While Amtrak 281 finishes loading passengers, Q122 stands idle, waiting for the inbound crew to arrive.
Two old faces meet in Rochester Yard on a cold January night.
38T slowly creeps out of the shadows toward the siding where they have a lengthy wait ahead of them for 12T to come West.
Q381 makes their pick-up in Rochester.
XH36 crosses a tributary to the west branch of the Susquehanna River as they shove back to Williamsport.
454 sits at Salamanca, waiting for the crew.
Q119 passes beneath a classic New York Central era 4 track signal bridge just East of Corfu, NY with another pair of CSX's new workhorse ES44DCs leading the way.
Southbound on the Buffalo Line.
CSXT AC4400CW #78 idles in Rochester Yard next to an old Conrail caboose.
E832 heads West through Chili, with the crew undoubtedly wishing their trailing unit were on the point.
Q626 swings off the West Shore Branch and crosses over to track one.
A close-up of the builder plate of LA&L 20. This unit started life as Lake Erie Franklin & Clarion (LEF&C) 20, before being acquired by the LA&L in 1972.
An ex-LMS CW40-8 brings up the rear of the Westbound fleet on it's old home turf.
