2011

At 4:15 p.m. October 6, 2011, 1941 built LAL ALCo S2 72 is switching Sweeteners Plus Inc. in Lakeville, NY. This looks like it should say Spokane Portland and Seattle on its sides.
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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Chasing the LAL with Otto.

Steve Sloan's Trains : Trip Notes : 2011 : Thursday, October 6, 2011

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New York

Lakeville, NY

LAL 428 & 425, ALCo C425s

ALCos in Lakeville
As a hot air baloon lifts off in the background, at 8 a.m. on Thursday, October 6, 2011, Livonia Avon and Lakeville (LAL) C425s 428 and 425 pull cars past the Conesus Lake Sportsman Club in Lakeville, NY. The former Florida Seminole Gulf C425 428 had to be one of the homliest C425s around.
LAL 428 is an ALCo C425. Reportedly: LAL 428 (the Sergeant W. Wise) was built in 1966 by ALCo as a model C425, builders number 3461-01, SP&S 320.

Avon, NY

LAL 425 & 428, ALCo C425s

ALCos in Avon
 Livonia Avon and Lakeville (LAL) C425 425 and 428 working in Avon, NY.

LAL 428 & 425, ALCo C425s

Howletts Farms, NY

ALCo Smoke
On Thursday, October 6, 2011, at about 10:10 a.m., Livonia, Avon and Lakeville (LAL) 428 and 425 are smoking it up as they accelerate near Howletts Farms, NY.

Rush, NY

LAL 428 & 425, ALCo C425s

ALCos at MP JC 375
On Thursday, October 6, 2011, I was chasing trains with my friend and tour guide Otto Vondrak. At about 10:38 a.m., Livonia, Avon and Lakeville (LAL) 428 and 425 were passing milpost JC 375, denoting the distance from the Erie Railroad's old terminal in Jersey City. This is at East River Rd. near Rush, NY.

Rochester, NY

LAL 428 & 425, ALCo C425s

ALCos behind the dorms
On Thursday, October 6, 2011, I was chasing trains with my friend and tour guide Otto Vondrak. At about 10:55 a.m., Livonia, Avon and Lakeville (LAL) 428 and 425 were passing behind The Province, Student Living at the Rochester Institute of Technology, in Rochester, NY.
On March 13, 2024 Otto added: "Additional details: This is approaching Mortimer Junction, where the Erie and LV crossed the NYC West Shore. In 1979, Conrail built a new connecting track that swung off the Erie alignment and connected to the LV branch, which then swung parallel to the NYC West Shore so locals could access the small yard at Genesee Junction (Erie and LV tracks used to continue north to downtown Rochester, but that small yard was abandoned in favor of Genesee Junction). So this northbound LAL train is swinging onto that connector track."
ALCos near the airport
At 11:38 a.m. on Thursday, October 6, 2011, Livonia, Avon and Lakeville (LAL) 428 and 425 are working the Rochester & Southern's Brooks Avenue Yard near Fisher Road, close to the Rochester airport.
ALCos in Rochester
At noon on Thursday, October 6, 2011, Livonia, Avon and Lakeville (LAL) ALCo C425s 428 and 425 are in the Rochester & Southern's Brooks Avenue Yard in Rochester, NY.
October 6, 2011, was an awesome day chasing the LAL with Otto Vondrak.

Lakeville, NY

4:15 p.m.

LAL 72 ALCo S2

LAL 72 in Lakeville, 2011
Livonia Avon and Lakeville (LAL) 72 was working in the yard in Lakeville, NY
  • At 4:15 p.m. October 6, 2011, 1941 built LAL ALCo S2 72 is switching Sweeteners Plus Inc. in Lakeville, NY. This looks like it should say Spokane Portland and Seattle on its sides.
    Nikon D300s Digital Image: 2011100601.257
  • A classic look in classic Alco paint, on the afternoon of October 6, 2011. This 70 year old is still working for a living. 1941 built LAL ALCo S2 72 is switching Sweeteners Plus Inc. in Lakeville, NY.
    Nikon D300s Digital Image: 2011100601.260
  • LAL 72, ALCo Serial 69535, Built July 1941 Ex-South Buffalo 72. Photo taken October 6, 2011 in Lakeville, NY.
    Nikon D300s Digital Image: 2011100601.270
  • On the afternoon of October 6, 2011. This 70 year old is still working for a living. 1941 built LAL ALCo S2 72 is switching Sweeteners Plus Inc. in Lakeville, NY.
    Nikon D300s Digital Image: 2011100601.284

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Related Links

The Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad (WNYP)
The Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad makes extensive use of equipment from RRPX.
Livonia Avon and Lakeville Railroad (rail operations)
The LAL is the parent company of the WNYP as well as a rail operation out of Lakeville, NY.
RR Power Leasing LLC (RRPX)
Railroad equipment owned by RRPX is leased to WNYP.
Trip to New York and Pennsylvainia, October 2011
This is the trip chasing Alcos and MLWs in Western New York and Pennsylvainia in Octtober 2011.
Trip to New York and Pennsylvainia, June 2010
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