Easter came early this year, but the weather was nice. In addition to visiting family, I also spent time trackside in NY's Southern Tier region.
Day #1 was spent at or near CP Cass. NS 23K heading west around mid-day:
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Note the standard cab SD70 trailing on 23K:
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NS 36T eastbound nearly an hour later:
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NS 37T had stacks mixed in the with mainfest freight:
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NS 205 passing the former Erie RR/EL station:
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NS 205 at Taylor Street:
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Complete slide show of day #1:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2016/Mar%202016/0326%20PM1%20Hornell%20NY
All photos in this post and the link were taken by me Saturday 3/26/2016 in Hornell, NY.
Day #2 was even warmer than the previous day. Due to family time, I only spent a couple of hours with NS... but they were productive.
NS 37T heading westbound:
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The end of 37T had CWR flats, because NS is working on the Sputhern TIer Mainline:
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NS 205 heading west:
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Westbound NS light engine move, symbol unknown:
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The engines were running log hood forwad, so this was the "going away' shot:
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All photos in this post and the link were taken by me Sunday 3/27/2016 at Philo Road in Horseheads, NY.
Day #3 was rainy at times, but that created some interesting lighting.
NS H85 working the yard in Gang Mills, as seen from State Route 417:
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Slide show from the Gang Mills Yard:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2016/Mar%202016/0328%20AM1%20Gang%20Mills%20NY
The Bath & Hammondsport RR was also running. C424M was leading the local at Eagle Valley ROad in blessing:
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The B&H conductor inspected the train in Painted Post:
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Ther traffic signals over Hamilton Street in Painted Post are broken , so the B&H conductor flagged the crossing:
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NS also had to flag the same crossing when H85 picked up the consist left by the B&H:
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RS18u #416 led the outbound B&H local next to West Chemung Street in Painted Post:
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Complete slide show of the B&H, including interchange with NS:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2016/Mar%202016/0328%20BHRR
All photos in this post and the links ere take by me Monday 3/28 in Steuben County, NY. A big thanks goes out to the crew of the B&H for their professionalism and friendliness.
Neat stuff!
Thank you kindly! I also made a brief detour on the trip back to Rochester. This is the north end of the Watkins Glen Division on the Finger Lakes Railway.
Former Penny depot, now porvately owned:
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Birkett's Mill is one of two active shippers at thsi end ofthe line:
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For a complete look at this area, please check out my slide show:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2016/Mar%202016/0328%20Penn%20Yan%20NY
All photos in this post and the link were taken by me Monday 3/28/2016 in Penn Yan, NY.