July 24, 2012

ICE 6415

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On this day I let myself sleep in at the Motel 6 by the airport. Then I went to Depew to check out the action there before driving on back roads to Letchworth State Park, NY to see the big trestle. I went via Arcade. Then, I drove to Olean.

Related sets:

Tuesday:

Buffalo, NY

Depew: 12:11 p.m. EDT

CSX Coal with 890 & 260 meeting baretable with CSX 5241 and 9047 (YN2)

12:36 p.m.

#1 Track 3 more GEs.

12:45 p

CSX 5346 WB intermodal, MP 341 Signals

1:05 p

WB with 575 & 586 and CN C44-9W 2606

Cheektowaga: 1:25 p

Shores Alley and Ellicott Rd. - Ethanol Train ICE 6415, DME 6364.

Meet @ 1:25, Both Double Stacks at CP 433

Fireman's Park, Depew: 2:25 p

NS Southern Tier Line, JC 415 Milepost.

Arcade, NY

3:30 p

Arcade and Attica, Arcade and Attica 18 is a 2-8-0 built in 1920 by the American Locomotive Company (ALCo) at its 'Cooke Works' in Paterson, New Jersey. It is used in tourist excursion service out of Arcade, NY.

A&A 112 in the barn. #18 outside. Closed barn doors shortly after I got there.

Arcade & Attica 112 is a GE 65-ton switcher built in 1945 by General Electric at its Erie, Pennsylvania plant, for the United States Navy. It is seen here in the engine house in Arcade, NY on at 3:30 p.m.on July 24, 2012.

Letchworth State Park, NY

4:55p

NS 9377 GE Dash 9-40CW

Portage River Bridge
Norfolk Southern 9377, 9239, 9023. are on the Portage River bridge in Letchworth Park, NY on July 24, 2012 shot from south (east) side. Marginal light.
On at 4:55 p.m. on November 29, 2011, Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) announced plans to demolish the Portage River bridge and build a new one away from Letchworth Park. NS had offered the bridge to the State of New York, but the State declined it.

Portage Bridge, 4:55p

NS 9377, 9239, 9023 WB on bridge, shot from south (east) side. Marginal light. NS 9377, 9239, 9023. are on the Portage River bridge in Letchworth Park, NY on July 24, 2012. On November 29, 2011, Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) announced plans to demolish the Portage River bridge and build a new one away from Letchworth Park. NS had offered the bridge to the State of New York, but the State declined it.

Olean, NY

CP Olean, diamonds, time?

On the drive to Olean, NY I found MLW built (ex-AM 70, exx-CP 4500) C630M 630 on the point of a train from Hornell. The short train is shown approaching the diamonds at CP Olean on July 24, 2012. WNYP 630 was on OL1, Hornell train. 2 x Bulkhead Flats, Busch Cars, from Hornell and 1 refer from Cuba.
Dofascos on the diamonds. At dusk westbound WNYP C630M 630 hits the diamonds at CP Olean on July 24, 2012.

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