They're on the way to Shenandoah now.
On the move - just passing through Waynesboro as of 9pm EST. My guess is They’ll probably make Harrisburg around 4am at this rate.
They should have brought Robert DeNiro and Charles Grodin for this midnight run!
They passed right through Hagerstown or Shenandoah?
Wrong Waynesboro - I meant the one in Virginia. As of right now (9:50pm) they are nearing the Miller Coors Brewery and Siding at Elkton, VA - about 10 miles south of Shenandoah yard
611 is heading to Strasburg already? What, is it going to be there a month before the events?
Per field reports, crew called for 8 AM in Shenandoah. Let's see how far the make it today.
They have a crew as of 9am. I would imagine they will follow 202 up the valley.
I guess it turned out to be a good thing that it was towed.
As of 10:30am est they’re following the 202 and are at Vaughn (north of Luray, VA).
Stopped at Riverton Junction as of 12:00pm est
How do I find a map of the predicted route?
Heres my map of the Lurgan branch which she will be coming up from after she hits the Hagerstown Division.
Thanks NS Fan. I was hoping it would be coming right up the Susquehanna but no such luck. Depending on the timing I might be able to catch her from the Amtrak platform in Elizabethtown. My mom lives in a retirement community adjacent to the station. I could use that for a nice excuse to visit
Robert K posted:611 is heading to Strasburg already? What, is it going to be there a month before the events?
I think she is due for a boiler inspection that will be conducted at the Strasburg shop.
jhz563 posted:Robert K posted:611 is heading to Strasburg already? What, is it going to be there a month before the events?
I think she is due for a boiler inspection that will be conducted at the Strasburg shop.
If I remember reading correctly, 611 may be due for her FRA annual inspection, which includes a boiler wash, the hydrostatic test of the boiler at 125% of her working pressure, i.e. 375 psi., among other important things.
JHZ563,
This looks to be primarily an NS move so I wouldn't expect 611 to take any Amtrak lines until it gets to Lancaster (or before it has to). A bunch of sites have a bunch of opinions on its routing. If it goes to Enola like it was supposed to on 08-21-19, then it might head south through New Cumberland on the Port Road and cross the Shocks Mill bridge, go to Columbia and take the Columbia Secondary through Mountville into Dillerville Yard. I don't think it can make a turn off the old Reading RR bridge north of I-83 and get onto the Royalton Branch (which would lead to Amtrak's Keystone Line). Waiting for it at the E-town passenger station would be just too easy.
Hope this helps.
I feel like many questions being asked here could easily be answered if some folks just read what was posted above. If you are going to Elizabethtown then you are only going to see a few Keystone trains.
As for the move - she is northbound out of Berryville (Audrey) and headed for Shenandoah Junction as of 2:50pm.
Interesting side note, When she gets to Shepardstown she will pass within a few hundred feet of O. Winston Link’s gravesite.
M J Breen posted:I feel like many questions being asked here could easily be answered if some folks just read what was posted above. If you are going to Elizabethtown then you are only going to see a few Keystone trains.
As for the move - she is northbound out of Berryville (Audrey) and headed for Shenandoah Junction as of 2:50pm.
I appreciate your feedback, but understand most of the location names mean nothing to me, which is why I was asking about a map. The map link posted earlier today wasn’t super specific, but it did call out Elizabethtown as a through point, which makes some sense to me, since that track leads to the interchange at Strasburg. I have never been one to chase trains or sit trackside, but this seems like a unique opportunity. I have ridden Amtrak from Lancaster to Harrisburg many times in days gone by, and I remember freight often sharing the same rails.
I hope someone gets a few snaps along the way. I doubt it will me, but I wouldn’t mind if it was!
Just went through Greencastle headed north
Just went through Greencastle, PA.
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