Switching Freight on the Black River & Western

The Black River & Western switches tank cars at Three Bridges, where they interchange with NS. On this day, their GP10 is doing the work, along with a former Lehigh Valley boxcar, used as a buffer car. The additional horn towards the end of the video is an NS train approaching the parallel mainline crossing.

[@TheNorthwestWind]

The dueling horn is such an awesome touch, really had my brain farting for a second lol

[@HighIronProductions]

Yeah, that was pretty cool. If only I'd set up on the other side of the crossing to catch them both...

[@Timrathmore]

May the shortlines never die ! Good to see enduring shortlines still with customers. I'm sure alot of networking is the driving force in today's economy.

[@BOATNIAGARA]

Nice catch !

[@smittysmitty481]

Awesome video!

[@RailfanDownunder]

Superb

[@NJtoAzMountainBiker]

I noticed that the ditch lights are not flashing. Is this engine from West coast? They do not flash out here.

[@Hozy780]

Nice can you another video when this engine is running

[@northpennvalleysteamrailroad]

Nice!

[@littlewingpsc27]

Is the caboose and shed their yard office set up? How many miles of track do they operate?

[@HighIronProductions]

The caboose is used for shove moves. Not sure about the shed, but the railroad has a proper shop and offices at the other end of the line in Ringoes. The railroad is 16 miles long, but only has a couple of customers beyond the area near the interchange shown here.

[@Joe-d7m6k]

That caboose at the 1 min.mark--- thats not the ex-- MM&A caboose that was on the train that blew up Lac Megantic, QUE, is it??

[@HighIronProductions]

No, but that caboose is also part of the Black River roster.

[@Hozy780]

At 4:47 there was another train horn was that a NS Train

[@stephenmccloughan7541]

When do they run there freight trains? Is it still Wednesday and Saturday?

[@HighIronProductions]

This was a Saturday morning. I know they changed the schedule since it was routinely Wednesday and Saturday, but I believe they are regularly operating on Saturdays again.

[@stephenmccloughan7541]

@@HighIronProductions Thank you, might try to go up there one day

[@brianfalzon6739]

Do they usually run occasional diesel/steam excursions to Three Bridges?

[@HighIronProductions]

No, this section is freight only

[@brianfalzon6739]

@@HighIronProductions Oh well, maybe one day it would be nice if they ever do that! Who knows?