Kicking off our 2019-2020 show season was the Massena Model Model Train, Toy & Collectible Expo, held at Massena Area. @dhfan5 Gideon Found another SP Daylight coach @Toms Trains for his train. An F40PH sits in the pen… D&H through Morristown Junction. Trains pass on the Norwood Model Railroad Club layout. The outdoor 1/8th scale […]
Read More The 2019 Massena Train ShowSouthbound Adirondack on Monday. Northbound on Thursday. CP GP20ECO on PARC. Look for a Massena Show post soon. -Harrison
Read More South and North on the AdirondackWorking at the Battle of Plattsburgh with @dhfan5 yielded NS 930 coming through about 10:00AM. About the usual 30 cars. There was a cool(loud) street battle. A few days later, the Adirondack on the bike path.
Read More Late Summer RailfanningIt’s been a while since I posted about my layout, partly because I haven’t worked on it much in the past month, and I’ve been busy. Painting a “patch-out” for the ADK&LC. Cabooses line up in Plattsburgh. The Rouses Point switcher spots a car at Pillsbury Grain. It looks like that X-Wing […]
Read More Some Work on the LayoutOur final stop before heading back to NY state was the Seashore Trolley Museum, located in Kennebunkport, ME. As we arrived, we immediately got on Eastern Mass St. Railway car #4387, recently restored. We headed up the 1.5 mile line, stopping while the conductor told us about the history of the locations. On the way […]
Read More Trip to ME, part 4: the Seashore Trolley MuseumOn the way back from York, we stopped in at the Wells station, finding a Pan-Am manifest freight waiting for a crew change sitting on the passing track. A southbound Downeaster came in, with the standard cabbage-P42 consist. As it headed out, I thought the P42 was gonna blow something, due to the smoke! The final day, […]
Read More Trip to ME, part 3: More Railfanning in WellsThe next RR-related stop on our trip was the York Village Marketplace, owned and run by Mike Shipp. Unfortunately, Mike and Mary are retiring and closing down the shop at the end of the month, but will still remain active selling at train shows. If you are in the area, stop in and get what […]
Read More Trip to ME, part 2: a Final Visit to the York Village MarketplaceAs I have done the past two years, I went railfanning while on vacation in Wells, Maine. The first day, we headed down to the Wells Multimodal station. Several things have changed since I was here last year: all trains now go to Brunswick, the dome car in no longer used, and A handy new […]
Read More Trip to ME, Part 1: an Evening Meet on the DowneasterWhile in the cafe car, we rolled along Lake Champlain before arriving in Port Henry. I tried to get a good shot of the engine, but without the dome car, it didn’t really work. Beside the northbound Adirondack, the only other train we passed is the Lake Champlain & Moriah train in Port Henry. After […]
Read More Riding the Adirondack, Part 2: Port Henry and SouthYesterday Gideon( @dhfan5 ) and I rode Amtrak’s Adirondack from Plattsburgh to Ticonderoga. We arrived a the historic Plattsburgh depot at 12:50, thirty minutes before train time. While waiting, a saw a poster that looked like my dog, Sable. The train came in 27 minutes late, due to delays at the border (what else is it […]
Read More Riding the Adirondack, Part 1: Plattsburgh to Westport
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