The conductor gives the engineer an indication of how much farther he has to proceed until he makes the hitch. This is Conrail’s Cement Secondary local, and it’s switching the remains of the Lehigh & New England’s Tadmor yard. Tadmor was one of three hump classification yards on the L&NE, and was named after a Biblical town. Both Tadmors were loctaed between Nazareth and Bethlehem, but in two totally different worlds.
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just heritage schemes, not just commemorative schemes - this album is devoted to some of the world's most interesting paint schemes, past or present.