Yellow Leaves, Yellow Locomotives: NYS&W Memories. With the sweet smell of Autumn in the air — the scent resulting from a small amount of residual sugar decaying in the yellow maple leaves — we draw our attention to the roar of four yellow locomotives rolling south through Central New York's Tioughnioga River Valley. This was an extremely rare afternoon southbound on a warm, sunny, Autumn day. Many of the leaves were gone from the hilltops to the east; but soon, too, these locomotives would be gone. Alco C-430 No. 3006 left the roster less than two years later. It's now on the LA&L. No. 2012 is now also gone. This short unit train of gondolas from the old Jamesville Quarry is heading for points south. I chased it as far as Messengerville, where the sun went below the horizon, ending a memorable day on the Syracuse Branch. Scanned from Kodachrome 64.
This album seeks to portray classic New England and Upstate New York imagery. It showcases the most perfect examples of regional identity, with special attention to structures and landscape.
From a hint of "Bee" (NKP 765), colorful "Bees" (KCS), "Bees" w/ "attitude", to "Bees" that "sting" your eyes, in their own way they have "Bee" on display! Equipment that "Buzzes" with Yellow & Black colors! ("Bees" can still "Bee" entering this "hive"!)
