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Yorkrail's RJ2 has returned to Lincoln Yard in York PA and is now switching out the freight the crew picked up from CSXT at Smith's Station. A friendly wave from the engineer was most welcome. March 30, 2021.
Kodak Tri-X Pan, Rolleicord lll
Just another shot from this fun relaxing day out on the Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern.
MHWA 2453 (Alco C425 blt. Oct. 1964 as Erie Lackawanna 2453) was repatraited back to the states with several sisters after a long post EL career in British Columbia. On this Thursday the crew ran west from Utica with a shirt train and switched in the small yard on the former Griffis Air Force Base before running out to the end of the former USAF trackage to work here. Once completed they headed back east with 10 cars via the fast running on their trackage rights over CSXT's Mohawk Sub mainline.
This is the major customer that the MHWA serves in what is now the Griffiss Technologies and Business Park. Sovena USA was founded as the East Coast Olive Oil Corporation in Utica in 1991, and 80 percent of it was acquired in 2005 by the Portugal-based Sovena Group, which two years later renamed it Sovena USA and moved it to Griffiss.
Rome, New York
Thursday October 28, 2021
Are you excited? I love that feeling when the seasons are about to switch and we move in to the early spring with all the weather changes that is about to bring. The first major one is happening today and we might be even able to witness and capture aurora or northern lights here in Illinois! This image is captured last spring, I used my wind painted clouds technique to emphasize the movement of the clouds and contrast it agains the still and beautiful Chicago skyline. What do you think?
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@sonyalpha A7R (830nm) / FL 24mm / ISO 93 / F8/ SS 1/30s
@sony FE 70-300mm F4.5-5.6 G OSS
Just another shot of this cool but homely veteran unit still toiling away in the far northern reaches of New England.
NECR 1750 (EMD SD9 blt. Apr. 1959) is seen switching back and forth over North Elm Street at the south end of the old Central Vermont Itay Yard at about MP 0.5 on the New England Central Railroad's Swanton Subdivision.
The 1750 is rather unattractive with its chopped nose, but sure is cool as the only operating example of this classic model in New England. None of the traditional New England roads ever purchased any SD9s, preferring instead the 4-axle GP9 model which were quite common. The 1750 was an original Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway unit were it served for 39 years as their number 161 before being sold to Railtex in 1998 and transferred to the Georgia Southwestern. It was around that time that its original high short hood was cut down and was renumbered 1900. It was transferred by then parent RailAmerica around 2005 to the Connecticut Southern and then came to the NECR around 2009. For the past dozen years she has been a stalwart switcher though her sibling, NECR 1901 (ex DMIR 168), that came at the same time has since been retired.
St. Albans, Vermont
Friday January 27, 2023
Yorkrail's RJ2 has returned to Lincoln Yard in York PA and is now switching out the freight the crew picked up from CSXT at Smith's Station. In the background the YS1 waits in the clear for the RJ2 to finish. Then it will be their turn to switch their train at this end. March 30, 2021.
Tri-X Pan, Rolleicord lll
Strasburg Railroad's ex Canadian National 2-6-0 89 makes a switching move past a farm at Strasburg PA.
A storm rolling over Newcastle harbour last Friday night. It has been a very long time since I've taken the camera out and even longer since I've tried to photograph lightning. Was happy to snare this one.
Natsuki - he's confident and "flirty" got a bit of a smirky playful side too. (Not shown here though!)
Canadian Pacific GP20C-ECO 2261 on CPKC train G-18 is making a switch move beside the ramshackle former CP passenger station that still proudly carries its station sign. This depot sits just south of the Province Street crossing at MP 27.3 on the Newport Subdivision and saw its last passenger train call around 1965 but continued to be staffed by a freight agent into the 1980s. I'm not sure when the doors were locked for the last time but it is now in terrible shape and barring a miracle I can't fathom it surviving. If anyone knows the history of this depot and when it was built I'd love to know more as there is little to nothing available on line.
Once this local wraps up working Blue Seal Feeds they will continue south to Newport with one more stop to work Poulin Grain when they arrive in town there.
To read all about the history of this line see the earlier post of this train at the border crossing.
Richford, Vermont
Friday June 21, 2024
Norfolk Southern GP38-2 no. 5670, one of the railroad's Operation Lifesaver units, is seen idling in South Plainfield Yard, operating as Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CSAO) train MA1.
The inaugural ITT Hub trade show took place in Farnborough over 2 days at the end of June 2021. Promoting "Innovation & Technology in Transport", the show featured many trucks, vans and around 45 buses, coaches and minibuses, most of which were located in an area next to the main cavernous hall.
Exhibitors from the bus industry included ADL, Altas Auto, BYD, Caetanobus, Dawsongroup, EVM, Harris, Ilesbus, Iveco, Mercedes-Benz, Switch (Optare), Wright Bus, and Pelican Yutong.
The next ITT Hub event is scheduled for May 11th/12th 2022.
The inaugural ITT Hub trade show took place in Farnborough over 2 days at the end of June 2021. Promoting "Innovation & Technology in Transport", the show featured many trucks, vans and around 45 buses, coaches and minibuses, most of which were located in an area next to the main cavernous hall.
Exhibitors from the bus industry included ADL, Altas Auto, BYD, Caetanobus, Dawsongroup, EVM, Harris, Ilesbus, Iveco, Mercedes-Benz, Switch (Optare), Wright Bus, and Pelican Yutong.
The next ITT Hub event is scheduled for May 11th/12th 2022.
CSXT Middleboro based local B727 (now officially known as L007) led by GP40-2 6237 (blt. Feb. 1979 as BO 4335 in Chessie System paint) and two sisters are switching on the Myles Standish Industrial Lead. They are curving off to spot one reefer at Americold and then will go pull one from Reinhart Foodservice at the end of track before coming back here to work the busy New England Waste Disposal transfer station. This branch is accessed from Attleboro Junction at MP 8.6 on the Middleboro Secondary a bit over a half mile behind me here.
The Middleboro Sub is strange in that it is owned by MassDOT and dispatched and maintained by Mass Coastal, but CSX still operates it and serves the customers as the direct corporate successor of CR, PC, NH, and all the way back to the Old Colony Railroad. In fact this particular segment of line here on the Myles Stabdish was opened in 1836 by OCRR predecessor Taunton Branch Railroad making it one of the oldest rail routes in New England. Becoming a mainline for the Old Colony it survived as a secondary through route under New Haven aegis seeing its last passenger train pass shortly before the connection with the shoreline was severed at Mansfield in 1955 to make way for a highway grade separation project.. The tracks into Mansfield center lasted until about 1966 for freight service served from this end, but then were abandoned leaving only the present 1.5 mile stub still in use today up to the large industrial park.
Taunton, Massachusetts
Tuesday March 15, 2022
A former Southern Railway SD24 (SD9 now) works as a switcher at a grain elevator in Cozad Nebraska. At the time of this photograph the locomotive is 65 years old.
July 2007 flashback- Fresno Traction (later PE) double-truck Birney makes a rare appearance outside of the carbarn during a big switch move. Sacramento Northern electric loco 653 provides the muscle.
A colour changing hydrangea. Flowers start as pale green, then creamy white and ends up pink. Beautiful flowers and, as you can see it attracts red spider mites too!
365/193 - Year 12 Photo 3480
WIDE View: Switching at Orchard Drive, backing into the Chambersburg Intermodal yard. Spur on the right leads to Nursery Supplies, Inc.
MP15AC 1187 shoves loads of asphalt into the Owens Corning Trumbull Asphalt plant. The company uses it to make asphalt coatings and shingles. A few months ago they received covered hoppers as well on a second spur, but it doesn't look like that's currently being used.
Often times the best opportunities for photos comes before the main event. I photographed P36-0110 switching in the yard at Shcherbinka on August 24, 2019, in preparation for Expo1520.
switch on a yellow panel of an old locomotive.
used a LEE Filters landscape polariser.
Nikon D800e and a Zeiss Milvus 1.4 50mm
GP38's all, 2 are ex Southern, one is ex Seaboard. Interesting trio handling the switching chores in March 2017
I love this doll a lot!
I suddenly went out with her because I had to take outside pics of her like right now.
She now needs white eyelashes (but I suck so much at glueing eyelashes T.T)
CSX YN2 GP40-2 #6957 is at work switching Sentry Industries on CSX's East Rail district, with a blooming tree creating some nice color behind the train amid the lousy weather.
Switching one of the Facilities close the the yard located near Virginia Avenue in North Charleston. Interesting catch of a GP20 and GP16. GP20 #2008 appears to have been built as an EMD GP20 demonstrator EMDX #5626 While #2003 is an ex SAL GP16,
After chasing L507 to Saukville, we got lunch and then went to Ackerville for a NB with CN 8898 leading just to shoot it and we then went to Slinger Road where we saw L249 switching Ackerville. L249 would pull to where we were at the crossing a number of times and this was one of them