Evening Norfolk Southern westbound, Elk Creek bridge, Girard, PA. 15 AUG 2008. Ex-Conrail NS SD50 6754 leading, GE C40-9W 9474 trailing.
Paired Norfolk Southern SD70M-2's 2738 and 2713 head west over Elk Creek shortly after sun-up. 16AUG2008.
C.P. Paterno is the west end of Norfolk Southern's bypass route through the city of Erie, PA. Opened for traffic in September 2001, the new route ended over 100 years of street running, and a corresponding low-speed bottleneck, through Erie along 19th Street. The old mainline remains in place as an industrial secondary track. Crews refer to this Control Point as "JoePa".
