Evidence of how busy Hornell once was. There are 3 Westbound trains stopped at the crew change area. The train on the main has no power attached at the moment, there are 2 trains with power in the... (more)
D&H power stops for fuel at Hornell. That EL truck was the vehicle the fueling guy used to go back and forth from the crew change area to the fuel racks.
RS-97 led by 3528 heads into the siding as SR-94 led by WM 4366 holds the main. The crew on SR-94 watches RS-97 pass by from the shanty to the right.
An Eastbound CR freight stops at SR Tower to add the Gulf Summit helper to its engine consist. U36-C 6590 will be added in behind the 2276.
The daily Westbound out of Winona is doubling the hill out of the Mississippi River Valley. The train will drop its cars in the siding at Stockton and head back down the hill for the rest of the t... (more)
An Eastbound starts up the grade to Gulf Summit with a pair of big GEs and a SDP-45. The train is passing the massive Susquehanna station, which has since been restored.
An Easter Sunday visit to the Chessie engine terminal in Rochester yielded this nice lashup of 4 GP-30s still in B&O blue.
A set of U33-Cs are on the ready track at the Bevier Street yard.
A pair of SD-40-2s head down the West leg of the wye that leads to the South end of Mulberry Yard with a train from Nichols.
An Eastbound D&H train with a NW SD-45 and a pair of ex RDG GP-39-2s. The flared radiator on the NW SD-45s actually looked decent running long hood forward.
3 ex Illinois Terminal SD-39s work an Eastbound for their new owner. Guilford acquired these units from Norfolk Southern. The Canisteo River is very calm, creating a nice reflection in the river.
A Westbound D&H freight exits the tunnel with a colorful mix of power. A clean ligtning stripe leads a unit in the blue scheme and an ex LV red unit.
A D&H train with 2 NW units, and a D.I.T. C-628 on its way to Mexico, pass by the Hornell Police Dept. at Cass Street Tower.
The Westbound Sealand train departs Bison Yard with a mix of D&H, N&W and UP power.
An Eastbound CR freight in the Sayre yard has 2 clean blue engines and a black switcher. This ex LV yard was active until about 1984.