulls out of Hillsdale, with Santa Claus on the front. On to the next city!
Later, a piggy-back to the Northeast, train KCT35, rolls through town, with a Union Pacific unit behind the AP&W one. This train originated in Kansas City, and has passed through St. Louis, Louisville and Cincinnati. It will go through Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia before arriving in Trenton, NJ., making the 1600 mile trip in 35 hours. The return train is TKC35. Note that this is a different train from the Gateway Cherokee, which caries both trailers and double-stacks, and runs all the way into New York City; this train is trailers only, and stops in Trenton. The UP unit is run-through pool power; the train travels over UP rails between K.C. and St. Louis.
Norman watches a manifest roll in behind joint AP&W-NS power. Since the Conrail split-up in 1996, the two railroads have increasingly pooled their resources between Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., as NS still doesn't have a direct line between the two cities (and neither did Conrail).
The EOT device of a west-bound flashes its way out of town. How we miss the old caboose!
Another KCT35 rolls through town. Along with the Swift trailers in the background, the 28' pup trailers show two now-allied trucking companies; Roadway and Yellow freight are now both owned by the same company.
The Christmas Train pulls out of Hillsdale, with Santa Claus on the front. On to the next city!
Later, a piggy-back to the Northeast, train KCT35, rolls through town, with a Union Pacific unit behind the AP&W one. This train originated in Kansas City, and has passed through St. Louis, Louisville and Cincinnati. It will go through Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia before arriving in Trenton, NJ., making the 1600 mile trip in 35 hours. The return train is TKC35. Note that this is a different train from the Gateway Cherokee, which caries both trailers and double-stacks, and runs all the way into New York City; this train is trailers only, and stops in Trenton. The UP unit is run-through pool power; the train travels over UP rails between K.C. and St. Louis.
Norman watches a manifest roll in behind joint AP&W-NS power. Since the Conrail split-up in 1996, the two railroads have increasingly pooled their resources between Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., as NS still doesn't have a direct line between the two cities (and neither did Conrail).
The EOT device of a west-bound flashes its way out of town. How we miss the old caboose!
Another KCT35 rolls through town. Along with the Swift trailers in the background, the 28' pup trailers show two now-allied trucking companies; Roadway and Yellow freight are now both owned by the same company.
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