ALCO Safari Day 5, LA&L: After having picked up empties from Barilla in Avon, the road train continues towards Rochester. ALCO C430 #433 started life as New York Central 2056 in 11/1967.
My friend called me to say he saw LAL entering the R&S Brooks Avenue Yard with the 420 leading. I have always wanted this shot over the pond, so I waited here for them to go South in the evening.
LAL heads South for home on a cold spring evening.
LA&L C424 #428 leads a northbound local.
The Livonia, Avon and Lakeville road train heads South after working the Rochester & Southern Yard and the Genesee Junction where they interchange with CSX.
The Livonia, Avon & Lakeville heads south.
An Alco C430 recently painted into LA&L corporate paint leads the Rochester Turn south, passing under the New York Thruway and then the remains on an Agway that burned in 1969. Locomotives... (more)
LAL C424 No. 428 leads a northbound 50th anniversary trip for the railroad.
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 LA&L road train heads back south to Lakeville with wheat & corn syrup loads up front and empty grain hoppers on the rear.
