As out-of-place as Susquehanna’s antiquated Alcos looked on a stack train, the caboose on the other end was just as much a rarity. By this time, waycars were almost unheard of on intermodal trains... (more)

Eastbound Susquehanna train NTV-4 drops into Deposit, New York behind two C430’s and a CF7. NTV-4 was one of the first stack trains to come to the east coast.

Five Susquehanna Alco Centuries come to life when the engineer opens the throttle at Deposit, New York. He has to get them moving quickly to have some momentum when they hit the Gulf Summit grade,... (more)

With 14,000 Alco 251 horsepower up front, a trouble-plagued Susquehanna haulage train rolls to a stop at Deposit, New York. The late-afternoon shadows are quickly approaching the railhead.

NYS&W CL-PX brings the Norfolk Southern/Bennett Levin/Webb Rail Toys for Tots train deadhead equipment through Deposit, NY, on the former Erie Delaware Division. Bennett Levin's PRR E8As trail two... (more)

"Ouch"

"Replacements Passing the Injured"

"Inspecting Deposit"

Wist Industries

While normal operations over the CNYK Sourhern Tier are under the cover of darkness, a rare daylight road freight made an appearance the day before an anticipat... (more)

A Conrail B23-7 and three of the Susquehanna’s ex-BN SD45’s lead westbound NYS&W Sea-Land stack train NTV-9 out of the Delaware River Valley at Deposit, New York. After cresting the grade at Gulf... (more)

Stretched out in Deposit

The Strates Carnival train is roughly an hour outside of Binghamton as the Susquehanna crew makes good time through Deposit, NY. The train can be seen ... (more)

Painted in a one-of a-kind “Keep it Moving with Conrail” scheme, CR B23-7 1980 leads eastbound train BUOI (Buffalo – Oak Island) across Oquaga Creel on the Southern Tier line. The train is descend... (more)

A westbound Susquehanna haulage train begins the climb to Gulf Summit from Deposit, New York. Deposit was a helper base for this grade into early Conrail days. I don’t know why the Conrail C36-7/C... (more)

Evolution of a Susquehanna SD45

Before, interim, and after examples of Susquehanna SD45’s can be seen in this view of a westbound Sea-Land stack train rolling through the one-time ... (more)

Snow, Stacks, and Centuries

Eastbound Sea-Land stack train NTV-4 rolls past the site of the Erie yard in Deposit, New York. Two C430’s and a GP18, all two decades old, are handlin... (more)