SIJB slowly grinds up the grade and through the horseshoe curve near Lewis Run. The train was doing ~7 MPH as it went by us.
454 sits at Salamanca, waiting for the crew.
Working Foster Brook/Bradford before proceeding South.
The scenery was pretty much at it's peak as the train cruises through Hutchins.
SIJB awaits its crew to climb aboard for the trip South as mist lingers in the hills in the background.
5 ALCOs are resting on one of the engine tracks in Olean today, including two big six axle units.
A classic set of crossbucks protects this crossing as the North Shore Special changes crews at Driftwood.
Q157 cruises West through Churchville.
Q279 roars West as maintainers work on the signals (one of the signals dumped in Q100's face a few hours prior).
One of two G396s (a second one with BNSF power was an hour behind this one) rolls through South Byron.
39T is approaching the West end of the directional running on the Southern Tier Line.
12T rolls along the Southern Tier Line about 20 miles West of Binghamton.
12T roars through Barton, NY on the Southern Tier Line.
39T rolls through the Canisteo River Valley in the golden late afternoon light.