On January 25th, I woke up at 6:00 AM and headed down to McKees Rocks in the hopes of catching the Arden Turn making up their consist, and found quite a bit of action. The video is split between the Neville Island crew working the interchange and switching industries in Thornburg, and the Arden Crew first using Pittsburgh Industrial SW1500 2342 to help work the interchange before heading south to Washington with the usual ex-Southern GP38-2. In a first for YouTube, you will see the POHC switching a new produce plant in Thornburg off the old Pittsburgh, Chartiers & Youghiogheny/Pennsylvania Railroad Chartiers Branch and mainline, respectively. This video is my first quasi-documentary and narrated product, partly because of the character of the footage I shot, and partly because it was completed as part of a college project. An unnarrated, slightly shorter version is available by clicking the link above or in the suggested videos menu. Constructive comments and feedback are appreciated, and as always, thank you for watching.
Chapters:
(0:00) Intro, narration card, and teaser
(1:11) Map
(1:29) Windgap Bridge, POHC Crew 2, OHCR GP10M 1711
(3:35) POHC Crew 1, CIND SW1500 2342 (ex-PIR)
(5:02) Repositioning cars (
5:57) Crew 2 goes to Duff Jct. for interchanged cars
(7:02) Crew 1 has new power (OHCR GP38-2 2161)
(8:23) Crew 2 returns with cars (11:05) Thornburg, PA, Crew 1 heads south with Arden Turn
(12:18) Crew 1 switches Montverde Produce, Thornburg
(16:11) Arden Turn at Bridgeville, PA
(17:00) Arden Turn at Boyce Road, Upper St. Clair, PA
(17:59) Arden Turn at Canonsburg, PA
