My Yuletide adventures

[Matt L]

I went down to the Elmira area to visit family for Xmas, and also managed to spend some time trackside while was there. I had located a parking garage next to the Southern Tier Mainline on Bing maps about 8 months ago, and finally had the opportunity to check out NS from that vantage point. traffic was slower due to the holiday. However, I did catch a local while I was on the roof of the garage:



The heritage of this bridge is easy to spot:



I also caught mixed freight 13T waiting for the signal to turn green at the east end of the Elmira Yard:











All photos in this post were taken by me Friday 12/26/2014 in the City of Elmira, NY.

 

[Matt L]

The following day, I set up near the east end of Gang Mills Yard.

Eastbound 13T switches while westbound 309 waited to enter the yard:



Mixed freight 309 was led by a nice standard cab SD60:



Uncle Peter's SD70m was the trailing unit in the power for 309"



Mixed freight 13T switches on the bridge over the Chemung River:







All photos in this post were taken by me Saturday 12/27/2014 in Gang Mills, NY.   

[Matt L]

Finally, 13T got under way in the early afternoon, I caught the train heading eastbound past the site of a former Erie RR station:







The former Conrail SD70 standard cab seemed eight at home on this former Conrail line:







All photos in this post were taken by me Saturday 12/27/2014 in the City of Corning, NY.