Kris and I made another exploratory trip along Norfolk Southern’s Harrisburg Line. We brought our new puppy, Seamus along for the ride.

We inspected the route between Richland and the interlocking at Prescott in Lebanon, PA.

We found some locations offering views of the tracks. But this section of the Harrisburg Line is scenically bereft compared with the pastoral rolling scenery around Lancaster, the riverside views along the Juniata and Susquehanna, and myriad locations with magnificent line-side scenery that we’ve found elsewhere in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

So, why explore this railroad? Because its there! And, it remains one of the busiest freight routes in the neighborhood. I still have hopes that I’ll find some iconic location that I’ll make my own.

On this trip we arrived at the Prescott interlocking to find the signals lit for an westward move. We gave it a few minutes and I heard a train approach. A mean-looking GE Tier-4 was leading a double-stack train. I made this series of images using my Nikon Z7-II with 70-200mm lens.

I doubt these will win any contests, but they captured the passing train for posterity. I like the trailing views with the signals.

To make the photos slightly more appealing, working with the NEF RAW files in Lightroom, I made a few subtle adjustments to color balance, saturation, contrast and exposure .

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