The weekly run from Meadville, PA to Jamestown, NY started the day at Corry and dumped ballast for a while. Here they get up to speed just east of East Columbus.
The Salamanca-Machias-West Valley local switches at Ashford Junction to get the empty hoppers right to go to Machias. I dropped the SIRI and headed this way just in time to beat the train to this... (more)
Westbound empty hopper train E120-04 is taking the James River Sub westward instead of it's normal journey over the Buckingham Branch. This one clocked in at 932 axles on the defect detector.