Serendipity: NS Geometry Train at CP Cannon

Trains Magazine General Discussion
1

I was very surprised to see the NS Geometry
Train, NS 903/902, today at Duncannon, PA.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=145078

Even more so when it stopped on the six
arch PRR-era stone Bridge over Sherman’s
Creek for recrew.

This 14 axle train was led by NS 2659,
a SD70M-2, and consisted of NS Research
Cars 37 and 36.

I regret that I didn’t have my film
camera with me, since the train was
stopped there for 12 minutes. It
then reversed out of the interlocking,
the new crew then got aboard, and the
train proceeded east at 18:06.

Then at 19:30, I heard NS 902 report
that it was going west at MP 121.

Last Thursday, the Roanoke Times did a story
on the NS Research Car.

http://www.roanoke.com/business/wb/wb/xp-65568

Dave

2

The same train was sighted heading West around Horseshoe Curve on Monday afternoon…I saw it on the Station Inn Webcam as it cruised through Cresson.

3

Thanks, Dave.

I thought I had seen a post about it
in the last couple of days.

Dave
http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?userid=920

4

Pi the way, here is another view
of the Geometry Train:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=145127

Dave
[:)]

5

Geometry ? ? Isn’t that taught in school? ? why would a train go around teaching basic geometry to whom? ? Is the correct term for this train and what is it’s function ? ?

6

It refers to track geometry.

You might want to read this if you
haven’t:

http://www.roanoke.com/business/wb/wb/xp-65568

Dave
http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?userid=920

7

The two trailing cars look like ordinary passenger cars. How do they check track geometry?

8

Read the story in the Roanoke Times.

9

THanks, a straight answer, by the way, is this the only geometry train or do other railways have them too?

10

I understand that all of the Class One RRs have them.

Davei