Top photos from September 9th, 2006

September 9th, 2006

On our way out of Vermont, the muffler on the car decided it wanted to go straight home. We ended up stopping in the small town of Sidney, New York for a night in a hotel and emergency repairs to the car, which were amazingly completed by 9:15am at a local shop called B&M for less than we'd have paid at home. After leaving, we heard a train on the D&H tracks and pulled off the interstate to shoot NS #168 with 2 NS SD70M-2s for power, then headed up to Binghamton to see what we could find there, and then on to Scranton for Steamtown, which occupied us until a thunderstorm came in. We rushed back to New York, caught a great D&H lashup in Binghamton, and headed for Rochester for the night, catching a few trains of interest along the way.

Bainbridge, New York

(map) Bainbridge is a small town a few miles west of Sidney, New York, on I-88 around 20 miles east of Binghamton.

Binghamton, New York

(map) Binghamton is the site of the interchange of the NYSW, D&H, and NS near the New York-Pennsylvania border. While there are several yards in the city and a number of tracks, most are largely inaccessible.

Scranton, Pennsylvania

(map) Home of Steamtown, a large state parks-run museum dedicated to the preservation of steam engines. It is about 45 minutes south of Binghamton.

Binghamton, New York

(map) Binghamton is the site of the interchange of the NYSW, D&H, and NS near the New York-Pennsylvania border. While there are several yards in the city and a number of tracks, most are largely inaccessible.

Gang Mills, New York

(map) Gang Mills is right beside Painted Post and Corning on the NS, around half way between Binghamton and Rochester. NS forks here and the Wellsborough and Corning shortline passes just South of NS' Gang Mills yard.

Mount Morris, New York

(map) Mount Morris is the junction of the Gennessee and Wyoming, and Dansville and Mount Morris shortlines, about 45 minutes south of Rochester on I-390.