11/28/11 - Earlier this month, the new signal installation at COLA was activated. All PRR style signals at COLA have been removed. Also, the eastbound signal at LAKE on track 1 has been renamed 401E. LAKE is now only on track 2, to control movements to/from LAKE siding. Also, the new signals at MP 35.1 are now active.
10/21/11 - More morning action! The 9AM hour saw both 31A and 13G head west (13G pictured below at Washington Boro). Late that morning an eastbound 12G made an appearance, seen below at the Wissler Run Overlook (within Susquehannock State Park).
10/20/11 - The 4 MARC GP40WH-2s that H18 brought down from Enola did in fact go to the Columbia and Reading...they are seen below alongside the connection with the NS Columbia Secondary. Also pictured is a set of 3 VRE (Virginia Railway Express) GP39-2Cs that were pictured in the same location about a month ago.
10/20/11 - A few more interesting morning movements. First was a 650 coal train (again!) with an interesting leader - SD60E #6900. This former standard cab SD60 was rebuilt with an NS-designed widecab. There are currently only 3 on the NS roster. The train is pictured below at the Wissler Run Park near Holtwood. Right after 650 passed a 93M headed east to dump some rock in the McCALLS area. This train is pictured just east of COLA.
10/18/11 - A 650 made an eastbound run late this morning. Once at Perryville the train was tied down as Amtrak did not have a window to run it. The train is pictured at the new L351/L352 signals and hot box detector near Washington Boro. Later on that evening, the H18 passed COLA with 4 ead-in-tow MARC GP40WH-2s in the consist. They are likely going to the Columbia and Reading Railway to be scrapped. Also, the first eastbounder down the river tonight was an 056. Nothing too exciting though, a single GP38-2 and 3 cars of steel plates.
7/10/11 - A couple of changes on the Port Road. First off, trains 36A and 37A no longer run down the Port Road, and have been replaced with 30A and 31A. These trains run between Enola and Edgemoor Yard in Delaware. Also, a new hot box detector has been installed at the new signal location east of the old L351/L352 signals. This detector replaces the old track-1-only detector also located neat the L351/L352 signals. The new detector announces it's location as MP35.1, checks both tracks, and reports axle counts.
