On Wednesday morning the Pennsylvania Railroad heritage unit was leading train 14N and I thought that would be a perfect train to chase down the Cleveland Line single main and possibly catch a few other trains as well.
I arrived at Alliance at 11a.m. just in time to watch a double-stack train go east on the mainline.
This was not a good sign. Had NS reopened the mainline through the wreck area at East Palestine? It turned out they had not done so yet but would have a track open in a few hours.
The 14N was holding west of town and would spend the rest of the afternoon there before the crew outlawed.
I knew of a couple westbound trains that were coming so I went to Wellsville to try and catch them. I missed a 25P but I did find a 35N and chased that train back to Alliance.
It was almost dark when 35N left Alliance heading for Cleveland.
There were two more westbounds, a 171 and a 15N, but these both came after dark so no photos of them.
Article and Photographs by Todd Dillon
Tags: Alliance Ohio, Norfolk Southern, NS Bayard Line, NS Cleveland Line, NS Heritage locomotives, NS heritage units, NS Pennsylvania Railroad heritage unit, Todd Dillon photography
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