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Canadian National No. 89 was scheduled to power the three regular tourist trains in the afternoon, but came out in the morning to do a few runbys with the freight train. The nifty little engine made for a nice Canadian scene as it ran through the snow (above). No. 475 was back in charge in the afternoon, blasting up the grade at Cherry Hill (below).
folk & Western 4-8-0 No. 475, with a guest appearance by ex-Canadian National 2-6-0 No. 89. And as an added bonus, more snow fell during the day. The first runbys were held just after sunrise (not that you could tell, as significant cloud cover accompanied the snow throughout the day) and the trip ran until late in the afternoon, with just a brief stop for lunch at midday.
One of the highlights of the trip occurred early in the morning, when just after 8:00 a.m. the special proceeded to Leaman Place Junction in Paradise, where the Strasburg connects with Amtrak’s Keystone Corridor. A train heading from Harrisburg to Philadelphia and New York made an ap- pearance at the junction, speeding by with an AEM7 for power. The Keystone Corridor operates push-pull, and locomotives can be on either end, so it was a 50/50 prospect as to whether a locomotive would be leading
this particular train; we lucked out. Canadian National No. 89 was slated to power the three regular tourist trains start- ing at noon, but at 8:30 it met the charter near Paradise to team up with No. 475 for a couple of doubleheaders. No. 89 was then used for a couple of solo runbys with the freight consist before returning to Strasburg for its regular assignment. No. 475 is an im- pressive locomotive, but I’ll let you in on a secret here — my favorite runbys of the day were with No. 89 by itself on the freight. The early afternoon saw the charter freight ducking in and out of the passing sid- ing at Groff’s Grove to meet the 1:00 and 2:00 passenger trains. Side-by-side shots were made here, and for the second meet No. 89 was kept on the main while the freight held the siding. The crew on No. 89 really put on quite a show for that meet! The day after the charter, Sunday, Febru-
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