Alco 5, one of the plant switchers that was used at the Alco plant in Schenectady, crosses NY Rt 8 while running NB to North Creek on the former D&H Adirondack Branch. The Rt 8 bridge over the Hudson River is in the background. This location is known as Riverside on the RR. The 5 is headed to retrieve some equipment and move it south. This is the first train to North Creek since Saratoga & North Creek (Iowa Pacific) pulled out of this operation in 2018 amidst financial issues. The last SNC train out of North Creek was September 7, 2018. NOTE: Crossing protection out of service due to status of line. All crossings were protected by flaggers.
New York state has the largest number of ALCO diesel locomotives working in everyday service. Here are some of them. Soon I hope to chronicle all of them.
