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Pennsy Cabin on Reading Rails |
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On the journey south, while passing Kutztown, I decided to take a look at what the Allentown & Auburn had left by the former Reading depot and was not disappointed. Part of the lineup included former PRR cabin car 478064, now privately owned and operated on the excursions run between here and Topton. This car, built by the Pennsy's own shops in 1951, had spent many years in operation and later storage at the Wilmington & Western Railroad in Delaware and was moved north at the end of the previous year. |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 3:13:49 PM |
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Kutztown, PA |
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Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
Awaiting Summer Excursions |
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Parked and ready for another season of trips through the Berks County countryside is the Conrail Historical Society's former Pennsy flatcar, restored to a more simplified Conrail scheme. |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 3:19:09 PM |
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Kutztown, PA |
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Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
Old Wagon Top |
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A former B&O wagon top caboose, built by the railroad in their own shops in the early 1940s. |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 3:25:30 PM |
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Kutztown, PA |
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Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
Looking Fresh From the Paint Booth |
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Former Conrail 21165 gleams in fresh paint, greeting passersby at the Kutztown station. This former Erie Lackawanna caboose, built in the 1970s, was acquired by the Conrail Historical Society from a private owner on Long Island and later spent a bit of time on excursions at Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad before migrating east. |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 3:29:14 PM |
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Kutztown, PA |
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Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
First Encounter |
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A little late to see the afternoon departure from New Freedom, I decided to head north and wait in Glen Rock, about halfway into the northbound run. Soon enough they entered town, the old GP shoving on the south end. |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 3:34:55 PM |
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Glen Rock, PA |
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Paul Koprowski |
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CTR 7580(GP10) |
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| Title: |
Passing the Old Inn |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 3:38:53 PM |
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Glen Rock, PA |
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Paul Koprowski |
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CTR 7580(GP10) |
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| Title: |
Crossing Seitzville Road |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 3:45:10 PM |
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Seven Valleys, PA |
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Paul Koprowski |
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CTR 7580(GP10) |
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| Title: |
Arrival |
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The ex-PRR Geep arrives at the historic Hanover Junction station, now operated as a museum that the passengers can visit during the layover. It was at this location in November of 1863 that President Abraham Lincoln changed trains on his way to the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetary following the Battle of Gettysburg. It was at this dedication that Lincoln would present his now famous Gettysburg Address. |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 5:03:10 PM |
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Hanover Junction, PA |
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Paul Koprowski |
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CTR 7580(GP10) |
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| Title: |
Laying Over |
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Posing alongside some of the historic buildings at this once busy railroad junction. |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 5:11:04 PM |
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Hanover Junction, PA |
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Paul Koprowski |
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CTR 7580(GP10) |
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| Title: |
CTR 7580 |
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A well traveled locomotive waits for departure from the historic Hanover Junction station. Built by EMD in 1957 as a GP9 for the Pennsylvania Railroad, the unit was numbered 7128, and was one of over two hundred the Pennsy owned at one time. Working in freight service for its original owner for a little over ten years, the unit also saw service on Penn Central and Conrail. Conrail had 7128 rebuilt to a GP10 in 1978, along with thirty five other units, at the Illinois Central Gulf shops at Paducah, KY and renumbered it 7580. The unit would work for Big Blue for into the 1980s, when it was then sold off into private ownership. It would then see service in a variety of places, including Rail Tours Inc. and C&S Railroad at Jim Thorpe, PA and the Pennsy Supply quarry at Annville, PA. The Clinton Terminal acquired the locomotive in late 2013 and leased it to the Colebrookdale Railroad, where it gained its current paint scheme. Number 7580 operated there until the end of 2015 when Colebrookdale Railroad acquired their own unit, coincidentally another rebuilt ex-PRR GP10, and the 7580 would move south to the Northern Central. |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 5:14:28 PM |
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Hanover Junction, PA |
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Paul Koprowski |
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CTR 7580(GP10) |
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| Title: |
Long Hood Nose Details |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 5:24:56 PM |
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Hanover Junction, PA |
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Paul Koprowski |
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CTR 7580(GP10) |
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| Title: |
CTR 7580 |
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A few months prior I had caught this locomotive on the head end of a Christmas themed excursion on the Colebrookdale Railroad up in Boyertown. |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 5:26:51 PM |
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Hanover Junction, PA |
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Paul Koprowski |
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CTR 7580(GP10) |
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| Title: |
Comparison of Eras |
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Despite outward looks, the combine behind the 7580 is younger than the locomotive itself, having been built in 2013 as a replica of former Northern Central Railroad equipment, fitting in with the railroad's Civil War theme. |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 5:30:20 PM |
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Hanover Junction, PA |
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Paul Koprowski |
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CTR 7580(GP10) |
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| Title: |
Highballin' Down the Main |
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A little imagination and this could be the late 1950s and a Pennsylvania Railroad freight heading south for Baltimore, possibly stopping at New Freedom to interchange cars with the Stewartstown Railroad's tiny Plymouth. |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 5:33:30 PM |
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Seven Valleys, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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CTR 7580(GP10) |
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| Title: |
CTR 7580 |
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Just south of the junction along Seven Valleys Road on the way back to New Freedom. The York County Heritage Rail Trail is off to the right of the train, utilizing a portion of the old right of way. |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 5:38:14 PM |
| Location: |
Seven Valleys, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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CTR 7580(GP10) |
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| Title: |
Through the Countryside |
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Approaching Granary Road, passing one of the many farms along the route. |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 5:42:37 PM |
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Seven Valleys, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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CTR 7580(GP10) |
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| Title: |
Back in Town |
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The excursion returns to Glen Rock, passing the historic Glen Rock Mill Inn and other historic brick buildings. |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 5:49:02 PM |
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Glen Rock, PA |
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Paul Koprowski |
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CTR 7580(GP10) |
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| Title: |
Nice Ads |
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The Geep slides past some old advertisements that appear to have been touched up fairly recently. |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 5:49:33 PM |
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Glen Rock, PA |
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Paul Koprowski |
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CTR 7580(GP10) |
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| Title: |
The Choir |
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Passing through town, the 7580 and consist eases by a statue of the Glen Rock Carolers, a tradition in Glen Rock since 1848. |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 5:49:59 PM |
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Glen Rock, PA |
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Paul Koprowski |
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CTR 7580(GP10) |
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| Title: |
Rounding the Curve |
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Entering the appropriately named village of Railroad, the last before the train's final stop in New Freedom. |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 5:58:35 PM |
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Railroad, PA |
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Paul Koprowski |
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CTR 7580(GP10) |
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| Title: |
Party Caboose |
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Steam Into History's former Northern Pacific Railway caboose has been renovated for use in hosting birthday parties and other private events. Seen here in the old interchange yard between the Northern Central and the Stewartstown Railroad, the car is perhaps the youngest piece of rolling stock owned by the Civil War era themed operation. |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 6:01:15 PM |
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New Freedom, PA |
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Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
Pennsy Meets Stewartstown |
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CTR 7580 brings its train through the former New Freedom station site and yard, splitting the former PRR position light signals and passing Stewartstown Railroad 10. The GE built 44 ton was on lease to Steam Into History as a backup to their replica 4-4-0 steamer until the arrival of the former Pennsy Geep. |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 7:09:55 PM |
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New Freedom, PA |
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Paul Koprowski |
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CTR 7580(GP10) STRT 10(44Tonner) |
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| Title: |
STRT 10 |
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Built by GE in 1946 for the Coudersport & Port Allegany Railroad of northern Pennsylvania. Acquired by the Stewartstown in 1972 but didn't reach home rails until the mid 1980s due to washouts on the Northern Central caused by Hurricane Agnes. |
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4/10/2016 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 7:23:10 PM |
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New Freedom, PA |
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Paul Koprowski |
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STRT 10(44Tonner) |
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