72 splits the signals on its' first operation in nearly three years.
Checking and prepping for the day's event.
ALCOs getting checked over as the crew prepares for the day's event. 72, which had not run for nearly three years cooperated by starting up after some mechanical attention.
Conductor Joseph Steimer and engineer Jeremy Tuke ease RG&E 45 tonner number 1941 down the hill to pick up MDT reefer 14053 parked on track 3 and bring it up to the upper yard at the Rochester Ge... (more)
Engineer Rick Rubino applies the throttle to 45-tonner RG&E 1941 after the brakeman throws a switch out of track 6 to start a day worth of switching cars in the upper yard.
The BR&P lives on! On the morning of June 28th, 2020, the Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad Museum pulled its newly restored BR&P caboose out of their shops and into the sunlight for the first... (more)
On three weekends in November and December, the Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad Museum used one of its "Empire State Express" coaches to carry passengers to the "North Pole&qu... (more)
LAL RS-1 #20 sits on the yard lead while the engineer and conductor go over their train orders for the night. Taken during the RGVRM with lighting provided by Steve Barry.
RGE locomotive number 41 sits on the engine house track awaiting its next assignment. Taken during the RGVRM night shoot, with lighting provided by Steve Barry.
Rochester Gas & Electric GE 44-tonner eases out of he engine house, ready to perform the evening work spotting coal cars at the Beebee Station generating plant. Photo taken as part of a ni... (more)
In the spring of 2012, I stumbled across the Rochester & Genesse Valley Railroad Museum which had not yet opened for the season. Thanks to a gentle man that volunteered there, and to make a long s... (more)