After a gorgeous trip along the northern Hudson River Valley, I watched Saratoga & North Creek B-39 #8524 with BL-2 #52 trailing get positioned for the southbound run down to Saratoga Springs.
After swallowing the SL-SF, BN - and later BNSF - tried mightily to figure the best way to serve Mobile. After Frisco predecessor Alabama, Tennessee & Northern was abandoned, Mobile traffic was r... (more)