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Posted by kp5308 on Wed Aug 14 21:40:17 2013 We start with train #131 slowing to pick up a pair at Newark (pronounced New-ARK down here): Rebuilt Savage GP's now switch the oil cans at the BPF Refinery in Delaware City....yes, we got chased:  The sun was out by the time we found NS train 12G spotting the engines for the week at Jello Yard in Dover:  The chase is on:  The ex-PRR alignment runs right next to Route 190 for several miles:  We get far enough ahead to shoot at the end of the siding at Wyoming:  But because of going thru the little towns the next chance we get is approaching Harrington:  12G starts out at Pittsburgh (Conway) & drops down the Port Road Branch from Enola to Perryville, Md, north on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor to Newark, DE, and then south on the Delmarva Secondary to end the trip at Harrington:  NS has two lines below Harrington, the original "main" that ran to Cape Charles & the carfloat to Norfolk, now run by Bay Colony RR below Pcomoke MD, and a secondary line that we will follow to the DE/MD border. First stop is Ellendale, where ex-Conrail B23-7 #1961 sits to handle traffic for the Delaware Coast Line route to Milton:  DLCR operate 2 disconnected routes off the NS. This is their shop at Georgetown on the line to Lewes:  NS ownership ends at Frankford with the Maryland & Delaware taking over the rest of the way to the Maryland border & beyond to Snow Hill MD. An out of service CF7 sits at Selbyville, center of the MDDE operation. The 2632 started out as Santa Fe F7 #252C in 1951:  We then hit Seaford on the NS side where WoowooDave shoots an SD40 rebuild:  Seaford is the site of one of two swing spans on the NS portion of the line. This crosses the Nanticoke River:  Seaford station was built in 1903 to replace the original (1856) structure which burned. A boat is kept at the station in case the bridge has problems:  One shot in Jersey at Paulsboro before calling it a wrap:  |
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Posted by mike cruz on Wed Aug 14 22:39:58 2013, in response to PHOTOS: Delaware, posted by kp5308 on Wed Aug 14 21:40:17 2013. Kevin great shots! do you have any more info on the line run by Bay Colony? This is the first I've heard of thenFay's runnin anythin besides SGLR & BCLR. |
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Posted by Sand Box John on Wed Aug 14 22:40:27 2013, in response to PHOTOS: Delaware, posted by kp5308 on Wed Aug 14 21:40:17 2013. The Maryland & Delaware's only costumer on the branch south of Selbyville is the Tysons Food feed mill in Snow Hill. The primary costumer on their branch west of Seaford is the Purdue Farms feed mill on Herlock Maryland.That vast majority of the tonnage shipped south of Harrington is also grain going to the feed mills of Purdue Farms, Mountaire Farms, Allen Food and Tysons Food. Believe of not all those covered hopper are bring grain to Delmarva to supplement the grain grown here as feed for the poultry industry. The tanks are mostly Propane, Salisbury, East New Market and Princess Anne. Most of the tonnage that uses the car float at Cape Charles is over sized loads that can't pass through DC or precast concrete products manufactured on the Virginia Eastern Shore. John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore. |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Aug 14 22:54:55 2013, in response to PHOTOS: Delaware, posted by kp5308 on Wed Aug 14 21:40:17 2013. nice shots |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Thu Aug 15 01:13:21 2013, in response to PHOTOS: Delaware, posted by kp5308 on Wed Aug 14 21:40:17 2013. Very nice |
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Posted by chud1 on Thu Aug 15 04:34:52 2013, in response to PHOTOS: Delaware, posted by kp5308 on Wed Aug 14 21:40:17 2013. A+ on these pictures.chud1. :).... |
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Posted by kp5308 on Thu Aug 15 07:51:59 2013, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Delaware, posted by Sand Box John on Wed Aug 14 22:40:27 2013. Thanks for the additions John. Do you know anything about the MDDE line thru Massey MD? |
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Posted by Fred G on Thu Aug 15 11:50:54 2013, in response to PHOTOS: Delaware, posted by kp5308 on Wed Aug 14 21:40:17 2013. Great stuff and LOL @ "yeah we got chased".your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Jersey Mike on Thu Aug 15 13:08:49 2013, in response to PHOTOS: Delaware, posted by kp5308 on Wed Aug 14 21:40:17 2013. Apparently the SEAFORD movable bridge was unlocked via an ancient table interlocking machine inside the station. Not sure if or when it was replaced.BTW if you were in Delaware did you visit a screen door factory? |
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Posted by Sand Box John on Thu Aug 15 14:28:32 2013, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Delaware, posted by kp5308 on Thu Aug 15 07:51:59 2013. Thanks for the additions John. Do you know anything about the MDDE line thru Massey MD?Don't know much about what loads are shipped on the line. Last I heard the part of the line running to Chestertown was still open, however Google Maps shows the trackage within Chestertown removed and replaced with a paved hiker biker trail. The line into Centreville as I understand has been abandon, however the grade crossing on MD US-301 is still active. There is a thread on railroad.net in the DelMarVa & Washington, D.C. Railfan forum that discusses the removal of the yard tracks in Centreville. John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore. |
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Posted by kp5308 on Thu Aug 15 15:31:39 2013, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Delaware, posted by Jersey Mike on Thu Aug 15 13:08:49 2013. BTW if you were in Delaware did you visit a screen door factory?No. |
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Posted by Fred G on Thu Aug 15 15:59:42 2013, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Delaware, posted by kp5308 on Thu Aug 15 15:31:39 2013. Should have.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by kp5308 on Thu Aug 15 17:48:28 2013, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Delaware, posted by mike cruz on Wed Aug 14 22:39:58 2013. do you have any more info on the line run by Bay Colony?My bad brah....Bay Coast |
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Posted by mike cruz on Thu Aug 15 17:58:23 2013, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Delaware, posted by kp5308 on Thu Aug 15 17:48:28 2013. ahh Bay Coast ok. =) |
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Posted by Jersey Mike on Fri Aug 16 15:47:59 2013, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Delaware, posted by Fred G on Thu Aug 15 15:59:42 2013. |
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Posted by Tony Clifton on Fri Aug 16 21:46:49 2013, in response to PHOTOS: Delaware, posted by kp5308 on Wed Aug 14 21:40:17 2013. Good photos. |
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