This past summer marked the 20th anniversary of the Finger Lakes Railway, They acquired the Geneva Cluster from Conrail on 7/23/1995. The lines are remnants of the New York Central, Lehigh Valley and Pennsy. As many of you know, I like to visit FGLK several times a year, with fall being my favorite trip there.
I was hoping to chase local HW2 down the west side of Seneca Lake, but #2305 never left the transfer yard in Himrod.
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The MOW crew arrived with a truck around mid-morning and began working in the yard at Himrod:
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With no trains running at Himrod, I headed north to the main FGLK yard. After signing a release, I was free to shoot photos on their property (within a designated area). SD38-2 #3304 and B23-7 #1989 were shuffling a few cars:
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Here we see #1989 idling at Border City. She and sister unit #1943 are former Conrail B-boats. Although the CR logo is gone, the dress blue remains.
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The majority of FGLK's locomotive fleet wears a distinctive New York Central heritage scheme. GP9 #1701 and B23-7 #2309 were sitting next to the engine house at Border City.
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FGLK currently has one active U23B. (A second U-boat is in storage.) Wearing LV colors, #2201 was the power for local GY1 at Border City.
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All photos in this post were taken by me Friday 10/9/2015 in central New York.
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B-boat #2309 was the power for local GC2. Here we see the train at North Street crossing in Border City:
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Local GC2 on the former NYC Auburn Road in Geneva, before heading west to work in Manchester and Canandaigua.
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Local GY1 heading out of Border City. This crossing is also at North Street, about 1/2 mile east of other North Street corssing seen previously:
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Local GY1 switches a customer in Waterloo, as seen from Packwood Road:
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The customer is on a trailing point spur, with no passing track. Therefore, local GY1 had to shove back to Border City. We are back at North Street again:
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For a complete slide show of my day with FGLK, please visit:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2015/Oct%202015/1009%20FGLK
All photos in this post and the link were taken by me Friday 10/9/2015 in central New York. A big thank you goes out to the employees of the Finger Lakes Railway for their friendliness and professionalism.