| The second crossing over the Octoraro Creek only several hundred yards west of the first bridge. The photographer is standing on the roadbed with the bridge abutment just in front of him. In the distance, you can just make out the large concrete bridge of Norfolk Southern's (ex-CR, exx-PC, exxx-PRR, exxxx-C&PD) line along the Susqulhanna River, known as the Port Road, that connects the Northeast Corridor in Perryville, Md. to Harrisburg, Pa. via Columbia, Pa. The Octoraro branch ran through one of the concrete arches under the NS line and then turned south to connect to the Port Road. The Norfolk Southern line is at such a grade as it is climbing toward the Conowingo Dam. |