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Moss Creek Local running on its namesake branch and crossing its namesake creek on a warm summers night.

 

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[bryinmich]

NS Intermodal Passes through Juniata

A Norfolk Southern intermodal stack train passes through the Juniata Yard on its way westward across the Appalachian Mountains. The three SD70Ms will have their work cut out for them as the grade will get up to 3.0% in some spots.



Nice collection of screenshots you've got there Bill! Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work on your route! I only hope my shots do your route justice.

 

[billm001]

A Norfolk Southern intermodal stack train passes through the Juniata Yard on its way westward across the Appalachian Mountains. The three SD70Ms will have their work cut out for them as the grade will get up to 3.0% in some spots.


Nice collection of screenshots you've got there Bill! Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work on your route! I only hope my shots do your route justice.

Thanks a ton! I bet those intermodals looked good streaking thru Mt Union!

Do you ever switch the steel mill?

 

[bryinmich]

Yah it did look great! I haven't switched the Steel Mill yet. I don't get much time to play these days. Busy with other things, and my own project has been put on indefinite hold. Maybe someday I can get back on it.

But in the meantime, I enjoy running your route when I can.

Cheers!

 

[rusty6896]

November Railpace has an article "Norfolk Southern's South Forth Secondary" written by James E Falcsik. Which mentions Windber was the HQ of Berwind-White Coal Mining CO.
Pretty cool.

 

[cascaderailroad]

Wow...3% out of Juniata is pretty steep for the PRR...On my prototype PRR route it is kind of monotanous to drive from Huntingdon to Johnstown...in throttle 8, uphill on a general gradient 1.25%, at speeds of 25 mph or less...but downgrade train handling is more challenging. I have come to the conclusion about the scenery in Pa, that it is a majority of blasted out rock cuts (shale & limestone), and that most trees are small and scrubby (under 10m) and are more prototypically represented by Gum trees, or similar. All the trees in Pa were at one time or another were totally cut down in mass logging, and strip mine operations, leaving the once lushly forested State a complete ecological disaster area of eroded topsoil. The scars on the topography are highly evident today.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8f/PRR_BH50_x2.jpg

http://www.blueridgenrhs.org/photos/CB Pushers Bennington Curve w camp site 1982 best AWiley.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/Catskill1.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...Curve,_by_Purviance,_W._T._(William_T.)_9.png

http://pc.smellycat.com/pics/central/pc2639drb.jpg

http://photo.accuweather.com/photogallery/2007/8/500/5f9aa81ac.jpg

http://www.trains.com/trn/objects/images/norfolk-southern-sd40-2s.jpg

 

[bryinmich]

Cascade: I was referring to much further down the line in the more rugged mountainous areas. The P&BRR is a semi-fictional route made by BillM of these very forums and this thread. So it's just a little fictional story for-effect.

Thanks for the post and the pictures though. Very informative, and yes you are right, most of the timber in this country is not virgin forest anymore. In fact it's hard to find old-growth forest anywhere on this planet. But let's not get off-track. Thanks again for sharing as it's relevant to the area.

 

[billm001]

Cascade: I was referring to much further down the line in the more rugged mountainous areas. The P&BRR is a semi-fictional route made by BillM of these very forums and this thread. So it's just a little fictional story for-effect.

Thanks for the post and the pictures though. Very informative, and yes you are right, most of the timber in this country is not virgin forest anymore. In fact it's hard to find old-growth forest anywhere on this planet. But let's not get off-track. Thanks again for sharing as it's relevant to the area.

Thank you all for the clarification. I wasn't trying to offend anyone with not modeling true gradients near certain place names. I just thought that my route had a potential for a Pennsylvania feel with enough fiction to make it my own.

I do hope its worth everyone's while nonetheless.


Bill

 

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The Old Town Local is switching out Belmont Lumber in downtown Old Town. The Old Town Spur leaves the Vonny branch and serves this little hamlet.

 

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The local is preparing a TOFC train that will be departing this evening after a crew change at the Juniata Yard. The train will hotshot directly to the TOFC yard at Highland, PA.

 

[Red_TVRM]

You’ve really built a masterful route and pushed the bar very high for free as well as payware builders. You work clearly shows your love for the hobby as well as the area.

 

[billm001]

You’ve really built a masterful route and pushed the bar very high for free as well as payware builders. You work clearly shows your love for the hobby as well as the area.

Thank you very much.