Hey
My family is from Johnstown and Southfork, and last time i was there, the local or whatever was headed by two sd60m’s or sd60i’s, i still in conrail paint, with NS patchs. Are these the Local power in Johnstown? When I was on a live map from microsoft i believe that i saw two sd60i or m’s not lashed up but in the yard, switching. At first they looked like SD80macs but i later crossed that out. One more question is there any steel mills still operating in johnstown?
Any help?
Tjsingle
…My home is just 20 miles {south}, from Johnstown and visited there a few weeks ago again. I can’t give any specifics about the “mills” operation but it sure was down to bare bones the last I talked to anyone about it…The Belthlehem plants are history, but there was a small operation in a small part of it with {as I remember}, local ownership in recent past and I really can’t say if that is still in operation. The Car Shops have been closed from what I understand…Not sure if any chance of any of that to reopen in the future…And of course as you may already know, US steel has been gone for years but there is some kind of operation there in that Moxam area…At least it seemed to have activity when we drove past there.
It is so sad to drive thru Johnstown where you can still see the long line of Bethlehem buildings and remember how it was in the past. Steel mill employment at one time was in the area of 25,000 workers.
Well, here are the two Conrail units
Here is the mill that is operating
Here is a mill the may or may not be operating, but has railcars in it.
I think the most depressing thing is that when i was there last was when it was snowing, cold, and you saw two patched conrail sd60is, or m’s assigned to yard duty, about 15 cars one pushing ,one pulling.
Tjsingle
…Love Johnstown…Anyone interested and care to take a look consider an overnight or a few days stay in the downtown Holiday Inn Hotel as it’s within walking distance to the ex “Pennsylvania RR Station”, serving Amtrak and see many other trains passing thru.
Walking distance to the historic 1889 flood museum.
Famous Incline Plane located {and in operation}, up 5 -600’ from the street level of Johnstown…Observation deck and restaurant and viewing windows to watch machinery operate the Incline cars up and down the very steep track to street level of the city. Moved by a pair of 2" cables.
Incline was built right after the deadly 1889 flood as a way to escape out of the city if another disaster should happen.
Famous stone arch bridge visible from a downtown park…{near Point Stadium ball park}.
It’s the ex main line of the 4-track main east and west line that passes thru {now NS}, and 3-tracks now.
Observe the brass plates to mark the high water marks of the 3 major floods in Johnstown located on the city hall building downtown…Just down the street from the H I Hotel.