New York Central returns to Rochester!

Sort of anyway! On the night of August 12, 2008 Amtrak's train number 49, "The Lake Shore Limited" had the former New York Central observation car the "Hickory Creek" tacked on to it's rear end. The train was only about 18 minutes late, which ain't too bad, when it made it's station stop in Rochester on it's westward sprint to Chicago.

This car is truly a beauty! At 11:18 pm the locomotives lit up the night as they decellerated into the station. The train stopped with the "Creek" just 2 car lengths short of the platform. I had to walk down to get some pics as my last two attempts were stymied by both the weather and bad timing. What a sweet ride this would be to depart from New York's Penn station and glide along the Hudson. Viewing the scenery through the comparativly huge picture windows as you head west through the Mohawk Valley then across western New York's fertile farm country. That would be the way to travel!