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Gliding Through Landisville

For a while now, I’ve eyed the Church Street bridge over Amtrak’s Harrisburg Line in Landisville, Pa.,

We often use this road while running errands.

Last week, we paused in Landisville to order a pizza. While waiting to collect our pie, I checked the ASMTRANSITDOCS.com app on my phone and saw that Amtrak Keystone 670 was just a few minutes away.

I dropped the pizza with Kris, who was waiting in the car. “This will only take a couple of minutes.”

I walked briskly to the bridge, Nikon Z in hand. I arrived in just enough time to check the northside and southside angles before I heard the approaching train.

I opted for these down-on trailing views that show the curve in the line.

On reflection, I realized how few photos I have of the ACS-64 electrics from above.

Total elapsed time for this detour was less than five minutes. The pizza was still hot!

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Fifty Five Year-Old on the Main

After the passage of Amtrak Keystones in both directions. A Norfolk Southern local freight pulled out onto the Harrisburg Main Line to reverse directions and return to Lewis Yard (Dillerville) in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

To simplify switching and ease reverse moves such as this one, NS had locomotives at both ends of the short freight.

On the west end was a lovely antique.

When the local stopped to change directions at BP74-1 in Landisville, I made photos from the adjacent Amos Herr Park.

In addition to these digital images exposed with my Nikon Z cameras, I also used the opportunity to expose several 35mm Ektachrome slides using my father’s Leica M4. Evening sun made for nice light on the old locomotives.

Norfolk Southern GP38-3 5608 was built as a GP38AC for Norfolk & Western in 1971; it was rebuilt to its current configuration in 2005.
Fifty-five years old and still working for a Class-I railroad. That’s pretty cool!

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