Hi, I spent another very enjoyable day railfanning with friend Jim Kleeman, again on NS. I wanted to get a photo on the east side of the Hershey Chocolate Company's former plant in Hershey, PA and to check out the scene in Lebanon, PA now that the construction of two overpasses there has been completed so we headed up to the former Reading RR mainline between Allentown and Harrisburg, PA.
We arrived about 9:10 at Derry Rd. in Hershey and got our first train, this westbound, at 9:55. Note there is almost no warning here for westbound trains.
Our next train, another westbound, showed up more than 25 minutes later.
A couple of minutes after the second westbound disappeared to the west a local appeared with a caboose, excuse me a shoving platform, on the the east end (above and two below).
After another wait of about 25 minutes I got the photos I wanted when this auto rack train came east (above and below).
Our next stop was Palmyra, PA where another long wait ensued. One and done we continued east to my second objective of the trip, Lebanon, PA. We missed three trains here as we got into position, one of which will be a westbound.
Where there once were some neat old buildings along the tracks now their are two overpasses a block apart. This view looks west from the overpass that carries northbound traffic. The bridges were completed in 2012.
Finally, a westbound comes into view (above and below). The building with the tower is the former Reading RR station. A few of the old buildings a well as an old power pole remain to give a sense of what once was here.
Thanks for looking.
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