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In the quiet bucolic setting of the Railroad Overlook at Cassandra, Pa., anticipation is part of the joy of witnessing the passage of freights over the former Pennsylvania Railroad \u2018Broad Way\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aural sensation of an approaching eastward freight on its ascent of Alleghenies begins with a distant roar. Kris tells me that I often don\u2019t hear what she says, “…but you can hear a freight train five miles away!” I had a hearing test this summer and the doctor informed me that I have the hearing of a twenty year old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s GE\u2019s in the lead, but it sounds like there might be EMD helpers too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a little while a headlight appeared at the west end of the long tangent looking toward Portage. Oddly the sound initially fades when the train comes into view, only to return in a swell as it grows closer. This train is a monster and it was down to a crawl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other photographers standing on the bridge were engrossed in conversation and seemed oblivious. So I said, “There\u2019s an eastbound close.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“How close?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I pointed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Oh!” And with that positions were taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working with two cameras, I made this sequence of photos, paying special attention to catch the helpers working at the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As my late friend Bob Buck would say, “It was a good show!” And it was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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