Random Recap #58

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Trackside Treks Episode 25: Railfanning Syracuse, Part 2

The action continues in part 2, featuring a mega train with foreign power, a three way meet and more!

Trackside Treks Episode 24: Railfanning Syracuse, Part 1

An afternoon of railfanning in Syracuse yields a two part episode, featuring multiple meets, foreign power and more. Part 1 of 2

Railfanning Syracuse, Part 2: BNSF, NS, and more CSX power

As the westbound was still rolling through, an eastbound intermodal came charging in, with a 1x1x0 (one head end, one mid train DPU) power configuration. As the mid-train DPU rolled by a westbound manifest flew by on the other main. With two trains on the main and another train rolling out from the intermodal yard, […]

Railfanning Syracuse, Part 1: Meets and More at Dewitt Yard

Yesterday we took a trip to Syracuse to catch some trains. Enjoy! As we neared our exit, we passed over the yard. There was an intermodal slowly moving out of the yard. Once we got to the yard (behind Vito’s Ristorante) we found the train slowly moving back and forth, presumably switching. The lead locomotives […]

Chasing a CSX Local on the Massena Line

On the way to Syracuse, we passed over a CSX local near Philadelphia, NY. As we were getting Arby’s in Fort Drum, we heard the train crossing the defect detector on the scanner, so we quickly headed towards the tracks. We missed it by a minute so we chased it to a side road in […]

Trackside Treks Episode 23: Trekking to Maine, Part 2

Trackside Treks Episode 22: Trekking to Maine, Part 1

An Adventure to Maine, Part 3: Switching in Rigby yard and More Downeaster Action

After fueling up, we headed over to Rigby yard. Nothing was going on at the moment, but motive power was plentiful. We headed up to the road overpass to find a Pan Am Railways GP40 switching the yard. We grabbed some subs from a local sub shop and headed over to a local businesses parking […]

An Adventure to Maine, Part 2: Downeaster Operations in Wells and Portland

The next stop in our railfanning adventure was a quick stop at the Wells station for northbound Downeaster #681. The train rolled in 2 minutes late. How’s that for on time, Adirondack! P42DC #88 was on point, with NPCU (F40PH) #90213 on the rear. You gotta love them cabbages! The train departed and we headed […]