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By:Ben Kranefeld
Dates:2/2/2014 - 2/2/2014
Album Info:Norfolk Southern 502 is a coal train that runs from Shire Oaks, PA to the Beesley's Point Generating Station in Upper Township, NJ.
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Coming around the Curve
Title:  Coming around the Curve
Description:  The 503 appears around the curve before Cove Rd
Photo Date:  2/2/2014  Upload Date: 2/2/2014 6:58:25 PM
Location:  Pennsauken, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9923(C40-9W) NS 2608(SD70M) NS 6934(SD60E)
Views:  164   Comments: 1
Crossing Cove Rd
Title:  Crossing Cove Rd
Description:  NS 9923 leads the train across the Cove Rd grade crossing before coming to a stop
Photo Date:  2/2/2014  Upload Date: 2/2/2014 7:01:38 PM
Location:  Pennsauken, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9923(C40-9W) NS 2608(SD70M) NS 6934(SD60E)
Views:  114   Comments: 1
6934's damaged snow plow
Title:  6934's damaged snow plow
Description:  When NS 6934 derailed enroute to Beesley's Point eight days prior, the snow plow and a traction motor sustained damage
Photo Date:  2/2/2014  Upload Date: 2/2/2014 7:05:37 PM
Location:  Pennsauken, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6934(SD60E)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
Close-up of damaged snow plow
Title:  Close-up of damaged snow plow
Description:  When 6934 derailed in Marmora, the plow was damaged when it came in contact with the rail
Photo Date:  2/2/2014  Upload Date: 2/2/2014 9:15:24 PM
Location:  Pennsauken, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6934(SD60E)
Views:  126   Comments: 0
NS 503
Title:  NS 503
Description:  A shot of the 503 before the power change up
Photo Date:  2/2/2014  Upload Date: 2/2/2014 11:35:54 PM
Location:  Pennsauken, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9923(C40-9W) NS 2608(SD70M) NS 6934(SD60E)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
Light Power
Title:  Light Power
Description:  503's power has been uncoupled to run back to Pavonia Yard in order to drop off the damaged 6934 for inspection. Aside from the plow, one of 6934's traction motors was damaged when she derailed.
Photo Date:  2/2/2014  Upload Date: 2/2/2014 7:08:43 PM
Location:  Pennsauken, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6934(SD60E) NS 2608(SD70M)
Views:  212   Comments: 3
Waiting on the crossing
Title:  Waiting on the crossing
Description:  With the power uncoupled for the return to Pavonia, the empty hoppers block the Cove Rd crossing
Photo Date:  2/2/2014  Upload Date: 2/2/2014 7:14:53 PM
Location:  Pennsauken, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  95   Comments: 0
Coming back through Hatch
Title:  Coming back through Hatch
Description:  NS 6934 now leads as the three unit lash-up returns to Pavonia Yard where 6934 will be dropped off for repair work
Photo Date:  2/2/2014  Upload Date: 2/2/2014 7:11:53 PM
Location:  Pennsauken, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6934(SD60E)
Views:  115   Comments: 0
503's new power lineup
Title:  503's new power lineup
Description:  After dropping off 6934 in Pavonia, the Dash 9 and SD70 will now hook back up with the empties to lead 503 out of NJ
Photo Date:  2/2/2014  Upload Date: 2/2/2014 7:17:38 PM
Location:  Pennsauken, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9923(C40-9W) NS 2608(SD70M)
Views:  141   Comments: 0
Ready to go
Title:  Ready to go
Description:  The new power line up of NS 9923 & 2608 is coupled to the hopper cars. Then its time to finally depart
Photo Date:  2/2/2014  Upload Date: 2/2/2014 7:22:30 PM
Location:  Pennsauken, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 2608(SD70M)
Views:  98   Comments: 0
Crossing Williamstown New Freedom Rd
Title:  Crossing Williamstown New Freedom Rd
Description:  NS 502 lays on the horn as it crosses Williamstown Rd
Photo Date:  2/15/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 12:35:41 PM
Location:  Williamstown, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9426(C40-9W) NS 6544(SD60) NS 7527(ES40DC)
Views:  121   Comments: 2
Through Williamstown Junction
Title:  Through Williamstown Junction
Description:  The 502 passing the old concrete loading platform
Photo Date:  2/15/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 12:37:06 PM
Location:  Williamstown, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9426(C40-9W) NS 6544(SD60) NS 7527(ES40DC)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
Passing a young railfan
Title:  Passing a young railfan
Description:  NS 502 rolls through Williamstown Junction and past a die hard railfan
Photo Date:  2/15/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 12:37:46 PM
Location:  Williamstown, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9426(C40-9W) NS 6544(SD60) NS 7527(ES40DC)
Views:  234   Comments: 3
Loaded coal hoppers
Title:  Loaded coal hoppers
Description:  A going away shot showing 502's consist
Photo Date:  2/15/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 12:38:25 PM
Location:  Williamstown, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9426(C40-9W) NS 6544(SD60) NS 7527(ES40DC)
Views:  114   Comments: 0
Blowing for Mays Landing Rd
Title:  Blowing for Mays Landing Rd
Description:  NS 9426 leads the coal train through Folsom and past the single boxcar for Atlantic Sweetener.
Photo Date:  2/15/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 12:39:07 PM
Location:  Folsom, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9426(C40-9W) NS 6544(SD60) NS 7527(ES40DC)
Views:  288   Comments: 4
Crossing Mays Landing Rd
Title:  Crossing Mays Landing Rd
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 12:39:39 PM
Location:  Folsom, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9426(C40-9W) NS 6544(SD60) NS 7527(ES40DC)
Views:  148   Comments: 0
Through Milmay
Title:  Through Milmay
Description:  The 502 is passing the storage siding as it makes its way through Milmay
Photo Date:  2/15/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 12:40:32 PM
Location:  Milmay, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9426(C40-9W) NS 6544(SD60) NS 7527(ES40DC)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
Passing the siding
Title:  Passing the siding
Description:  As the 502 passes the storage siding, 9426 lays on the horn for the small crossing at Line Rd
Photo Date:  2/15/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 12:41:00 PM
Location:  Milmay, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9426(C40-9W) NS 6544(SD60) NS 7527(ES40DC)
Views:  154   Comments: 2
Through the switch
Title:  Through the switch
Description:  The storage siding is empty as NS 502 passes through Milmay
Photo Date:  2/15/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 12:41:41 PM
Location:  Milmay, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9426(C40-9W) NS 6544(SD60) NS 7527(ES40DC)
Views:  113   Comments: 1
Around the curve
Title:  Around the curve
Description:  The 502 prepares to pass under Tuckahoe Rd
Photo Date:  2/15/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 12:43:14 PM
Location:  Estell Manor, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9426(C40-9W) NS 6544(SD60) NS 7527(ES40DC)
Views:  183   Comments: 4
Under Tuckahoe Rd
Title:  Under Tuckahoe Rd
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 12:44:10 PM
Location:  Estell Manor, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9426(C40-9W) NS 6544(SD60) NS 7527(ES40DC)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
On to Tuckahoe
Title:  On to Tuckahoe
Description:  NS 9426 leads the coal train onwards into Tuckahoe. (View from Tuckahoe Rd)
Photo Date:  2/15/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 12:44:48 PM
Location:  Estell Manor, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9426(C40-9W) NS 6544(SD60) NS 7527(ES40DC)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
Arriving at Tuckahoe Junction in the rain
Title:  Arriving at Tuckahoe Junction in the rain
Description:  NS 9426 creeps past the former PRSL RDCs now owned and operated by Cape May Seashore Lines
Photo Date:  2/15/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 12:45:41 PM
Location:  Tuckahoe, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9426(C40-9W)
Views:  86   Comments: 1
Tuckahoe Junction
Title:  Tuckahoe Junction
Description:  NS 502 passes Tuckahoe Junction Station which was built in 1894.
Photo Date:  2/15/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 12:46:35 PM
Location:  Tuckahoe, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9426(C40-9W) NS 6544(SD60) NS 7527(ES40DC)
Views:  162   Comments: 2
Approaching Cedar Swamp Creek
Title:  Approaching Cedar Swamp Creek
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 12:49:25 PM
Location:  Petersburg, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9426(C40-9W) NS 6544(SD60) NS 7527(ES40DC)
Views:  104   Comments: 0
Through the swamp
Title:  Through the swamp
Description:  At only 10mph, the 502 crawls onto the trestle that spans Cedar Swamp Creek
Photo Date:  2/15/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 12:50:00 PM
Location:  Petersburg, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9426(C40-9W) NS 6544(SD60) NS 7527(ES40DC)
Views:  116   Comments: 0
Cedar Swamp Creek
Title:  Cedar Swamp Creek
Description:  The 502 power spans Cedar Swamp Creek
Photo Date:  2/15/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 12:50:29 PM
Location:  Petersburg, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9426(C40-9W) NS 6544(SD60) NS 7527(ES40DC)
Views:  172   Comments: 2
Coal hoppers across Cedar Swamp
Title:  Coal hoppers across Cedar Swamp
Description:  Loaded coal hoppers make up 502s consist. Bound for the generating plant at Beesleys Point
Photo Date:  2/15/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 2:07:11 PM
Location:  Petersburg, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  RollingStock,Bridge,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  49   Comments: 0
NS 503 and CSX Q418
Title:  NS 503 and CSX Q418
Description:  NS 503 passes the waiting Q418 at Cove Rd
Photo Date:  8/2/2014  Upload Date: 8/3/2014 12:54:16 PM
Location:  Pennsauken, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4890(SD70M) CSX 2725(GP38-2)
Views:  163   Comments: 3
CP HATCH
Title:  CP HATCH
Description:  The empty coal train enters the intertocking at CP HATCH
Photo Date:  8/2/2014  Upload Date: 8/3/2014 1:03:31 PM
Location:  Pennsauken, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4890(SD70M) NS 9548(C40-9W) UP 6022(AC44CWCTE) NS 9223(C40-9W)
Views:  169   Comments: 1
Heading for the bridge
Title:  Heading for the bridge
Description:  Going away shot of the 503's power
Photo Date:  8/2/2014  Upload Date: 8/3/2014 1:04:46 PM
Location:  Pennsauken, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4890(SD70M) NS 9548(C40-9W) UP 6022(AC44CWCTE) NS 9223(C40-9W)
Views:  160   Comments: 1
Empty Coal Hoppers
Title:  Empty Coal Hoppers
Description:  NS 503 with its empty consist leaves New Jersey and heads back to Shire Oaks, PA
Photo Date:  8/2/2014  Upload Date: 8/3/2014 1:05:54 PM
Location:  Pennsauken, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4890(SD70M) NS 9548(C40-9W) UP 6022(AC44CWCTE) NS 9223(C40-9W)
Views:  125   Comments: 0
On the bridge
Title:  On the bridge
Description:  The train's power crosses the Delair Bridge while its empty hoppers continue to roll past
Photo Date:  8/2/2014  Upload Date: 8/3/2014 1:06:47 PM
Location:  Pennsauken, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9548(C40-9W) UP 6022(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  212   Comments: 1
NS 503 - 7/10
Title:  NS 503 - 7/10
Description:  Empty coal train from Beesley's Point through CP HATCH
Photo Date:  7/10/2017  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 10:25:56 AM
Location:  Pennsauken, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 2683(SD70M-2) NS 9040(C40-9W) NS 9849(C40-9W)
Views:  458   Comments: 4
NS 503 - 7/10
Title:  NS 503 - 7/10
Description:  "Top Gon" coal hopper on NS 503 through HATCH Interlocking
Photo Date:  7/10/2017  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 10:28:25 AM
Location:  Pennsauken, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  337   Comments: 1


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