Trackside Treks Episode 17: September to Snow

The Canadian Pacific Holiday Trains is Coming Soon!

I finally got around to looking up the CP holiday train schedule, and unfortunately I will not be in town, but some of my fellow authors for NCT will be. Here’s the schedule: Port Henry Amtrak Station, West side stop Arrive 4:30 PM 4:45 PM – 5:15 PM Plattsburgh Amtrak Station Arrive 7:00 PM 7:15 […]

Winter Railfanning

The northbound Adirondack rolls into Plattsburgh on a cold November day. The light is already fading at 3:30. A few days later, the northbound at the bike path. And the southbound 650 CP tank train.

Random Recap #40

Union Pacific #8704 and Norfolk southern #9774 are stopped for a crew change. -Gideon

New Caboose in Town (Plus a Fast Amtrak)

I got a tip from Gideon that CP’s Plattsburgh local, D11, had a CP shoving platform (boarded up caboose) operating on it. I went over this afternoon to check it out. The D&H used to operate the Plattsburgh local with a caboose, as did the CP for several years, but stopped in the early 2000’s. […]