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Snow Scenes and Plow Trains
Snow plows in action and trains in the snow.
Photo Album By: John Sesonske
 
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Photo ID: 423308

How Tomorrow Moves...Snow. Or so says this CSX flanger. Flangers like this one have been the primary means for snow fighting on this ex Conrail line between Boston and Selkirk since this series of... (more)

Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: Flanger, CR class SF1A
Location: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: CR 64714
Train ID: N/A
Photo Date: January 27, 2013


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Added: Feb 01, 2013

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Photo ID: 391534

The Snow Train finally rolls NB for North Creek with some decent snow on the ground. The area received about 8" of wet snow on Feb 29 and March 1. BL2 SLRG 56 trails along with a baggage car, full... (more)

Railroad: Saratoga and North Creek Railway
Locomotive: GE B39-8E (Dash 8-39BE)
Location: Corinth, New York, USA
Locomotive #: SNC 8524
Train ID: Gore Mtn. Snow Train
Photo Date: March 02, 2012


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Added: Mar 07, 2012

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Photo ID: 391253

450 is typically good for an interesting mix of older CP power. Once again it delivers with 4 engines and 4 paint schemes on older EMD's. While the SD40-2 leader has the newest CP scheme, trail un... (more)

Railroad: Canadian Pacific Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: Mechanicville, New York, USA
Locomotive #: CP 5698
Train ID: CP 450
Photo Date: March 02, 2012


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Added: Mar 04, 2012

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Photo ID: 391244

After an October 2011 storm it has been a relatively snowless winter on the S&NC. But that finally changed on Feb 29 and March 1 when Upstate NY finally got a real snow storm. Rolling through an U... (more)

Railroad: Saratoga and North Creek Railway
Locomotive: GE B39-8E (Dash 8-39BE)
Location: Stony Creek, New York, USA
Locomotive #: SNC 8524
Train ID: Gore Mtn. Snow Train
Photo Date: March 02, 2012


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Added: Mar 04, 2012

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Photo ID: 391195

After an October 2011 storm it has been a relatively snowless winter on the S&NC. But that finally changed on Feb 29 and March 1 when Upstate NY finally got a real snow storm. Rolling through an U... (more)

Railroad: Saratoga and North Creek Railway
Locomotive: GE B39-8E (Dash 8-39BE)
Location: Thurman, New York, USA
Locomotive #: SNC 8524
Train ID: Gore Mtn. Snow Train
Photo Date: March 02, 2012


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Added: Mar 03, 2012

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Photo ID: 387936

Mohawk Yard (Glenville, NY) to East Deerfield, MA road freight rolls EB with elephant style former SD45's. Trail unit is MEC 611. Both units are now classified as SD40-2's on the Pan Am roster.

Railroad: Pan Am Railways
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: Mechanicville, New York, USA
Locomotive #: MEC 603
Train ID: PAS MOED
Photo Date: January 22, 2012


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Added: Jan 26, 2012

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Photo ID: 385329

All dressed up with nothing to do. Painted in 2010 and lettered this past Summer (2011) this old wooden flanger is looking great. But so far the only real snow fell in October and with under an in... (more)

Railroad: Batten Kill Railroad
Locomotive: Flanger
Location: Greenwich, New York, USA
Locomotive #: BKRR 36006
Train ID: N/A
Photo Date: December 29, 2011


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Added: Dec 30, 2011

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Photo ID: 379419

S&NC's newly activated BL2 rolls south at 8:39AM in the first snowfall of the 2011-2012 winter season. This storm was one of the top four October snow storms since records started for the Albany a... (more)

Railroad: Saratoga and North Creek Railway
Locomotive: EMD BL2
Location: Corinth, New York, USA
Locomotive #: SLRG 52
Train ID: No. 186, New York Express
Photo Date: October 28, 2011


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Added: Oct 30, 2011

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Photo ID: 358247

Storm of the Century. Blizzard warnings went up on Friday March 12, 1993 for most of New York State as a massive storm moved up the entire East Coast. Conrail reacted by preparing plows on Friday ... (more)

Railroad: Conrail
Locomotive: Beilhack HB 1200S
Location: East Syracuse, New York, USA
Locomotive #: CR SB1000
Train ID: N/A
Photo Date: March 13, 1993


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Added: Mar 26, 2011

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Photo ID: 350835

CNSE out of Montreal has departed Dewitt after a quick crew change and heads east to Selkirk. EB departures used Track 4 down to Kirkville. The CN 5000, class SD40, is second unit with CR SD50 #67... (more)

Railroad: Canadian National Railway
Locomotive: GE C40-8M (Dash 8-40CM)
Location: Kirkville, New York, USA
Locomotive #: CN 2404
Train ID: CR CNSE
Photo Date: February 14, 1993


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Added: Jan 07, 2011

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Photo ID: 349578

A Conrail Syracuse based plow flanges track 2. Conrail rarely plowed the Chicago Line in the late 80's and 90's. The frequency and speed of trains usually kept the rails clear and there were not a... (more)

Railroad: Conrail
Locomotive: Russell Double Track Plow
Location: Whitesboro, New York, USA
Locomotive #: CR 64576
Train ID: CR SNO-301
Photo Date: March, 1994


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Added: Dec 26, 2010

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Photo ID: 346078

CNSE out of Montreal rolls into Dewitt for a quick crew change before heading east to Selkirk. Dewitt Diesel Shops (now torn down) and Dewitt car shops are in background. The CN 5000, class SD40, ... (more)

Railroad: Canadian National Railway
Locomotive: GE C40-8M (Dash 8-40CM)
Location: East Syracuse, New York, USA
Locomotive #: CN 2404
Train ID: CR CNSE
Photo Date: February 14, 1993


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Added: Nov 21, 2010

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Photo ID: 252424

VIA train 134 from Senneterre has just left the CN St-Laurent Sub at Eastern Jct and is rolling under the wires of the CN Mont-Royal Sub on its last few miles to Central Station. The lead unit is ... (more)

Railroad: VIA Rail
Locomotive: GMD FP9Au
Location: Mont-Royal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Locomotive #: VIA 6312
Train ID: VIA 134
Photo Date: December, 1989


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Added: Sep 26, 2008

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Photo ID: 245482

Shortly after CP's take over of the D&H in the Fall of 1990, the much anticipated arrival of 6 axle MLW's was occurring. On one of the first weekends of operation on the old D&H, three 6 axle MLW'... (more)

Railroad: Canadian Pacific Railway
Locomotive: MLW M636
Location: Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
Locomotive #: CP 4707
Train ID: CP 556
Photo Date: February 02, 1991


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Added: Aug 05, 2008

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Photo ID: 226238

The MA&N operated this plow train to clear the line to Lyons Falls the afternoon after the Utica NY area received 3 feet of snow in a single day. Plow is borrowed Conrail single track Russell plow... (more)

Railroad: Mohawk, Adirondack & Northern Railroad
Locomotive: Alco C425
Location: Marcy, New York, USA
Locomotive #: MHWA 803
Train ID: Plow Extra North
Photo Date: March, 1994


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Added: Mar 06, 2008

Views: 2,237
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