3 way at Rochester !!!

So, today in the yard I was treated to a rare spectacle! Three westbounds were lined up and waiting for the signal at CP 369! At the moment I didn't know why but I would find out later. Oh yeah, by the way, what is up with the numbers on 7868? They're HUGE and goofy lookin' !

DOT/FRA detector at Rochester

Today F.R.A. secretary Joseph Boardman passed through Rochester aboard a " Gage Restraint Measurement Vehicle ". After a breif press conferrence the car proceeded west out of the station. Several representatives of local news agencies appear to have gotten on board to go along for the ride. I got word from some guys of the "dog and pony show" at the Amtrak station so I had to check it out. Pretty neat stuff.

"History" around Rochester

The old West Shore Railroad has been gone as a rail company for a long time but there are a few segments left that are still in use. One such section runs between CP 382 at Chili Jct. to CP 359 in Fairport in western New York. This piece of the West Shore helps trains avoid some of the congestion of the main line thru Rochester and enables CSX to interchange with the L.A.&L RR at Genesee Jct. This first picture shows an eastbound CSX intermodal train crossing Scottsville rd. and the Genesee river. The train is on the West Shore and the other set of tracks belong to the L.A.&L.

I shot the next photo about 6 or 7 years ago in the town of Bergen at mile post 389, I think. This train is being pulled by two of Amtrak's venerable EMD F 40 PH's

The last pic shows an RS-11 operated by the Falls Road Rail Road. This regional carrier operates on the NYC's former Falls Road branch. Here # 1804 switches Hollet Cold Storage on N.Y. Rte. 31 in the town of Holley, N.Y.