I spent some time with the western section of the Southern Tier Mainline twice last month. The first weekend was sunny and warm.
NS local H45 heading west at MP 387/Molasses Hill Road in Linden, with an SD40-2 and GP38-2 for power:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2017/Feb%202017/0218%20NS/DSCN8653.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2017/Feb%202017/0218%20NS/DSCN8653.jpg.html)
NS 287 westbound at MP 389/Spring Road in Alexander:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2017/Feb%202017/0218%20NS/DSCN8673.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2017/Feb%202017/0218%20NS/DSCN8673.jpg.html)
NS 309 heading west at MP 385.6/Silver Road in Bethany, with colorful foreign power:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2017/Feb%202017/0218%20NS/DSCN8691.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2017/Feb%202017/0218%20NS/DSCN8691.jpg.html)
NS 28N passing the Linden Mill while heading eastbound at MP 385/Linden Road in Bethany:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2017/Feb%202017/0218%20NS/DSCN8712.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2017/Feb%202017/0218%20NS/DSCN8712.jpg.html)
Slide show of all 4 trains, including the going away shots:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2017/Feb%202017/0218%20NS
All photos in this post and the link were taken by me Saturday 2/18/2017 in western NY.
The following weekend was wet and cooler.
NS 28N heading east at State Route 238 in Attica:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2017/Feb%202017/0225%20NS/DSCN8796.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2017/Feb%202017/0225%20NS/DSCN8796.jpg.html)
NS 36T sitting at CP Linden (in Linden, of course):
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2017/Feb%202017/0225%20NS/DSCN8842.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2017/Feb%202017/0225%20NS/DSCN8842.jpg.html)
NS 309 at Molasses Hill Road in Linden:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2017/Feb%202017/0225%20NS/DSCN8847.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2017/Feb%202017/0225%20NS/DSCN8847.jpg.html)
NS 309 and 36T meet at CP Linden:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2017/Feb%202017/0225%20NS/DSCN8848.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2017/Feb%202017/0225%20NS/DSCN8848.jpg.html)
NS 287 heading west at MP 380/Dale ROad in Dale, with a leased unit leading:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2017/Feb%202017/0225%20NS/DSCN8865.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2017/Feb%202017/0225%20NS/DSCN8865.jpg.html)
After the two westbound trains passed, NS 36T resumed its eastward journey. This location is just a few hundred feet east of MP 380 in Dale:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2017/Feb%202017/0225%20NS/DSCN8880.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2017/Feb%202017/0225%20NS/DSCN8880.jpg.html)
Slide show of all 4 trains, including the going away shots:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2017/Feb%202017/0225%20NS
All photos in this post and the link were taken by me Saturday 2/25/2017 in western NY. Although the weather wasn't as nice as a week earlier, catching three of the four trains in a relatively short stretch of time was good compensation.
Update: the leased unit #7333 on NS 28N was recently purchased by NS from Citirail.