Three Local NS Trains + Industry Switching Action!

[@JoeyBPhotography]

I love watching these videos, they are helpful in not only understanding how rail companies operate their equipment but also in planning out model railroad layouts and operations for us modelers. Also the maps and captions are a great touch!

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Thanks a lot!

[@greaster54]

I'll second that! Nice work including maps and track diagrams.

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

I'll third that! -Drayton

[@hoscalequality2548]

Can we all give a moment of silence for my grandfather that was killed in the action of a switching session on the PRR in 1964, he was 26 unfortunately. He was getting off out from the inside of a box car and he found himself with a f7 going 64 mph and he was hit.. Nice vid btw

[@AhmearClayIombo-dj6di]

The Switcher Engines Are Very Good

[@easternncrailfan7594]

I love switchers so much

[@charlesshivoder2887]

Hello from Cornwall. Love that Conrail blue. How easy it is to forget that without Conrail, all of my favorite PA railroads would have ended up as rail trails or worse. Lackawanna, Reading, Lehigh Valley, Jersey Central, Erie, Lehigh and Hudson River, all would have been liquidated in bankruptcy without the creation of Conrail. Yes, a lot of lines were lost, but much remained and is in use profitable today. So it’s good to see Conrail blue. Many thanks. CAS

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Not to mention all of the lines destroyed by Hurricane Agnes. That's the reason Penn Central abandoned the Cornwall and Lebanon, then a few years later Conrail abandoned the Cornwall Railroad. I doubt any customers would be around today, but it would be cool if there was a tourist train to Mt Gretna out of Lebanon Station.

[@charlesshivoder2887]

Central Penn Rail Productions Hi Again. Ah Yes!! What fun that would be. I might even be willing to put on a conductor’s uniform and volunteer to work some of the trains. Hurricane Agnes was of course the proximate cause of Conrail. Most of the Central Pennsylvania railroads were utterly destroyed by Agnes. The multiple bankruptcies forced the government at act. It’s amazing that anything created by government could work as well as it did! CAS

[@23431]

I miss seeing the blues around fond memories of days gone by

[@TheDash1112]

Yet another great video. Nice close ups of the 3001. She was no stranger to the area being one of the ex Reading GP40-2s purchased for Joanna Mine runs. An engineer friend of mine liked those old RDG units for local and yard service because they were built slightly heavier for better traction on those heavy ore trains.

[@onesandzeros]

Excellent video, very well made. I meant to comment in the previous video about how helpful and informative the captions and maps are. Many thanks.

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Thanks, I am glad you enjoyed the video!

[@carmichaeltrainproductionc9663]

So many reasons why I continue to watch channel Is because you get all the good stuff

[@v2factoryman]

Fabulous footage. Viewing this from the UK, big fan of the NS but obviously not so easy to get up close very often! I particularly like the high hood designs, thanks for posting such interesting and informative footage.

[@drwho5792]

Very nice video, brings back fond memories of the older engines. I grew up near the Allentown PA hump yard and spent many hours there just watching the trains, good times.

[@davidbarnett9312]

'Doors open in the air conditioning position'! lol. Yup, back in the dark ages of railroading there are countless days riding the head end in the Texas heat and keeping my foot on the door to keep it open, even though the air was stiflingly hot coming in the door. Since this is NS, I saw N&W, Southern, and L&N engines at the Hardy Street Southern Pacific Houston yard back in the day. I would see them when we went to pick up our power and caboose for the trip to Englewood Yard to pick up our train. I worked the local for about two years.

[@andrewlaverghetta715]

@19:17 look at him, man... just chillin there watching the countryside...

[@fluffnose3386]

These videos you make are incredible. Don’t know how you make it to each shot every time, and know everything that’s going on. When I’m older, I’m going to do the same. Great videos!

[@rudyvalle9022]

It’s great to see that MP15DC running but the icing on the cake was the high hood GP38-2. What a rare combination! Nice video, thanks for sharing.

[@DieselLoco]

Great video. Excellent sound on the Norfolk southern SD40-2 . So interesting to watch switching operations. Thanks so much for the captions.

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Thanks for watching!

[@MichkovsBurner]

Love seeing the maps and diagrams in these videos. Well done!

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Thanks, they take awhile a make but it's a fun challenge each time.

[@MrCameronsterling]

Love seeing the Conrail blues

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Me too! Thanks for watching!

[@MattsTrainArchive]

Great video I love the horn on NS 4154 at 12:07.

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Yeah me too!

[@kevinrichards3288]

Switcher engines are cool lookin. 🚂👍

[@Lynchfan88]

Besides that I subscribe & love your videos, the fact that at :38 you explain how NS ran these switch jobs and have a cool little map is awesome!! Keep up the great work.

[@LONEWLF]

Classic 🔥

[@freebrickproductions]

Great catches!

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

This is so great!

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Thanks Drayton!

[@macktheknife4896]

Nice video.i live in upstate ny.Canadian pacific territory.used to be home of the deleware and hudson and the American locomotive in Schenectady ny.love trains

[@RailroadVideosofPA]

This is an awesome video! I remember all of these times going out and catching the locals! Do you have any footage of H31 switching Triple M Farms in those years? Funny enough I remember one time H31 had a D9-40CW switching out Triple M Farms and and GP38-2 High Hood was on the rear. That was so funny to watch. I surely miss those times. Im very happy that you got the footage while you could!!!

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

I do have one video of H33 shifting PACMA in Palmyra with big power, an SD60M and SD60. I will upload that probably within a few weeks when finished. I caught them with SD70ACe's and Dash-9's before (not recently), definitely an odd sight.

[@RailroadVideosofPA]

@@CentralPennRailProductions Awesome! I'll keep on the lookout for that video!

[@csxrensville5105]

Your videos are really good. They are full of information and detail as to how the switching is done. Very helpful with my own switching layout.

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@2011traincrazy]

Do you ever railfan Norfolk Southern's switching operations around Lancaster, Pennsylvania? I'd love to see some videos of Norfolk Southern's H28 or H26.

[@HighDesertRonTrainsTrucks]

Great video the EMD power looks so good the switcher the SD40 - 2 real find video

[@trapdriver7006]

Please release some more of these type of videos as show how railways operate and help model railroaders. Keep up the good work I have become a subscriber.cheers from Tony in the Uk

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Thanks, just uploaded another one like this yesterday! Glad you enjoyed.

[@3985uprr]

How many NS locals run out of Lancaster each weekday, plus on a day Wednesday or Thursday will I see a decent amount of trains on NS Harrisburg Line west of Reading in daylight???

[@garysutphin3575]

Omg so beautiful love good job

[@jeffhallford5284]

When there are two engines on each end of for these switching operations, are both units running? Or is one just in neutral until it is needed?

[@jeffreyknoop5363]

Typically the unit will be in what we call "isolate" so it's not helping but it is running. We call it "boxcaring" an engine

[@jeffhallford5284]

@@jeffreyknoop5363 Thank you for the information. I assumed that they were running, but never knew.

[@Tx_P71]

Some of the units are DPUs. Distributed Power Units. They are remote controlled from the front engine.

[@frankym274]

Great Catch

[@squallywally]

Cool video!

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Thanks!

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Cool! ☺

[@zuriel2.028]

Hi

[@alcopower5710]

Excellent video thanks for sharing

[@MrCarsandguitars]

High nose geeps are so good looking

[@Waltervazquez599]

Super video friend !!!

[@brassmonkeyheheha]

do they still use the remaining MP15s for locals, or are they assigned to altoona

[@ericmason349]

Local deliveries are the most interesting. but Wow, two locomotives? I just watched another video where there was ONE, 35 year old engine doing the delivery

[@kamala2111]

Enjoy these vids thanks

[@clevelandrailfan9776]

Look at that power

[@Harveycartoonlvr11]

This has NOTHING to do with this great Video..but as a Model Railroader, I'm looking at the Railbox/TTX Car, and it's end side grab irons; the Walther's version of it truly isn't as bad as the picky choosy Modelers think they are...it depends on your taste.

[@DouglasP201]

Awesome video!

[@moonbeamskies3346]

Awesome video. Looks like dangerous work.

[@galaxyrailfanning7860]

Excellent video!

[@Darrenjudy5]

Cool SP boxcar

[@TheRailroadCrossingChannel]

Nice video!

[@OntarioRailfan992]

why did the 3001 say "PRR" on it... was it owned by the pennsy then conrail?

[@taslimchaudhry1431]

Great Video. 🇮🇳

[@ClinchValley_Railfan]

I was in a train while watching dis!!!

[@Luan1559]

excellent!

[@irvinklugh8858]

LOVE IT

[@Juan_A_Garcia]

Excelente video!!

[@johnh6791]

FREAKIN AWESOME

[@fazthatcoyote]

I want that p3 D:

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Yeah me too. P3's are getting hard to find on NS, they replaced a lot of them.

[@brianfalzon6739]

Why not just send 2406 and 4154 to the AOSR, 3394 and 5172 to the R&N and 3001 and 3061 to the CVSR? Just curious!

[@williamsquires3070]

Wow, two locomotives for a boxcar and centerbeam flat; that’s the way to kill a fly with a sledgehammer! 🤣 (or a shotgun)

[@angelacelaya7254]

4:20 listen to the radio chat!!!

[@johnnybellamy6094]

just subscribed to your channel

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Thanks!

[@markcinque4586]

HELLYEAH!,13:48

[@jerseyrailvideos4139]

I loved this video I just hit 100 I’m very excited for my channel also rip MP15Es and many NS geeps

[@LIRRTV]

72,157 subscribers? Make that 72,158

[@IMRROcom]

A voice over would be useful.

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

I agree, it's not a talent I have, but it's something I am practicing in the back end. These captions and descriptions are helping me develop my story board process, that I hope to eventually replace with voice over. Thanks for commenting!

[@KhangLuRailVideos]

@@CentralPennRailProductions Personally, I do appreciate quality video without voice overs covering the sounds. Keep doing what you do, it's phenomenal work!

[@meangreen7389]

I have to agree with IMRROcom, some narration would add more depth to your vid (s). Still enjoyable though.

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Working on it ;-) Glad to see so many people want narration though!

[@ffjsb]

I think the notes along with the maps are just fine. Some people are just annoying to listen to, so this might be the better choice.

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Well, soon enough you will get to find out how annoying I am or not, lol!

[@meangreen7389]

Central Penn Rail Productions - Look forward to it! Done correctly, your vids would be awesome. Again, thank you for your consideration.