Binghamton NY Nov 2009

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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Was back east for Thanksgiving and my high school reunion in November, and took the chance to get a little railfanning in too.

First shot is of a Delaware & Hudson freight heading west over the great looking Harpursville Trestle.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=314710

Next image is of a Norfolk Southern freight with solid CP Beavers up front, heading over the old Erie Chanoga River Bridge.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=314711

Third shot is a bit west, in Endicott, NY, where a NS freight with actual NS power on it heads towards Buffalo.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=314712

Thanks for looking…

Charles

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Very nice.

If I’d known you were in the Binghampton area over turkey day, I’d have waved on my way through to MD (or on the way back)…

Every now and then I’ll see a train moving as I pass through, and I-81 parallels the old Lackawanna line for some distance. But usually all I see are tracks…

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So I was not crazy when I thought I saw a caboose on that train. Great shots!

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Sorry I didn’t see you guys out there! [:)]

I have to admit I completely lucked out… having picked that day to railfan Binghamton (which is notoriously cloud covered) a good two months ahead of time, and to have it turn out to be a beautiful sunny day!

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An excellent set as always, Charles. I especially liked the first image. Thanks for sharing!

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What are the MARC cars doing going way up north and west, and do you have photos of them?

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To Alstom or GE in Hornell (or whoever’s doin’ rebuild and repair there now) or up to Dansville for same.

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I did take one. I’ll post it soon. Just need to edit it up.

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quick question—how many rebuilders are up that way now?

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I believe that the MARC cars have been headed to Dansville (I originally and mistakenly thought Cohocton). NS drops them off in Painted Post and the Bath and Hammondsport (LAL) pulls them to Dansville. Metro North cars have also been going there by way of CSX, Finger Lakes Railway from Solvay to Geneva, NS down the Corning secondary to PP, and B&H from there to Dansville.

Poppyl

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Dansville is approached from the north…Mt. Morris to be exact…so B&H is taking to Cohocton…

I dont’ know how many anymore. THere is a plant of some kind in Elmira and in Sayre, PA but I don’t believe either is in service (Elmira was doing light rail and subway type cars at various times under various owners; Sayre was GE freight cars). I think there are two in Hornell and one in Dansville, but there might be more.

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Henry;

Thanks for correcting my mistaken “mistake” on Dansville versus Cohocton. I should have seen my inconsistency right from the get go. Brain must have been asleep.[oops]

poppyl

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Henry: Thanks for that info. It’s getting that one needs score cards to figure out who does what where—

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But I’m guessing from an old scorecard! ABB and Kawasaki used to be in the area as well as M-K, and Greenville Car. What actually happens is that any given company will take over a plant when they get a contract. When the contract is complete, unless they get another one right away, they vacate and someone else with a contract will move in. And so it goes. And goes.