I spent 3 recent days chasing the action on various parts of the former Erie RR. Let's start with day #1.
NS/CP 38T heads east at CP Cass in Hornell late in the morning. This is where the former Erie/EL mainline met the Buffalo Division prior to C-Day.
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38T met 309 at Hornell. The latter is passing through CP Cass a few minutes after the previous shot, with a standard cab EMD leading.
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Manifest freight 12T heads westbound through the yard at Gang Mills during the afternoon.
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Eastbound 13T rumbles through the Town of Chemung late in the afternoon.
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All photos in this post were taken by me Saturday 1/26/2013 in upstate NY. All rights reserved.
Day #2 included a trip to the former Lehigh Valley yard at Sayre, PA. Local H13 was parked at the south end of Ithaca Secondary.
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And... at long last... I was rewarded with the pleasure of seeing a heritage unit up close and personal. Number #1068, the Erie unit, has been working on H13 ofor a couple weeks now. She was part of the power parked in Sayre (PA).
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Crossing over the border, I caught NS 13T heading eastbound on the Southern Teir Mainline (ex-Erie) at Smithboro, NY:
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All photos in this post were taken by me Sunday 1/27/2013. All rights reserved.
Day #3 was a chase of an NS Empire Link partner- the Livonia, Avon & Lakeville RR. A pair of C425s, including #428 (ex SP&S/BN), head south on the Rochester & Southern RR after picking up about a dozen cars from the R&S yard. Some of you may recognize the Paul Road crossing in Chili from my chase of the R&S last week.
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After working the CSX interchange at Genesee Junction, LA&L #425 leads the train out of the yard as a CSX auto rack train passes. The Alcos are approaching Route 383 in Chili.
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The LA&L also headed down the former LV Rochester Branch to drop off a box car at Matthews & Fields Lumber- a rail customer since at least the later days of the Lehigh Valley RR.
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Finally, the LA&L is headed south on the former Erie RR/EL Rochester Division at Bailey Road in Henrietta.
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All photos in this post were taken by me Monday 1/28/2013 in Monroe County, NY. All rights are reserved. A special thanks goes out to the employees of the LA&L for their friendliness and professionalism. This was a fun Erie-themed weekend.