Railfanning: Harrisburg, Allentown and Bethlehem

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Yesterday Gonzo, Kris (from the CRHS) and I headed east to grab some trains and some pics of Beth Steel before it's all gone.

Here's the album of the trains. Beth Steel is to come.

http://picasaweb.google.com/ed.kapuscinski/RailfanningHarrisburgAllentownBethlehem

[mopaustin]

Aw, now, this can't be true... you're pretty good railroad photographer to boot!  ;D

Nice pictures of the Rust Belt, complements from the Sun Belt (might be more accurate to describe where I live as the Rain Belt right now...)

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Heh, thanks.

The real credit goes to Photoshop, actually...  ;D

[Ed Kapuscinski]

This is crazy to look at now that I've seen these places first hand:

http://www.thebluecomet.com/crlvline3.html

Wow.

[Wlal13again]

You`ve never been up my way before Ed?

[railspike55]

Great shots Ed and crew.

Shoosh!... I am realy with you guys... I miss Conrail.
All those black locos would look better if blue... even with NKP or N&W on'em.


Up in Niagara County we have CP an vary beatup CSX.
Oh! an all the missing railbox's are stored up here.

[wm3798]

That Blue Comet site is killing me.  That's the kind of stuff that captured my imagination back in the day.  There's a shot in there of a solid GP-30 lashup...


Here, look for yourself.

If that doesn't make your blood run blue, you should be collecting stamps or doing needlepoint.

Lee

[Ed Kapuscinski]

You`ve never been up my way before Ed?

I have a couple times, but never really spent the time on Beth Steel that I should've.

Any yeah, that Blue Comet site almost brought a tear to my eye yesterday.

[Wlal13again]

I know, lived in The Steel`s back yard for all those years, even had a classmate that was a draftsman for the PB&NE, and I never took a picture. I figured it would always be there.