I squeezed in one more trip last weekend. Unfortunately, I missed NS 309 by a matter of minutes. I could hear the train going down Attica Hill when I got to Linden, and later heard the engineer talking with the dispatcher as it passed thru Attica. The 30 mph speed limit made a westward chase impossible.
Therefore, I sat at MP 389 and waited for the next train. NS 36T arrived a couple hours later oni ts eastward journey.
Note the CP unit trailing behind the NS locos:
Normally, 36T is just a manifest freight... but this run had some double stacks, as well.
One final unsual aspect to the train- NS usally puts the auto racks at the from t of 36T. This run had them at the end of the train.
All photos in this post were taken by me Saturday 3/12/2016 at Spring Road in Alexander, NY. I wasn't able to stay as long as I normally do, so 36T was my sole sighting for NS that day. I left early to attend the annual dinner held by the Rochester & Genesee Valley RR Museum (which was quite good).