I headed out of town to see my family for Easter weekend... and also managed to spend some time trackside while I was in NY's Southern Tier region.
Day #1 was spent at CP Cass. I can often tell when NS/CP 38T is coming because the crew seems to blow the horn more often than other eastbound trains on the Southern Tier Mainline. Indeed, it was 38T.
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2015%2FApr%25202015%2F0404%2520Hornell%2520NY%2FDSC04815.jpg&hash=4681fe213acbd592ca7f93d33b458d6dd1213e40) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2015/Apr%202015/0404%20Hornell%20NY/DSC04815.jpg.html)
The next sighting was eastbound coal train NS 532:
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Eastbound 14T had its power running elephant style:
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Westbound 23K had a pair of UP units, plus one NS wide cab trailing:
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Wwstbound 12T was rather short:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2015%2FApr%25202015%2F0404%2520Hornell%2520NY%2FDSC04931.jpg&hash=d1cad2c5b4b0439227fc42f6aa2b6b1031f3bc67) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2015/Apr%202015/0404%20Hornell%20NY/DSC04931.jpg.html)
For the entire day at CP Cass, please vivsit mty slide show:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2015/Apr%202015/0404%20Hornell%20NY
All photos in the post and the link were taken by me Saturday 4/4/2015 in Hornell, NY.
The next day was nastier, with wet snow making for lousy roads. Even so, I was out and about.
Restored Erie REA car behind Sullivan's Diner in Horseheads, on a short stub of a former Lehigh Valley RR branchline:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2015%2FApr%25202015%2F0405%2520Horseheads%2520NY%2FDSC05018.jpg&hash=64da17786b8361e72d9efdb77756e0d27f682c5a) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2015/Apr%202015/0405%20Horseheads%20NY/DSC05018.jpg.html)
I had my first SD90MAC sighting with NS 12T heading westbound at Philo Road in Horsehads:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2015%2FApr%25202015%2F0405%2520Horseheads%2520NY%2FDSC05026.jpg&hash=c60dcb5a6ed79f3d7f720f524dfe4342f503758f) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2015/Apr%202015/0405%20Horseheads%20NY/DSC05026.jpg.html)
Westbound hopper train 533, also at Phil Road in Horseheads:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2015%2FApr%25202015%2F0405%2520Horseheads%2520NY%2FDSC05038.jpg&hash=ff02cb30b268da5a358565cb7f88933ebfed23a2) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2015/Apr%202015/0405%20Horseheads%20NY/DSC05038.jpg.html)
Slide show of all the action in Horseheads:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2015/Apr%202015/0405%20Horseheads%20NY
Slide show of the former DL&W yard in Elmira:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2015/Apr%202015/0405%20PM1%20Elmira%20NY
Slide show of a spur to a glass plant in Elmira Heights:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2015/Apr%202015/0405%20PM2%20Elmira%20Heights%20NY
All photos in this post and the links were taken by me Sunday 4/5/2015 in Chemung County, NY.
i was hoping to catch the Bath & Hammondsport RR on Day #3, but they didn't run because 12T (seen above) didn't drop off anything at Gang Mills for them. I turned lemons in lemonade by chasing NS13T eastward through the Canisteo River valley. BTW, it had same power form 12T.
Rathbone:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2015%2FApr%25202015%2F0406%2520NS%252013T%2FDSC05091.jpg&hash=e005fa4bd612013bcdc942975b6b078aea1bfa27) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2015/Apr%202015/0406%20NS%2013T/DSC05091.jpg.html)
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2015%2FApr%25202015%2F0406%2520NS%252013T%2FDSC05097.jpg&hash=9ecdbff99ca8b4467034f7b55b421facca12add9) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2015/Apr%202015/0406%20NS%2013T/DSC05097.jpg.html)
Addison:
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(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2015%2FApr%25202015%2F0406%2520NS%252013T%2FDSC05115.jpg&hash=6c56951a7b7ad9029045e583869072c81a7549c1) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2015/Apr%202015/0406%20NS%2013T/DSC05115.jpg.html)
All photos in this post were taken by me Monday 4/6/201 in Steuben County, NY. And that was a wrap for Easter vacation- both NS and my family gave good reasons to smile that weekend.