I spent some time with the western section of the Southern Tier Mainline twice last month. The first weekend was sunny and warm.
NS local H45 heading west at MP 387/Molasses Hill Road in Linden, with an SD40-2 and GP38-2 for power:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2017%2FFeb%25202017%2F0218%2520NS%2FDSCN8653.jpg&hash=b4ee341d1a9fb712133b52f78983e6cea8aec398) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2017/Feb%202017/0218%20NS/DSCN8653.jpg.html)
NS 287 westbound at MP 389/Spring Road in Alexander:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2017%2FFeb%25202017%2F0218%2520NS%2FDSCN8673.jpg&hash=b556fb9f6def74da6396014f36ba600f7dbe902e) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2017/Feb%202017/0218%20NS/DSCN8673.jpg.html)
NS 309 heading west at MP 385.6/Silver Road in Bethany, with colorful foreign power:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2017%2FFeb%25202017%2F0218%2520NS%2FDSCN8691.jpg&hash=ad15a7efb81283cbdf36f740730a3b75f9b746da) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2017/Feb%202017/0218%20NS/DSCN8691.jpg.html)
NS 28N passing the Linden Mill while heading eastbound at MP 385/Linden Road in Bethany:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2017%2FFeb%25202017%2F0218%2520NS%2FDSCN8712.jpg&hash=e6d70bb46a91a284a92d3a497d89a67e3018e80b) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2017/Feb%202017/0218%20NS/DSCN8712.jpg.html)
Slide show of all 4 trains, including the going away shots:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2017/Feb%202017/0218%20NS
All photos in this post and the link were taken by me Saturday 2/18/2017 in western NY.
The following weekend was wet and cooler.
NS 28N heading east at State Route 238 in Attica:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2017%2FFeb%25202017%2F0225%2520NS%2FDSCN8796.jpg&hash=f157047cfb0cbe6f68cd11740c3c84e20351a8c9) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2017/Feb%202017/0225%20NS/DSCN8796.jpg.html)
NS 36T sitting at CP Linden (in Linden, of course):
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2017%2FFeb%25202017%2F0225%2520NS%2FDSCN8842.jpg&hash=bc9e8e822009c649a9431e9f45d223a1c14731d8) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2017/Feb%202017/0225%20NS/DSCN8842.jpg.html)
NS 309 at Molasses Hill Road in Linden:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2017%2FFeb%25202017%2F0225%2520NS%2FDSCN8847.jpg&hash=27902fd1147f788f8adbda78eb2a2f44c5832a4b) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2017/Feb%202017/0225%20NS/DSCN8847.jpg.html)
NS 309 and 36T meet at CP Linden:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2017%2FFeb%25202017%2F0225%2520NS%2FDSCN8848.jpg&hash=a91db3efcd7b4bb43087f3d29efa3334811d1e8f) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2017/Feb%202017/0225%20NS/DSCN8848.jpg.html)
NS 287 heading west at MP 380/Dale ROad in Dale, with a leased unit leading:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2017%2FFeb%25202017%2F0225%2520NS%2FDSCN8865.jpg&hash=f54de4bb1151818332d3cfc5a6a19225edd15dd2) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2017/Feb%202017/0225%20NS/DSCN8865.jpg.html)
After the two westbound trains passed, NS 36T resumed its eastward journey. This location is just a few hundred feet east of MP 380 in Dale:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2017%2FFeb%25202017%2F0225%2520NS%2FDSCN8880.jpg&hash=cf4fa220094dde09e2d0d255cbafa48b93b86b63) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2017/Feb%202017/0225%20NS/DSCN8880.jpg.html)
Slide show of all 4 trains, including the going away shots:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2017/Feb%202017/0225%20NS
All photos in this post and the link were taken by me Saturday 2/25/2017 in western NY. Although the weather wasn't as nice as a week earlier, catching three of the four trains in a relatively short stretch of time was good compensation.
Update: the leased unit #7333 on NS 28N was recently purchased by NS from Citirail.