Conrail, CP, SOO, KCS, SP, UP, BNSF: All on the NS Harrisburg Line

If the power isn't enough to make you wide-eyed during this video, because you'll see over 3 pure Conrail lash-ups, a former Reading unit, a pure SP locomotive, a candy apple red SOO, southern belle and other foreign power, plenty of SD40-2's...then I know you'll enjoy the wonderful scenes nature has to offer during the Winter to Spring Transition along the NS Harrisburg Line. Starting out at the end of snowy February, and working our way through a sunny and cloudless, sometimes rainy, and goreous sunsetting March, to the day directly before Spring. I was so impressed by the action and scenery during this transition, that I included many (but not nearly all) the video during this past month to make a super 10 minute plus video to show the scenes best captured. I hope you enjoy.
2-25-10
Loaded ethanol train 68Q heads east through an evening snow squal with very diverse power.
NS D9-40CW 9750
BNSF D9-44CW 4800
KCS SD70ACe 4127
2-26-10
Ethanol empties 69Q head west in the snow with a very rare pure Southern Pacific locomotive. Oddly enough, this was the second time I saw this engine (and I bet there are people along UP tracks who haven't even seen it). I was glad to catch it unpatched, because I think it is destined to become UP 6308.
NS D9-40CW 9386
UP SD70M 5164
SP AC4400CW 352
3-1-10
CP 165 / NS 31J now runs with relic EMD rather than the GE's that had plagued the trains for months. The train is also very early at 21:45. CP has haulage rights back and forth from Binghamton, NY to Philadelphia, PA. This deal still carries through from the D&H on Conrail days. I must say, that is one of the best K3L's I have ever heard.
CP SD40-2 5935
CP SD40-2 5677
CP SD40-2 5919
3-03-10
Local H33 has a Conrail duo of relic EMD's.
NS GP40-2 3061 "Conrail Quality"
NS GP40-2 3001 "Conrail Quality"
3-05-10
Westbound Canadian Pacific haulage rights train 165 (NS 31J) makes a historic night with a candy apple red SOO
leader fresh out of the storage line and has a great K3L horn. The train which normally passes this location at 03:00 was very early at 22:00 on the dot.
SOO SD60 6048
CP SD40-2 5677
CP SD40-2 5919
3-06-10
On a fantastic sunny afternoon, ethanol empties 69Q is led by a nice blue former Conrail EMD.
NS SD60I 6742 "Conrail Quality"
NS D9-40C 8823
NS ES40DC 7523
3-08-10
Smoking and throttling hard, trash empties 64J makes a great show with a nice pair of relic EMD's.
NS SD40-2 3423
NS SD40-2 3433
3-08-10
The eastbound loaded automotive train 18N, with a nice EMD pair, breezes by a local farm at its normal afternoon time.
NS SD70M-2 2776
NS SD70 2504
3-10-10
Train 33A looks more like its predecessor, Conrail BAAL (Baltimore-Allentown), with its pair of smokey former Conrail Dash-8's. The leader was really blowing a lot of smoke, it smelled very strong too.
NS D8-40CW 8445 "Conrail Quality"
NS D8-40CW 8401 "Conrail Quality"
3-10-10
If 33A wasn't enough Conrail for the day, H47 also has a pair of relic former Conrail EMD's.
NS GP40-2 3001 "Conrail Quality"
NS GP40-2 3061 "Conrail Quality"
3-15-10
An odd CP 165 / NS 31J heads home to Binghamton with no cars from South Philadelphia. The SOO is now sandwiched.
CP SD40-2 5919
SOO SD60 6048
CP SD40-2 5935
3-18-10
Eastbound loaded automotive 18N heads east later than usual, and is illuminated in a nice sunset. I was hoping this train was earlier so I could get better light on the rare former Conrail SD50, but I could not be unhappy with how beautiful this sunset is.
NS SD70M-2 2705
NS SD50 5406 "Conrail Quality"
3-19-10
Eastbound loaded Maintenance of Way train 936 barely disturbs the farmers in their fields; the lead unit is the only one online.
NS SD40-2 3393
NS GP38-2 5351

[@lynnboyer6643]

I like the Norfolk Southern and Conrail trains. I take pride in all the videos you make. Good job, Eric!

[@NJT4211]

Amazing video especially with all the mixed foreign power more so with that SP Unit!

[@TaylorMMontgomery]

Your sunset shots are beautiful! Congrats on that SP!

[@wrailfan]

Absolutely awesome! The rarer the motive power, the better the video! 10*+! I've seen quite a few of these units in Enola Yard over the past few weeks.

[@BLKdurangoTRAINhorns]

Very beautiful video... Love you power and the different sounding horns.

[@OhioRails]

AMAZING VIDEO!!!! On April 10, 2010 i saw unpatched SP #177 in Beaver Falls, PA. it was pretty sweet.

[@FrehleyFan3988]

4:25 cant get enough of conrails blue 😁

[@lespaulguy32]

Holy crap its unpatched too!!! Great catches!!!!

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

@elirosen1391 More like between 12 AM and 3 AM. Some days it is as early as 10 PM but that's not too common.

[@johnwood57]

What a superb compilation,loved every bit of it,one thing i do like is the sound of the loco's what power they have it is terrific. 5*...............John

[@BudmanPackfan]

great video, nice editing work. And very nice catch of one of the 40 or so remaining unpatched SP units! :)

[@GoldenRailsMedia]

Awesome video! You even saw an unpatched SP unit!

[@elirosen1391]

That K3L on 6048 is stunning!

[@ApproachDiverging013]

@Railfan19960 I'm glad to hear there are still original SP and Cotton Belt units out there. The last Rio Grande unit was retired 2 years ago.

[@BreakfastConnoisseur]

LUCKY!!!!! An unpatched bloody nose?? Damn, what are the chances? Great vid!!!!

[@fxe4005]

awesome video grat powe on every train !!! 5/5

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

@bnsf4 It runs from Harrisburg to Reading to Philadelphia, but the section between Reading and Philadelphia sees only about 10-15 trains per day because the majority run Reading to the New York City region.

[@87STEELE]

Superb video, man! Awesome catches, nice scenes, what more could you want? 5*, a favorite, and a channel post.

[@ApproachDiverging013]

SP #352 is still out there! Great catch!

[@MC6853]

Who knew NS could be so exciting? LOL... 5 stars and favorited...

[@csx2566]

GREAT POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I noticed no one got a great shot of the KCS

[@PennRailVideos]

Awesome catches man! Very very cool.

[@LocalRailfan]

Purely spectacular video Eric!

[@EMDFAN1988]

Now this is a video for the record books!

[@Guser223]

Very awesome video!!!!!!!!!

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

@elirosen1391 Congestion. 31J usually get's stuck behind the local or a train who is behind the local. The local finishes it's work at ELK at that time of night. Sometimes there are up to 4 or 5 trains between Dorf and Prescott at that time of night, with stack trains coming east, so the westbounds run up behind the local.

[@alco957]

woow nices videos... excelent power¡ and good edition of video. 5*****

[@peterandben]

I'd do anything to see that Soo unit!

[@frankym274]

Nice

[@EasternRailfanProductions]

Outstanding!

[@CSXRailfan95]

SWEET CATCHES! thumbs up.

[@dgrodsk]

aw, man!!!!! the ns, bnsf, and kcs came on my birthday and i mist it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is why my life sucks, i miss everything good.

[@pianomanmaestro]

wow thats an Amazing Scene!

[@wasted6666]

Lots of visiters in that one great shots as always dude glad your back was worried you got airmailed by a train or sent to the stockade for tresspassing (kiddin)Brendan NJ

[@ICrailroadprod.2007]

I didn't realize there were so many NS/CSX units still in Conrail paint.

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

@nbtrainlvr94 No it's not done processing. It might take awhile because the video is 1.5 GB.

[@nickroth9263]

Conrail, CP, SOO, KCS, SP, UP, BNSF, On The NS Harrisburg Line! But What About CSX?

[@nbtrainlvr94]

Nice and i have yet to see a southern belle ace!! and whaats up with the quality its not ver clear different camera or something?

[@elirosen1391]

You're right; I found it. My apologies. Great video.

[@htc6600]

Great video. Love how you I.D. trains and power. Too bad you don't have editing software to change red Soo Line SD60's into white-and-black ones.

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

@bnsf4 Probably around 40 trains per day.

[@Jeffwecker81]

I've seen SP 352 several times on coal and grain trains here in central Kansas

[@Hannah7Emily]

i want to visit that line really bad

[@hostile177]

Imagine the floor shake in those little shops there?

[@elirosen1391]

Doesn't the 31J normally run from Reading to Harrisburg between 10 PM - 1 AM?

[@elirosen1391]

Nice work! I haven't seen any new videos of 30J or 31J on youtube in the past few months. But where is that third 31J video? The one dated 3-15-10?

[@trainmaster101]

Those camp cars where coming to my towns yard (south plainfield) to replace ties

[@williamjordan860]

Was that the Erie heritage unit on the first train?

[@danthetrainman5656]

Did I see a unpatched SP unit on the second train?!? Holy hell that's rare or it might be my eyes I was up all last knight

[@MegaAlan87]

6:10 Wagon Cars Ferromex (FXE).

[@trainmasta227]

What's the normal traffic rate I might come up during summer

[@WashingtonDistrictRailfan]

thats ATON of railroads on the same track!!

[@elirosen1391]

Why was the first 31J traveling so slowly?

[@HyperActive7]

Ok, You PA boys can stop showing off now. We know y'all have all the power we drool over in the rare times it gets south of you.

[@mikeyRavens52]

what was the horn on ns 9386???

[@Norfolk7130]

cool

[@MilwaukeeSDman]

Can I use some scenes in a tribute???

[@branchlinebuff]

@ 1:45 i thought the car was gunna go around the gates last minute.

[@topomatt17967]

Which one was the Reading unit?

[@elirosen1391]

@o00o00ozy I saw it last night. It had to come to a complete stop for at NS local train.

[@elirosen1391]

@o00o00ozy What about 11 PM?

[@nbtrainlvr94]

Yea it gets annoying when it does that!

[@htc6600]

Oops. I meant red, white and black ones.

[@nbtrainlvr94]

Ah ok i hate when its slow!

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