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SS United States

            A 43-year old EMD veteran meets a 65-year old Newport News Shipbuilding veteran. The sad part is the smaller switcher is still in service and has had a more active service life than the iconic ocean liner.

The local Conrail job out of South Philly runs up along South Christopher Columbus Boulevard with an ex-Reading SW1001 to work one of the busier customers along the street running Philadelphia Belt Line Branch. With limited crossing protection the conductor can be seen on the rear pilot lighting fusees to throw out ahead of the move as they approach the busy intersections.

Day by day as this almost daily move happens more paint slowly chips away from the hull of the "The Big U" as it sits laid up at Pier 82.

CR SP-20 @ S. Christopher Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia, PA
CSXT SW1001 1123

Taken on: September 22, 2016

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Sets appears in: • Boats & Ships • CR: South Jersey more » • CSXT: CSX Transportation « less

Groups appears in: • The REAL Former Conrail Equipment (Repainted) Group • EMD more » • American Rails • Tri-State Rail Fanning • Class 1 Railroads • Global Ships • Eastern Railroads • Urban Railfanning « less

Camera: Sony DSLR-A900, f/8.0, 1/4000 sec, 40mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony DSLR-A900
Lens:	24-70mm F2.8 ZA SSM
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	1/4000 sec
Focal Length:	40mm
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.5 (Windows)
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