NS train 68D is a heavy train of stone hoppers that delivers its loads to Shelly Materials at the Chrysler Yard in Twinsburg.
On the day that this image was made, the 68D stopped on Track No. 1 of the Cleveland Line in the vicinity of MP 114 in Cleveland to get a pair of pusher units, which came from the BF12.
The helpers were to give the 68D a hand as it worked its way uphill on the Crown Industrial Track, which diverges from the Cleveland Line at CP 102.
The helpers are shown going away at Bedford at MP 110. Ordinarily, I am not thrilled about shooting the tail end of motive power, but in this case there was something about it that I liked.
Maybe that is because having the BF12’s locomotives pushing elephant style helps convey that these are helper units.
Article and Photograph by Craig Sanders
Tags: Bedford Ohio, Norfolk Southern, NS Cleveland Line, NS in Bedford Ohio, NS locomotives, NS motive power, NS stone trains, Railfanning in Bedford
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