In conjunction with their 2009 Convention, the Conrail Historical Society operated a Special train pulled by a pair of Pennsylvania E8s (The Conrail Express). They made a circle tour from Philadelphia, down the NE Corridor to Perryville Maryland, then up the Port Road branch to Enola, across the Rockville Bridge, and finally back to Philadelphia via Amtrak’s Keystone Corridor. I made three videos as it passed through Harrisburg. It pretty much rained the whole time, but I was determined to capture this momentous occasion.
We waited at Stell for its arrival. There were Twitter reports of its progress, but I didn’t have an internet connection at Stell. The Mainline dispatcher lined up the track for a pair of 80Macs first, so I begin this video with a trial run so that I could see what it would look like in the rain.
http://www.rail-videos.net/video/view.php?id=7147
The Special continued through Enola yard, and I made the wrong decision as to where to set up, so I didn’t get good video, but I did get a good spot for its crossing of the Rockville Bridge, where is had to wait to meet the westbound Amtrak Pennsylvanian.
http://www.rail-videos.net/video/view.php?id=7148
I heard it tell the dispatcher that it needed to top off at the fuel pad, so I headed for my favorite fuel pad location and waited.
http://www.rail-videos.net/video/view.php?id=7149
Rob Kitchen
Harrisburg, PA
