OK, I'm new here but that doesn't mean I won't share. Here's my first contribution to the forum- an epic chase of NS on former Erie and LV trackage along the New York/Pennsylvania border last summer.
NS and CP jointly run a train in each direction between Buffalo and Mechanicville daily. Here's the eastbound run near Smithboro, NY, on the afternoon of July 6th:
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Photo taken by me.
The same train about to pass under Route17C in upstate NY about 15 minutes after the first shot was taken:
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Photo taken by me 7/6/2007.
I decided to head back west shortly after the second shot in this series. I turned off at Waverly and headed over the border to Sayre, PA... home of the legendary Lehigh Valley RR yard. The little LV may be gone for 30+ years now, but the yard still sees use. Here is a a pair of resting NS widecabs and some covered hoppers:
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Photo taken by me on 7/6/2007. The covered hoppers were probably used in the salt traffic that comes from a mine on the former LV near Ithaca, NY.
Heading west again, I followed the former Erie/EL mainline between Elmira and Wavery. I found this NS train crossing Route 427 at Wellsburg, NY... with UP power leading:
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Photo taken by me on 7/6/2007 around 1:30PM.
I really liked the location at Wellsburg, but botched photographing the next train to come through the crossing... so I decided to give the location another try the following day. This time, the power was all NS:
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Photo taken by me 7/7/07. What a lucky day!
I hope the rest of you enjoy seeing these pictures as much as I did taking them. 8)