This high-priority J.B. Hunt double stack train stops for just a few minutes at the East Conway signal bridge, just long enough for its crew--conductor and engineer--to be relieved. I suspect the inbound crew brought the train from Harrisburg, past Horseshoe Curve just west of Altoona, and over the summit of the Allegheny Mountains at Gallitzin. Clearly, judging from the locomotive's plow, they met with snow in the mountains of central Pennsylvania. This fresh crew will take the train probably at least as far as Cleveland. Here, one of the inbound crew members confers with the replacement crew as his partner tosses his "grip" (overnight bag) into the back of the railroad's "taxi." Within five minutes of stopping, this train is rolling again, knocking down the green clear signal on Track 1, quickly picking up speed as it continues its journey west.
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