After the LV main was abandoned thru my hometown, it was an 18 mile bicycle ride to Rochester if I wanted to see some mainline trains. I made the 2 hour ride several times with my old Graphlex ca... (more)
Starrucca Viaduct - D&H under it and EL over. In 1973 a railfan could just go there and wait for the next train. One was always coming. Today the D&H is torn up and there may be a "couple" NYS&... (more)
Yard scene on a rainy day
Night gas loads arrive at Pipeline.
The gas train is about to leave the 10th Sub and join the rails of the 4th Sub at Paradise. With scenery like this, a more appropriate name is hard to imagine.
Erie Lackawanna Train #2 "The Phoebe Snow" at Binghamton, New York. Running several hours late due to heavy snow conditions west of Binghamton.
Horn place makes it a dead giveaway that this is ex Erie Lackawanna.
This unit started out as EL I'm told.
EL SDP45 #3666 in Binghampton, NY June 1974. This unit went on to become CR 6697, SP 8593, and UP 2769.
A northbound FrontRunner train has just pulled out of Central Station in Salt Lake as it crosses W 200 S.
A southbound UTA FrontRunner train passes by Grant Tower enroute to Central Station.
A UTA FrontRunner train slowly crosses W 200 S as it enters into Central Station.
MHWA 2454 carries it's original Erie Lackawanna road number, the MA&N power is being tied down so the crew can put the CSX power on a train of cars being moved out of storage on the Lowville branc... (more)
A freshly painted SD45-2 sits at CP WING.
Conrail was just around the corner. Who would have guessed that the EL would cease to exist in 60 days? View is EL wreck located in downtown Waverly.