Random Recap #34

Trackside Treks Episode 14: Plattsburgh Palooza

FINALLY. IT’S DONE. this video has been waiting for about four months to be made. Harrison and Gideon railfan their home territory, with some jogs north and south too!

Back to Burlington (again!)

I was (back) in Burlington today, and stopped in at VTR’s Burlington yard. A train was blocking the main, a cut of cars was sitting on the passing tracks, and the yard looked like I was running it! to add to the problem, the yard crew was going in for lunch. Some power sitting around. […]

NCT Exclusive: Climb Aboard a 1949 Pensy Lounge Plus a B&M Sleeper

While in Vermont, I was given a tour of a pair of vintage passenger cars: 1949 PRR three bedroom, drawing room buffet lounge Colonial Crafts, and B&M 6-4-6 sleeper Salisbury Beach. These cars, along with the Frank Thomson, were waiting for the return leg of a Burlington-Rutland excursion. The Beach was built to sleep as many people in as possible. […]

Trackside Treks Episode 13: Back to Burlington

It has been 7 months and 9 episodes since I was in Burlington, but it feels like yesterday!

Trackside Treks Episode 12: Railfanning on the Hudson

Back to Burlington Yard

Today I was in VT so I headed over to Burlington Yard. As we arrived, VTR’s two SD70M-2s were parked in front being repaired. GATX #2147, still lettered for Natchez Railway, was switching in the yard. I was able to witness some of the last momentum switching in the US (video coming soon). This was […]

Back to the River Line

Last week I stopped in Catskill on the way back north to railfan. As we approached Brown Crossing Rd, I heard a defect detector come in on the scanner. We got set up and a southbound autorack came in on the siding and stopped. A rainstorm came through, but let up just in time for […]