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Read More (Video) Why a Boston-Montreal Passenger Train Could Fail or SucceedIn this photograph, from Sharepoint and found by Ken May (posted via the Delaware & Hudson Facebook group) we see D&H train #34, the southbound Laurentian, rolling into Plattsburgh from one of my favorite vantage points. Here are a few things I’ve noticed about the picture: The photo was probably taken in April, and the pile […]
Read More Erie-Lackawanna in Plattsburgh?After my recent post on sunset photography in Maine, I thought I’d dig back to see what other sunset shots I have. Back in May, I was walking to the road by the Red Caboose Motel in Strasburg, PA when I realized that it would be just as interesting to add the railroading element, framing the […]
Read More (Flashback) More Sunset (and dusk) PhotographyFour Years Ago Today (or yesterday, but WordPress tells me today) I started blogging, as a 12-year-old kid who had no clue what he was getting into. I knew nothing about blogging, photography, or writing, but through doing (and with the help of some followers) I’d like to think I’ve improved a bit. This picture […]
Read More Four Years Ago Today…The following is an excerpt from the May 2021 Bulletin: The D&H received twelve GP38-2s from the Lehigh Valley in 1976 as part of the formation of Conrail. Formerly LV No. 314-325, these became D&H No. 7314-7325. Originally all of these units were painted in the famous “Lightning Stripe” scheme, although some were later repainted […]
Read More D&H 7303As many of you may know, the Adirondack Scenic Railroad has been battling the various parties known as the “Rails to Trails” advocates. The location of conflict? Tupper Lake to Lake Placid, NY, easily the most popular (and populated) stretch on the Adirondack Scenic, formerly the NYC Adirondack Branch. The popular Lake Placid-Saranac Lake trains […]
Read More The Adirondack Scenic’s North End Dilemma, and Rails to TrailsIt’s happened yet again. This time, the door was stolen off an ex-Erie Lackawanna E8 stored on the Batten Kill Railroad. Hal T. Raven shared yesterday that the 250 lb door was stolen, probably over the weekend as the last theft had. Hal (owner of Raven Rail LLC) and the Batten Kill have been the […]
Read More My Thoughts on the Recent Railroad TheftsIt was a hot afternoon, and I was watching the Horseshoe Curve webcam when a manifest came along, grinding up the curve. Leading the train was what looked to be a GE ES44, followed by an SD70ACe. Next came another GE, an SD60E, a pair of Geeps, and another GE. Strange? Just wait and see. […]
Read More I Think I’ve Defined “Precision Scheduled Railroading”…To ease in the photo upload process, posts from my recent trip to Syracuse will be posted at a later time. For now, we will skip ahead. Last Thursday, I knew that 931 was both extremely late, and had CN power. The problem is, I had no updates on the train after it passed Saratoga. […]
Read More A Quick CN Power Catch, and Freight Train TimingEver since I started my blog and even before then, I’ve been constantly discovering more and more awesome online content about both real-life trains and model railroading. Since there is no official guide to these online creators, I thought I’d list some of my favorites here. John Longhurst’s CP Rail M&M Sub This one is […]
Read More The Online Community, Part 1: My Fellow BloggersA railroad I haven’t talked about before on my blog is the Batten Kill. The Batten Kill runs between Greenwich, NY to the interchange with Pan Am (soon to be CSX/G&W) at Eagle Bridge, NY. Although I’ve never seen it in person (yet), it fascinates me for many reasons, the obvious being that they run […]
Read More “Let the Blue Shine Through”, and the Batten Kill RailroadToday, I woke up and made a decision- I will no longer model the D&H. What has recently taken my interest is the high-speed trains of Europe, so from now on I will model those. I plan to expand my layout on either end to make high-speed return loops, allowing me to run trains at […]
Read More Changing My Modeling Game…Canadian Pacific has taken the railroading world by surprise. The railroad recently announced they plan to buy KCS for 25 billion, citing a unified intermodal network and lower costs as driving factors in the decision. Considering CSX and CN can’t get the Massena Line sale approved, and the opposition of the CSX-Pan Am acquisition, do […]
Read More Canadian Pacific to buy Kansas City Southern!Recently I discovered a new online game called Train Station 2. I initially found this on my fellow blogger Steve Boyko’s YouTube channel. I must admit the game is quite addicting, especially for a railfan/model railroader. You start out in England, where you must collect coal and iron ore and build various tracks. At your […]
Read More Game Look: Train Station 2I have to be honest: all this layout planning and the many things to consider have gotten me quite depressed and stressed. I decided to take a step back to a concept I established when I started planning a new layout; The concept of a sectional railroad. Not a universal “modular” layout, but a layout […]
Read More Simplifying the Layout Plan: Start Small?
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