Sunset In Hudson On The Hudson. Ongoing repairs to tracks near the interlocking at CP 169 caused Amtrak Train 48 (Lake Shore Limited) to detour over the CSX Selkirk Branch on the afternoon of Sunday, August 6, 2023. Some Amtrak crews recently completed annual requalification over this territory, and it was quickly put in to use. The train traveled over the normally freight only Selkirk Branch across the Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge Castleton Bridge and the Berkshire Sub (Former Boston & Albany Railroad) before having additional locomotives added to change direction for the final leg of the detour route to the Albany-Renssealer, New York Station and continuing to its terminals in New York, New York (48) and Boston, Massachusetts (448). Running a bit behind schedule but almost at the end of its journey, the train was split at the Albany-Rensselaer, New York Station and the New York section had P32AC-DM 705 (Phase III) added for the trip to New York City, seen approaching Hudson, New York.
A continuously growing album of photos that IMHO reveal the awesome and seldom-seen beauty of the railroad world from the dimming of day to dawn's early light! From dusk to dawn, trains roll on! (I'm still finding gems of sunset-to-sunrise surprises!)
