cus of holiday celebrations. Heading for Baltimore, the line
crosses a massive bridge over the Susquehanna River and the ex-Pennsy Port Road Branch, where numerous views can be had from the Perryville and Havre de Grace shores. The 1910 bridge over the Susquehanna remains the longest continuous span on the for- mer B&O system. We’ll end this tour at Aberdeen (MP
63.1), where the 1885 Frank Furness designed station awaits its fate. The Historical Society of Harford County is raising funds to move, preserve and re- store the station, which was very close to being demolished in 2003 when it was condemned. It continues to deteri- orate behind a chain link fence. The Philly Sub hosts about ten trains
in daylight hours during the longer days of summer. Traffic seems to be heaviest in the mornings, but there can be long waits between the action. The road channel is 160.230 (crews call sig- nals) and the dispatcher link is 161.100. Power is often newer CSX ES44DC lo- comotives, but foreign power and leasers occasionally make a showing, especially on autorack trains Q216, Q217 and general freights Q370 and Q373. Ethanol, trash and grain trains are also regulars on the line, as well as daily Tropicana orange juice trains. Tunnels? CPL’s? Stations? This time
we’re not talking about wild West Vir- ginia. It can all be found on the Philly Sub.
TOP: A westbound trash train passes under the line that heads to Greenwich Yard in South Philadelphia on March 17, 2012. MIDDLE: Trains Q216 and Q217 often have foreign power. A pair of BNSF locomotives in Santa Fe paint roll eastbound autorack Train Q216 past the old station in Aberdeen, Md. The Historic Society of Hanford County is cur- rently raising funds to relocate and stabilize the old depot. LEFT: One of the last Conrail- painted SD40-2 locomotives on the CSX ros- ter at the time, No. 8814, leads a short cut of trash cars past the signal at CP Vine in Philadelphia on April 11, 2010. The cyclists are waiting for the train to pass before cross- ing over to the Schuylkill River Trail.
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