The 2018 convention of the National Railway Historical Society was held recently in Cumberland, Maryland.
On Saturday morning, convention attendees boarded buses and made the trip to Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, to board a chartered Everett Railroad steam train.
I didn’t attend the convention, but was also present for the trip to chase it.
Even though I’ve done the Everett several times I faced a challenge because of the overcast skies. I opted for locations where the morning light would produce better images for locations I’ve gotten previously.
However, all morning the heavy overcast resulted in locations I previously had done ending up with similar results. I’m sending along locations not shown before.
In the top image the train passes a horse grazing in a field north of Kladder
In the top image below, the steamer turns east toward Martinsburg approaching Route 36. The following image shows the train heading back after turning at the Martinsburg passing dairy plant.
In the next image, the train arrives at Roaring Springs station for where the conventioneers had lunch.
After our Everett Railroad outing had ended the clouds disappeared and we had sunshine for the Altoona Curve doubleheader baseball game that was to begin at 4:30 p.m. at Peoples Natural Gas Field.
The exterior of the ballpark simulates a roundhouse. Everything, including the gift shop, mascots and food items, are railroad terms. The former Pennsy K4 is alive and well.
Overlooking the outfield is the Lakemont amusement park roller coaster, hopefully to reopen next season.
Photographs by Edward Ribinskas
Tags: Altoona Curve, Edward Ribinksas photographs, Everett Railroad, Everett Railroad No. 11, minor league baseball, National Railway Historical Society, Pennsylvania, People Natural Gas Field, short line railroads of Pennsylvania, steam locomotives
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