Two switchers in Rochester Yard!

Today in the yard there are 2 switchers! One is CSX MP15T #1217 which has returned to Rochester after a short absence. The other is TANX #99 former Chaparral Steel, probably bound for Dansville.

211 on the Charlotte Runner!

We were just about to go in the house when we heard the train cross Dewey Ave. so of course we had to chase it. We pulled into the parking lot on Boxart St. for the first shot. I was surprised to see 2 BIG GE6 axle units drift into view. An even bigger surprise was to see 211 again! I must've shot this unit on 3 or 4 different occasions, but never on the "Runner". Next we zipped up Lake Ave. to Stutson St. to the over-look at the location of the old bridge. The power looks right at home next to the old station. The last shot shows the engines turning west and entering the "North Yard" on the old Hojack Line. 10 or 15 years ago this shot would have been a little harder to get as the approach tracks to the swing bridge across the Genesee River used to occupy this spot.

Power in Greece

I caught 2 CSX units in the "North Yard" on the old Hojack Line in Greece, New York. They had a box car on the end of their train so I suspect that they would have either switched the Weyerhauser factory on the way up or would be doing so on their way back south. There was a county crew repainting the R X R's on the road surface on this date so it made a neat bit of action in the foreground.

A visit to an ALCO powerhouse!

I am lucky to be a railfan in Rochester. Just to the south of our fair city there is a shortline railroad that relies exclusively on ALCO products! The Livonia, Avon and Lakeville opperates on three seperate routes. The LA&L's home road connects with CSX on the old West Shore RR in Henrietta, N.Y. and runs southwards to Lakeville, N.Y. The Western New York and Pennsylvania which runs from Hornell, N.Y. to Meadville, Pa. and the Bath and Hammondsport which runs between Painted Post, N.Y. and Cohocton, N.Y.
It is on the B&H in Cohocton where I was able to get some shots of a few of the lines newest acquisitions. The 2 old B&H Alco S-1 switchers # 4 & #5 were there as were #422 + #423 C-424 m's. #73 an Alco M-630 was there along with #'s 3668, 3664 and 3666 all 6 axle monsters. Also on the property were 2 more Alcos, C-424's I think, #'s 4264 and 4223. That makes 10 Alco units in one location that isn't a museum!!!