NS mainline east of Pittsburgh

Between Johnstown and Pittsburgh, where is the best spot to watch the NS action?


Dave

The best spot could be up to personal opinion....I have numerous spots that I am partial to along this line...Conemaugh,MP 273 near Johnstown, where helpers cut on and off trains working the West Slope....Portage, near the 258.9 signals...Cassandra,MP 255.5 from the Iron Bridge Overlook, Summerhill,MP 263 where you can shoot Eastbounds and Westbounds coming underneath a classic PRR signalbridge, Cresson, MP 251from the front porch of The Station Inn, or parked up near CP MO MP 250.5 across from the enginehouse. Johnstown, MP 275 from the top of the Inclined Plane, South Fork, MP 266near the wye with the South Fork Secondary....Lilly, from Carneys Grade Crossing,MP 253.1 or from the West end in the field by the 'trash dump' MP 254.7.....Staple Bend, MP 270.5 roughly 4 miles East of Johnstown in the old Bethlehem slag dumps, Horseshoe Curve,MP242, The Brickyard, MP 238.1,Tyrone,MP 227 Lewistown,MP 162, The Rockville Bridge.MP 108....there are many great spots between Johnstown and Harrisburg!