A splash of orange on Halloween. Batten Kill's 605 orange and green paint pops against the dreary grey morning sky. BKRR 605 is former Lehigh & Hudson River 10. It has not operated in several yea... (more)
After a long hiatus 4116 returned to work this past week. Seen here moving a single ballast hopper into position for the Batten Kill crew to reballast the crossing at Rexliegh Road.
RS-36 5012, in a Delaware & Hudson inspired paint scheme, leads the day's run south to Eagle Bridge.
SNEX 5015, in the one off-either love it or not so much scheme, and once Lehigh & Hudson River 10 are in the to do line. I did see newish looking radiators near by. Hoping that is good news for 5... (more)
Heading north to Salem.
After drilling CaroVail, Buttercup's day is done.
Pushing loads for Cargill.
The first of a series of switching moves after arriving at Caro Vail.
Rolling over the steel span at the end of a busy day on the Batten Kill, new hire Caleb Lindquist waves from the cab of 5012.
Idling; awaiting instructions for the next switching move.
Buttercup in the morning sun.
The end of a very busy Wednesday on the Batten Kill.
Discussing the next switching moves.
RS-36 408, former Norfolk & Western, gets shoved into a siding and will not make the run south today.
The Batten Kill Railroad is an interesting short line for many reasons. One being the manned flagging of unmarked crossings.
