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Another from the tops of 2018 file.
One of the truly craziest things to happen in the railfan world in 2018 was Union Pacific’s business train traveling off line all the way to the east coast not once but twice! On the second of those two trips UP 1943 (the specially painted SD70AH originally built in 2016 by EMD as UP 9026) again led the train this time traveling across CSXT from Chicago to visit the then UP owned (but since sold) Railex cold storage facility in Schenectady, NY. Looking west from the Route 169 overpass east of town, the 12 car Armour yellow OCS running as CSXT train P900 is seen here on CSXT’s Mohawk Sub (the ex New York Central water level route) mainline curling beside its namesake river at about MP 215.8.
Dominating the background is the 185 ft spire of the gothic former St. Mary's of Assumption Catholic church that was built in 1878-79 with the spire extended to that height in 1901. The original St. Mary's parish which traces back to 1838 was merged with three younger congregations in 1991 and the church is now known as the Holy Family Church.
Little Falls, New York
Saturday September 22, 2018
New York Central L3a 4-8-2 "Mohawk" #3001 poses during a night photo session at the National New York Central RR Museum, back in January of 2011. Some friends and I spent most of the afternoon rigging the scene lighting as well as a fog machine and box fan inside the smokebox to make #3001 look a little more "alive". The locomotive has since had its elephant ears re-installed and more recently has been sold to the Fort Wayne RR Historical Society. It will take time and money, but the plan is for this stately old gray hound to run again.
The L3a class were the first of the dual-service Mohawks to arrive on the Central. NYC rostered more 4-8-2s than other railroad, with a fleet of 600 of them. The freight L1s and L2s were basically the SD40s of their era: go anywhere, do anything. The L3as (and the even more modern L4s that followed) were an improvement of the earlier design, with better cross-balancing and weight distribution for higher-speed running. They joined the Central's famous Hudsons in passenger and express service all across the system, from Mackinaw City, MI to St. Louis, MO, and everywhere in between. While other railroads would adopt 2-8-4s and 4-8-4s for fast freight service, the Mohawks were plenty powerful for the mostly flat NYC. The 4-8-4 Niagaras would come much later. While they were dual-service engines, most worked primarily in passenger service until very late in their careers. The NYC was not kind to preservation, and today #3001 is one of just six remaining NYC steamers.
NYC Alco (American Locomotive Company) 4-8-2 L-3a class Mohawk locomotive at the National New York Central Railroad Museum in Elkhart, IN.
When my great grandfather A. R. Miller migrated west from Pennsylvania in the later 1800's, he settled in Elkhart, IN. There he worked for the New York Central Railroad in the roundhouse servicing NYC's steam locomotives and turning them for their return trip to New York. I do not know what years he worked there so I don't know if he serviced Mohawks. The first Mohawks were built in 1916. The one pictured that resides at the museum was built around 1940.
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And this was one of those rare times.. he definitely saw me, lol. But I saw him coming, planted myself and waited because I wanted him in the frame with the face ;)
Seeing as I don't normally post on Mondays due to work, etc. but have today off and am home, how about a "Mohawk Morning Monday"?
You have to get up early in the summer if you want this shot, and it's becoming increasingly difficult to do with more growth obstructing the former Adirondack Power and Light building. At 6:45 AM on June 24, 2021, eastbound CSX Train K504 -- a loaded rail train -- heads east through Cranesville, NY on the Mohawk Subdivision.
CSX Train K504 (loaded rail train)
Cranesville, NY
June 24, 2021
A venerable SD70M leads eastbound containers through the at the time US&S searchlight protected CP Noah on the former SP Sunset Route.
This guy had such a good time taking a bath...he rolled on his back, kicked his feet, shook, flapped and went completely wild. His little family waited on the shore for him. He came out of the water and 3 or 4 little ones and mama went waddling up to him wagging their tail-feathers.
En naviguant le long du rivage au printemps, j'ai observé différentes espèces se servir de ce tronc d'arbre comme poste d'affût.
Quand ce n'est pas la bergeronnette des ruisseaux ou le martin pêcheur, c'est la huppe fasciée qui vient y faire une halte.
Huppe fasciée / Upupa epops
Rivière du Loir - Printemps 2022
Explore 10/15/09 #409
A church spire emerges from the foliage on the Mohawk Trail in Western Massachusetts.
Cattle Egret adult ~ St. Augustine, FL USA
In The Wild ~ The Florida Wetlands ~ 7/5/19
The Niagara Mohawk Building, also known as the Niagara Hudson Building, is an art deco masterpiece in Syracuse, New York. It was completed in 1932 for the Niagara Mohawk power company. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi) is a fairly large moth and unsurprisingly the caterpillar is fairly large as well.
The Swedish name is cooler though: "Gräsulv" which translates into "grass wolf".
Regardelss of name, this one looks very soft and cuddly - but I would strongly reccomend not picking it up.
As many have painfully discovered, in between all the fuzz is a nasty surprise.
Some of the hairs are connected to venom sacs and if the caterpillar isn't handled carefully enough, then they might break off and cause a painful itch which can linger for weeks or even longer.
The "rubi" part of the scientific name is in reference to the larvae liking bramble leaves as food - but they actually eat lots of other plants as well.
A very similar shot can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51599621119/
A shot showing the entire catepillar can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51508402540/
A brief autumn shower boosts the flow of water over Mowhawk Falls in Ricketts Glen State Park, Luzerne County, PA.
Cheers!
Bob G.
A tafoni sea monster, with its sea lion 'mohawk', rises from the depths off Hornby Island, British Columbia. This is an unaltered photo and not an April Fool's joke 😀. In a previous version the nose and mouth were obscured by another sea lion. Tafoni results from a geological process called honeycomb weathering.
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