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| Author: | Sloan [ Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Sunbury, PA train ride/8-18-007 |
Type of motive power and consist are not evident. http://www.sunburyriverfestival.com/tickets.htm Sloan |
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| Author: | Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sunbury, PA train ride/8-18-007 |
Equipment will be the PRR-painted "business cars" (former Lackawanna MUs and PRR P70/baggage/caboose, possibly the actual business car if they feel extravagant) of the Susquehanna Valley RR company, the company founded by Dick Robey in 1984 that runs the Shamokin Valley, Juniata Valley, North Shore, Nittany & Bald Eagle, Lycoming Valley, and other short lines throughout Pennsylvania. I think there's one SW actually lettered Shamokin Valley at the moment, but the common locomotive pool is shared among North Shore, SVRR, Lycoming Valley, etc. If the Shamokin Valley loco is running well, it'll probably be assigned to the train. The coaches and one baggage car are ex-West Shore RR, Mifflinburg/Lewisburg, Pa. One of the current top officers of the "Robey empire" is a veteran of the earlier 1361 restorations, and Robey himself is a card-carrying railfan that OK'ed the various 1361 excursions on the N&BE in the 1980s. The "business train" is usually well-buried in the NSHR/SVRR/etc. portion of the ex-PRR yard in Northumberland, Pa. |
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