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I wasn't able to make the 40th anniversary event this past weekend but I was fortunate to see the elusive Batten Kill Railroad at work on Monday, my 8th successful shoot of them moving (out of 16 tries).
Very much on home rails, G&J 4116, a veteran ex D&H Alco RS3 (blt. Sep. 1952) is perfectly complimented by the fall colors as it cuts thru the quaint little village of Shushan headed south along the old D&H Washington Branch at about MP A132 approaching the County Route 61 crossing. The A denotes Albany, and despite being 37 miles in a straight line, via rail it's nearly 132 miles north to Castleton, west to Whitehall, then south to Mechanicville and on to the state capital and the D&H's historic headquarters city.
Hamlet of Shushan
Salem, New York
Monday October 17, 2022
Returned to Chessie by the Gettysburg railway after GETY acquired its own power, Western Maryland RS3’s 189, 186, and 198 have been set aside at the B&O shops in Cumberland, Maryland.
A rainy April day finds a Jersey Central RS3 visiting one of its old haunts, pausing at the west end of Allentown Yard.
BNSF 1663 sports a bright new orange and black scheme which was pretty bummer inducing as the last time I laid eyes on it was my favorite Cascade Green 40, I had seen. Stripped of its BN RS3 and character, the E-Bell and sharp K3 ring away as they blow the socks off an old GN signal on their way to work in Cloquet, Minnesota.
Another look back a couple years to my first successful Batten Kill chase.
#4116 is a real live burbling 244 powered Alco RS3...and an ex Delaware & Hudson loco (4116 blt Sept 1952) on D&H "home rails" no less!
Seen here switching out Carovail, one of the Batten Kill Railroad's two regular remaining customers.
Salem, New York
Saturday April 13, 2019
Minnesota Transfer RS3 200 leads the caboose train East paat the signals for Johnson siding. Union, IL
Nevada Northern RS3 109 passes one of the many original Nevada Northern buildings in Ely, NV back in 2008. A trip to this museum is like a trip back in time, as almost all the equipment is original to this operation.
In the fall of 1981, friends Tom Seiler, Denny Nehrenz, and I took a week long trip to New England and did some neat stuff in Maine on the MEC. But on the way home we spent a day on the Lamoille Valley. Denny and I had tried to do them on a spring trip but had pretty lousy weather. We were mostly having the same in the fall except for this one spot at Sheldon Jct on the way back from St Albans. I was so excited that the sun came out for the farther across-the-field coming shot (www.flickr.com/photos/crr200/8584847034/in/photolist-e5Bz...) that when it stayed out for the broadside, the motor drive had left only one shot in the camera. And it wasn't even a whole frame of film. But a little digital cropping salvaged it. And now you know the rest of the story. Glad I don't have to think about that anymore.
A westbound Maryland Midland freight charges upgrade out of Thurmont, MD on April 12, 1985 with RS-3 No. 56 and SD24 No. 6255. At this point in time, I don't think the RS-3s were long for this world, and would soon be replaced by some ex-N&W GP9s.
Other than continuing to operate subsidiary Lehigh & New England Railway, the Jersey Central ceased operations in Pennsylvania on 1972, and competitor Lehigh Valley took over operations of all remaining CNJ assets in the Keystone State. This was before I started railroad photography, and I have very few CNJ images. During Conrail’s first year of operation, a very unexpected surprise was a train headed by four first generation CNJ units returning to the light side receiving tracks in Allentown.
After serving the Black River & Western for a decade, former Jersey Central RS3 1554 was acquired by the Hawk Mountain Chapter, NRHS and restored to its original appearance. The RS3 spent some time on the Blue Mountains & Reading, as seen here at Temple, Pennsylvania.
Most of Western Maryland’s RS3’s were retired by 1976, but four were leased by the Gettysburg Railroad when it was formed to operate the line from Gettysburg to Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania. After the new short line acquired its own power, the four Alcos were returned, and placed in storage at the B&O shops in Cumberland, Maryland, as seen here. This particular unit escaped the torch when it was donated to the B&O Museum in 1979.
The Adirondack railway operated passenger service from Utica to Lake Placid, New York between 1979 and 1981. The Adirondack served the Lake Placid Winter Olympic Games (remember the Miracle on Ice?) and was the biggest alternative to automobile/bus transportation to the games. After the Susquehanna acquired what became its Northern Division, it purchased former Adirondack RS-3 29. Here it is, with NYS&W lettering on the cab, but still displaying its Adirondack roots through a weak patch job on the long hood
Many photos of Jersey Central RS3 1554 have appeared on this site as it serves the Delaware-Lackawanna. Here the 1953 Alco is in its original paint on the rails of new owner Black River and Western. A few months after this photo, the 1554 will be repainted in the CNJ “Red Baron” scheme, although I don’t think it was still a CNJ asset. After wearing two BR&W schemes, the RS3 will be acquired by the Hawk Mountain Chapter, NRHS, and returned to its original scheme in 1985.
After shooting the San Manuel Arizona road train with the RS3 near Hayden, I gave chase and was able to bag this shot of the train on the trestle at Mammoth. I thought I was hot stuff with this until I saw JJL's Flicker shot taken three years earlier with two RS3s on this bridge!
VLIX RS3 512 is in the dead line at Oak Ridge, Tennessee on April 2, 2020. The unit was built for the Reading Railroad July 1952.
Olgebay-Norton Alco’s stand in the rain at the company’s Ashland, Kentucky yard. RS3 512 began life as Reading 495, and is now part of the Vintage Locomotives, Inc. collection in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. I haven’t found the origin or disposition of S2 511.
Seen high above the Little Schuylkill River valley, CNJ RS3 1554 pulls an excursion train over the high bridge at Hometown, Pennsylvania.
An all ex NYC consist with three F7A units and RS3 5290 lead a train at Buffalo NY, June 1973. Original Kodachrome transparency photographer unknown, Art Gross Collection.