Happy National Train Day! Westbound Empire Service #283 thunders through the small Upstate New York town of Fonda, and under the old New York Central signal bridges at QC185, on National Tr... (more)
Conrail local works the Fonda, Johnstown, & Gloversville interchange yard in Fonda, NY. In the foreground is a class N-12 baywindow, CR 24536. There were 50 of these were built for Penn Central in... (more)
A Conrail SD50 charges against the sunset light and kicks up plenty of dust as she flies by. It's late September and the extremely low light accentuates the orange leaves on nearby trees and Suma... (more)
Conrail WB from Selkirk to Montreal via Syracuse rolls along the Mohawk River and NYS Barge Canal late in the day. Late afternoon WB's in the Mohawk Valley were often scarce but SECN would sometim... (more)
At the interchange with the New York Central, Fonda Johnstown and Gloversville crew is heading in town to deliver cars to numerous consignees.
Off the Controlled Siding and back onto onto Track One for BNSF 1024 a Westbound that has just finished waiting for a "Hot" mty Ethanol train and Amtrak #283 to pass.
With nothing happening on CP I decided to take a ride west out to one of my favorite spots on CSX’s Mohawk Division. As I made my way west I could see tank cars ahead passing through CP-169 the ... (more)
Heading back to the Midwest.
A westbound auto rack train shoots into Fonda NY with a nice standard cab SD60 leader, as clouds thicken overhead.
Next Stop.....Utica, Syracuse, Rome.....
Chicago Bound....
Westbound Autorack.
Class Leader #700 heads up #283 on what was a very rainy Friday.
Westbound Merchandise heading west. Amazing to think that more than 40 years ago this was four tracks wide.
Once four tracks wide and the home to such famous trains as the 20th Century Limited and the Empire State express, CSX's Mohawk Subdivision today is the home to Amtrak's Empire Service Trains and ... (more)