#lancaster junction

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Perfect Light at Lancaster Junction!

Over the last couple of years I’ve paid a few brief visits to Lancaster Junction. This was once a significant divergence on Reading Company’s Reading & Columbia route. Last week, after departing Manheim having photographed Norfolk Southern’s H23 local freight, I droved directly to Lancaster Junction ahead of the train. Track speed on NS’s Lititz Branch is a little fast than a jog, so I arrived…

Perfect Light at Lancaster Junction!

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H23 at Lancaster Junction

Over the last couple of years, I’ve been exploring the old Reading & Columbia lines that were once on the periphery of the Reading Company network. I’ve paid several visits to Lancaster Junction, where lines to Lancaster and Columbia one diverged, but until Wednesday I’d not seen a steel wheel turn at this relatively obscure location in Lancaster county. South of the old Junction, the line…

H23 at Lancaster Junction