I squeezed out one more day by the tracks last month. I headed down to MY's Southern Tier to capture as much as action as I could on the former Erie Lackawanna. Fortune smiled on me, as both NS and the Bath & Hammondsport RR were running that day.
NS local H85 working the west end of the yard at Gang Mills:
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It took a while to figure out if the B&H was going to run or not. Thanks to my trusty scanner, I caught them at Eagle Valley Road in Blessing. C424m #424 and RS18u #416 arrive as a light engine move:
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After switching the gas facility in Blessing, the B&H local departed with a string of tank cars.
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The B&H local enters Painted Post:
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After cutting off from the consist, B&H RR #424 and #416 ran light next to CHeming Street in Painted Post. they were headed to the NS wye and a fresh set of tank cars.
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NS sent their power (including SD60M #6779) out to pick-up the tank cars left by the B&H at Painted Post, while the B&H locos enter the wye:
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NS heading east in Painted Post with the tank cars from the B&H. BTW, no longer uses H77 as the symbol for the B&H interchange. it is local H85.
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NS local H85 om the wye at Painted Post:
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All photos in this post were taken by me Friday 10/30/2015 in Steuben County, NY.
After a brief break, the B&H local came off the NS wye. The C424M and RS18u were smoking as they passed the Dresser Rand plant in Painted Post:
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The B&H locla heading west on the former DL&W mainline at Robert Dann Drive in Coopers Plains:
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Dropping off the tank cars on a siding in Coopers Plains:
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The B&H has installed new gates and signals at Mill Street in Coopers Plains. NYSDOT hadn't inspected them (yet), so the B&H conductor had to flag the crossing:
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The day's work was done, so #424 and #416 headed back to the engine house in Coopers Palins:
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For a complete look at my photos from NS H85 and the B&H that day, please visit:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2015/Oct%202015/1030%20Southern%20Tier
All photos in this post and the link were taken by me Friday 10/30/2015 in Steuben County, NY. A big thanks goes out to the employees of the B&H for their friendliness and professionalism. BTW, the B&H is putting new hot start packs in their Alcos (and MLW) this month... which will keep them running well in the colder months ahead.
Very neat series!!
Dan
Thank you! There's another B&H-related series of pics coming, and this is something I waited 39 years to see!