I had an enjoyable day chasing the Bath & Hammondsport RR and Norfolk Southern nearly 2 weeks ago. Although fall colors were slightly past peak, they were still quite bright.
The B&H is using their new engine house in Coopers Plains- the local originated there for this trip. RS18 #416, a relatively recent arrival, has been performing well, and was paired with C424m #423.
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The B&H engines ran west to Blessing and picked up a cut of tank cars there.
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The local ran east to Painted Post, where the B&H engines were cut off from the consist and set to the NS wye.
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All photos in this post were taken by me Friday 10/25/2013 in Steuben County, NY.
After about 90 minutes passed, NS local H77 emerged. I was happy to see that a couple of GP38-2s were assigned to the job. They rumbled along Chemung Street while the B&H engines left the wye to pick up a fresh consist from NS.
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Clouds had been passing by at times during the morning, but the sky got very dark as the NS Geeps hitched up to the cars left by the B&H:
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A brief but strong rain shower passed through the area not long after the previous shot, but it ended by the time NS H77 headed eastward along Cheming Street.
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H77 passes through the gates of the Dresser Rand complex:
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Not long after H77 departed, the B&H local returned. Both the Alco and the MLW were smoking!
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Unlike the inbound trip, the B&H had a very short train for the outbound journey:
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All photos in this post were taken by me Friday 10/25/2013 in Painted Post, NY.
After the B&H local left, I headed over to the Gang Mills yard and saw NS 12T getting ready to leave. I drove west into the Canisteo River valley and set up for that train at the County Route 110 crossing in Cameron Mills.
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The chase was on- I chased 12T westward to the passing siding in West Cameron, where it met eastbound NS 13T. No worries- 13T wasn't moving yet in the next shot!
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All photos in this post were taken by me Friday 10/25/2013 in Steuben County, NY. A special thanks goes out to the employees of the Bath & Hammondsport RR for their friendliness and professionalism. Also, there is a possibility that 13T was actually NS M3T... as 13T has been running with an extra section on a semi-regular basis of late.