tra unit to switch the plants on Fridays so the bridge workers can take the tres- tles out of service till Monday morning about 9:00 a.m. when the line re-opens. Starting in March 2014 the biggest bridge on the Northern Sub, Iron City, will also be replaced with steel.
What does the future hold? As the calendar turns from 2013 into 2014, it’s amazing that the B&P wood- en bridges on the Northern Sub lasted as long as they did. Because of them, the B&P has been forced to retain vin- tage EMD power on the line. Imagine a place where classic EMD power moves tank cars on a branch line featuring wooden trestles. A place like that still exists on the B&P’s Northern Sub. Dig in while you can.
Special thanks to Dave Kelsch, Bill Davies, Adam Steugden, Ross Jack, and Pat Yough for their assistance preparing this article.
TOP: With B&O 6449 in the lead, the second switcher job pauses at WS Tower for train or- ders before heading up the Northern Sub on October 9, 1972. LEFT: Train BT-3 passes the old WS Tower on October 30, 2009. The brakeman is getting ready to drop off to han- dle the switch leading to the Northern Sub. WS is where the former BR&P and P&W met (both later acquired by the B&O). ROSS JACK PHOTOS BELOW: With several chemical tanks in tow, B&P 922,887 and 874 roll through B&P Junc- tion at WS Tower on their way back to Butler Yard on June 17, 2010. ADAM STUEBGEN PHOTOS
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