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NS 5659 |
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Trailing unit on this NS local was another rebuilt GP38-2 with a different heritage than the locomotive up front. NS 5659 was one of four GP38AC locomotives constructed by EMD in the early winter of 1971 for freight service on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Originally LV 313, this unit along with its three sisters could be found at the head end of most heavy freight consists on the LV main line between Oak Island in Newark, NJ and Buffalo, NY. Acquired by Conrail in 1976, the unit was renumbered CR 7659 and would continue to serve on main line freight. NS would gain this unit to its roster in 1999 following the CR split and rebuilt it into its present configuration in 2006. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/2017 Upload Date: 10/21/2017 6:42:14 AM |
| Location: |
Manheim, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 5659(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
Crossing the Farmlands |
| Description: |
Heading east towards Lititz, the NS local is about to cross W. Lexington Road in the small village of Limerock. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/2017 Upload Date: 10/21/2017 6:51:49 AM |
| Location: |
Limerock, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 5657(GP38-2) NS 5659(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
NS 5657 |
| Description: |
Sounding his horn for W. Lexington Road, the crew is just a few minutes outside their destination of Lititz, the current end of NS' portion of the former Reading R&C line. The train will perform some switching there before heading back to Lancaster to tie up for the day. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/2017 Upload Date: 10/21/2017 6:54:47 AM |
| Location: |
Limerock, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 5657(GP38-2) NS 5659(GP38-2) |
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188 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
NS 5659 |
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Good to see a former LV Geep working in 2017, almost forty one years after the former anthracite road was merged into Conrail. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/2017 Upload Date: 10/21/2017 6:59:11 AM |
| Location: |
Limerock, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 5659(GP38-2) |
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