PASSING TRAINS PT52(c)

The conclusion...

More orange Schneider 53' containers stretch around the curve past town.

Trailers are on the tail end of the train. The lightweight spine cars are carried on the end, behind the heavy double-stack cars, for better train handling.

A track worker watches as the train rolls past.

The spine cars carry a mix of trailers and containers, in keeping with their "all-purpose" capabilities.

After SDN39 passes out of town, the local snowplow, X11, sits in the yard, awaiting the call. With all of the Nor'Easters hitting the northeast, her sisters in eastern Pennsylvania and New York have been busy all winter, and X11 herself has been sent east numerous times. Southwestern Pennsylvania hasn't quite as much snow, but still enough to keep the venerable plow busy. Obviously, this view is from before the onset of winter; by now her plow and wings are nearly paint-free!

For a "vintage" look, here is the same photo in black and white.