On the evening of July 24, 1951, John M Prophet III drove his car into Cove, Pennsylvania; a small “don’t blink or you’ll miss it” town located north of Harrisburg, and right on the Pennsylvania Railroad's Middle Division mainline between Duncannon and Marysville. John wanted to make a special stop in Cove because he hoped to record Pennsy steam and diesel engines pulling trains at full speed. Cove was John’s first stop on the three day road trip he made back in July of 1951 where his intent was to capture as much Pennsy stream action as he could. However, John wound up hating the recordings he made at Cove. But in listening to them now, does the spool of wire still deserve the final resting spot John had intended for it; the garbage can?

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