Tag: NS Lehigh Line

Modern science: Norfolk Southern research car gathers data

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On a beautiful fall night in Norfolk Southern’s Croxton Yard in Secaucus, NJ, two General Electric C40-9W locomotives (9395 & 9517) bracket Norfolk Southern Research car 32, in between mainline assignments. This unique consist came in earlier today, and would return west on the next days NS train 21M. NS Research car 32 measures locomotive adhesion rates and freight car dynamics, in addition to track gauge, track wear in relation to new rail, and track elevation. This ‘modern science’ at work is why Norfolk Southern is one of the safest and most efficient Class 1 railroads in America.

Image recorded by Anthony Paci on October 1, 2009.

Modern science - Norfolk Southern research car gathers train data

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Western visitor shines in Bound Brook’s late winter sun

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Foreign power has been common on Norfolk Southern movements in New Jersey in this cold and snowy winter of ’09/’10. With the white stuff finally melting away just last week, a western visitor shines in the late winter sun on the NS Lehigh Line, as UP 7884 (ES44AC, blt 3/08) is on the point of NS 212, seen passing the New Jersey Transit Bound Brook passenger station. This train is traversing the last miles of its journey, with Croxton Yard in Secaucus, NJ, less than a hour away.

Image recorded March 6, 2010.

Norfolk Southern western visitor shines in Bound Brook's late winter sunClick on the image to display it at a larger size. Use your browser’s Back button to return to this page.

Norfolk Southern train 38G accelerates westbound out of Allentown yard

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Norfolk Southern train 38G, with NS 7572 (ES40DC, blt 6/06) and NS 7622 (ES40DC, blt 2/07), accelerate westbound out of Allentown yard, about to cross Basin St. and pass CP-BURN on the Norfolk Southern Lehigh Line. 40 degrees Fahrenheit and no snow…in Allentown, in January? Yes, one of the most beautiful winter days in Pennsylvania in recent memory!

Image recorded January 23, 2010. Norfolk Southern train 38G accelerates westbound out of Allentown yard

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Elevated roadbed provides challenging departure from Lehigh River valley

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Westbound trains leaving the Norfolk Southern Allentown yard must negotiate this broad, sweeping curve after crossing the Lehigh River. With the degree of curvature at this location, the necessary super elevation in the roadbed  is quite evident here, as Norfolk Southern ES40DC 7572, with sister 7622 behind, leans hard into the curve, approaching Basin St. and CP BURN, with a lengthy train trailing. With the curvature and steady increase in elevation for the next mile, locomotives work fairly hard on this stretch of the NS Lehigh Line to bring their trains out of the river valley.

Image recorded January 23, 2010.Elevated roadbed provides challenging departure from Lehigh River valley Click on the image to display it at a larger size. Use your browser’s Back button to return to this page.

Norfolk Southern 20G races east on the NS Lehigh Line

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On a hot and steamy August morning, , train 20G races east past CP Bound Brook on the Norfolk Southern Lehigh Line. Led by two General Electric locomotives (NS 9890, a C40-9W blt 11/04, and NS 8776, a C40-9 blt 3/95), she is about to pass the New Jersey Transit Bound Brook passenger station, immediately behind the photographer.

Image recorded August 16, 2009.

NS train 20G races east past CP Bound Brook on the Norfolk Southern Lehigh Line

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