WNYP 4264 smokes it up in typical Alco style as he pulls a cut of cars west on the Jack Track in Meadville to reverse the switch and couple onto another cut of cars.

Our last image of the day, the DFT getting ready to do some work at Port Allegany.

Southbound DFT about to pass North Driftwood with a few covered hoppers in tow.

WNY&P DFT heads back North after working NS interchange traffic at Driftwood.

The DFT stops to work at Port Allegany.

One of the more interesting units on the WNY&P's roster is M630 #631, which was Minnesota Commercial #73 in its previous life, and Canadian Pacific #4573 before that. As the plaque states, it was ... (more)

WNY&P train DFT smokes it up as they pull North through CP-EMPORIUM on the Buffalo Line. Only 16 C430s were built, and of that only 5 remain, with 4 of those 5 residing with the WNY&P.

With sister road WNY&P leading, the daily LA&L road freight heads north to Rochester with a decent sized train for interchange to CSX and R&S.

The low sun highlights the curves of ALCO's six-motor Century design. This was the last shot of the day, but well worth delaying our dinner.

After chasing the 630 back to Falconer, we were allowed in for a very quick look around the shop. One flashbulb pop afforded me this shot of the 431.

WNYP 630 taking a ballast train back to Falconer from Hornell, NY in the fall of 2005.

MEHN passes a farm as they near the town of Andover.

Sometimes on vacation, you get a shot that justifies the lack of sleep and hours of driving. My Dad & I have a ritual of deciding the "Shot of the Trip"... but we didn't even have to ask on this ... (more)

With 37 loads, Saturday's Driftwood Turn required some extra power to climb Keating Summit! It warms my heart to see a quad of Six-Motor ALCO's bracketing a lease unit that will soon be returned.

The Driftwood Turn has dropped his inbound cars in the siding at South Driftwood and is heading up the main to North Driftwood to pick up his outbound train to take back to Olean.