tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81218588803309778812024-03-14T02:15:06.038-04:00T.G.'s Photography BlogRailroading, my travels, and anything else that I find interesting.Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.comBlogger934125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-46496046887199680552024-02-17T06:00:00.008-05:002024-02-22T13:18:54.746-05:00CSX S955, the spent nuclear fuel waste special<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp1ju_Pqa2A8tTWtk9vi9qnM1f68pcwwP9lJ7QpJFHLGdTmfjzRNRa4KuRemfDD6SEzdSGVoGz4MZCYGTsxeBRlRZLeuJML0KBmEvzi6FTt0wc3kuu2TtlYdc6HTQzowtUFN9IkfyoQpANNehu7bklNE7ALGhVeMT099qSyDEqJCD_WhD93U2LRmu6sQUD/s1300/D20240216_042_DJI_0334_S95515_Auto311_Weedsport_NY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="CSXT 5112 leads S955 west on the Rochester Subdivision at Weedsport, NY" border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1300" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp1ju_Pqa2A8tTWtk9vi9qnM1f68pcwwP9lJ7QpJFHLGdTmfjzRNRa4KuRemfDD6SEzdSGVoGz4MZCYGTsxeBRlRZLeuJML0KBmEvzi6FTt0wc3kuu2TtlYdc6HTQzowtUFN9IkfyoQpANNehu7bklNE7ALGhVeMT099qSyDEqJCD_WhD93U2LRmu6sQUD/w640-h426/D20240216_042_DJI_0334_S95515_Auto311_Weedsport_NY.jpg" title="CSXT 5112 leads S955 west at Weedsport, NY" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CSXT 5112 leads S955 west at Auto 311 on the Rochester Subdivision at Weedsport, NY.</td></tr></tbody></table><p> Last week CSX ran a special movement that originated at the <a href="https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Home/Shipyards/Portsmouth/About-Us/" target="_blank">Portsmouth Navel Shipyard</a> at Portsmouth, NH. The train carried spent nuclear fuel on specially designed railcars with casks. I caught the train as it came through Weedsport, NY on its slow journey west. The railcars, including the caboose, are owned by the Department of Defense (DOD). The reporting mark of the railcars is DDOX. Per its website, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard maintains the Navy's nuclear-powered attack submarine fleet, including Los Angeles and Virginia class submarines. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRAaLvZMAgXkenh01l_vDuiuOL2oQBWpde-50tbmzD_n8NOa7dX0yoMYgnu5uuVUeH003SCarMkQZv-WmkzWdKyLmBGa0zABqduLC7MqD_LcxhyphenhyphenHzluTGa8YtACwFSm4PIzn3dR-beNbzqn6JqLhr3zVdqfrDsYlsu1lnyobpnDg5lJ_N2Ysg1Mu20ExL/s1300/D20240216_044_DJI_0336_S95515_DODX_nuclear_caskets_Auto_311_Rochester_Sub_Weedsport_NY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Railcars with casks carry the spent nuclear fuel on train S955" border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1300" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRAaLvZMAgXkenh01l_vDuiuOL2oQBWpde-50tbmzD_n8NOa7dX0yoMYgnu5uuVUeH003SCarMkQZv-WmkzWdKyLmBGa0zABqduLC7MqD_LcxhyphenhyphenHzluTGa8YtACwFSm4PIzn3dR-beNbzqn6JqLhr3zVdqfrDsYlsu1lnyobpnDg5lJ_N2Ysg1Mu20ExL/w640-h426/D20240216_044_DJI_0336_S95515_DODX_nuclear_caskets_Auto_311_Rochester_Sub_Weedsport_NY.jpg" title="Railcars with casks carry the spent nuclear fuel on train S955" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DDOX railcars with casks carry the spent nuclear fuel on train S955.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;">Photographs taken on February 16, 2024, at Weedsport, NY.</p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-84138296723161287932023-12-26T06:00:00.003-05:002023-12-26T19:20:30.280-05:00CSXT 3191 leading I020-23 in the fog at East Syracuse, NY<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RO978gkJmscHSo_vGh-nkpC3tkChjc1f1T-y-RgzXg5NQW3ZIzD9-BNrZdoHi3YrGiSMYqz3wKgUQzR1Sht34r6ZD9wxissZi40cWbrahqv0qtJ2_wivfUaYljNBKECxJdOHZ62ewwwnTcADfI4RhDmCedi93dxNG9Jq-0SNZIgHIuJ4FoFD-c_KTiZk/s1300/D20231224_040_IMG_1950_I02023_CSXT_3191_CP286_East_Syracuse_NY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="CSXT 3191 leads I020-23 eastward through the rain and fog at East Syracuse, NY., on Christmas Eve." border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1300" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RO978gkJmscHSo_vGh-nkpC3tkChjc1f1T-y-RgzXg5NQW3ZIzD9-BNrZdoHi3YrGiSMYqz3wKgUQzR1Sht34r6ZD9wxissZi40cWbrahqv0qtJ2_wivfUaYljNBKECxJdOHZ62ewwwnTcADfI4RhDmCedi93dxNG9Jq-0SNZIgHIuJ4FoFD-c_KTiZk/w640-h426/D20231224_040_IMG_1950_I02023_CSXT_3191_CP286_East_Syracuse_NY.jpg" title="CSXT 3191 leading I020-23 through the fog" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CSXT 3191 leads I020-23 eastward through the rain and fog at East Syracuse, NY., on Christmas Eve.</td></tr></tbody></table><p> No white Christmas for Syracuse, NY., this year. The closest the area got was rain and fog on Christmas Eve. Here, CSXT 3191 leads priority intermodal train I020 (Bedford Park, IL., to Worchester, MA.) east through rain and fog at East Syracuse, NY. The train is passing through <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2023/03/csx-i001-westbound-at-cp-286-nyc-coaling-towers.html">CP-286 of the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision</a>. I020 would cross from Track 2 to the North Runner and head into <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2023/05/csxt-4014-switching-at-dewitt-yard-and-I009-26.html">CSX's DeWitt Yard</a>.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Photograph taken on December 24, 2023.</p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-59326125024881839042023-10-12T05:30:00.011-04:002023-10-12T11:24:22.637-04:00B705, with CN 3863 and CN 3099, tied down at Belle Isle in Solvay, NY<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhBooniCt65i7jz2uyB-CAZpLbL_gqBKZR5ItDLJlyyjheNhhyphenhyphenfuJwj9KgQLjllbj6tj-hqXzVjfDaaXpLL83j1GNcpd1NnXLQpg7J7hIQ5rpZE9HVmlMvauJFD5LYMwGvkv90dLbE3Dbk6293fonJQewgRmK5IWdnNJgv_SW8mLUS8aNbCxALFVPvwfpU/s1300/D20231010_010_DJI_0146_B705_CN_3863_CN_3099_Belle_Isle_Siding_Solvay_NY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="This ariel view looking is looking across B705 in the Belle Isle siding, toward the Finger Lakes Railway yard at Solvay, NY. enol train B705 sits in the siding at Belle Isle in Solvay, NY." border="0" data-original-height="1005" data-original-width="1300" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhBooniCt65i7jz2uyB-CAZpLbL_gqBKZR5ItDLJlyyjheNhhyphenhyphenfuJwj9KgQLjllbj6tj-hqXzVjfDaaXpLL83j1GNcpd1NnXLQpg7J7hIQ5rpZE9HVmlMvauJFD5LYMwGvkv90dLbE3Dbk6293fonJQewgRmK5IWdnNJgv_SW8mLUS8aNbCxALFVPvwfpU/w640-h494/D20231010_010_DJI_0146_B705_CN_3863_CN_3099_Belle_Isle_Siding_Solvay_NY.jpg" title="B705 with CN 3863 and CN 3099 at Sovlay, NY." width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This ariel view looking is looking across B705 in the Belle Isle siding, toward the FGLK yard at Solvay, NY. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /> After photographing <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2023/10/nysw-3014-at-cp-293-syracuse-terminal-sub.html">Z520-10 on Tuesday</a>, I noticed that loaded <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/03/kcsm-4763-as-the-dp-on-ethanol-train-k72523-kirkville-ny.html">ethanol train</a> B705, with CN 3863 and CN 3099, was tied down in Belle Isle siding. With the drone still in the air I captured this view, looking west, of B705 sitting at Belle Isle with the Finger Lakes Railway (FLGK) yard behind the train. The industrial complex right behind the rail yard is the former Syracuse Energy Corp. (SEC) cogeneration power plant. The coal-fired power plant supplied electricity and steam power to nearby companies. In September 2013, the plant closed when its biggest customer built and began using its own power plant. Per a news article at Syracuse.com, The customer built its own power plant due to concerns about SEC keeping the plant open.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Photograph taken on October 10, 2023, at Solvay, NY.</p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-42559805324443038022023-10-11T05:30:00.008-04:002023-10-12T11:26:12.634-04:00NYSW 3014 at CP 293 of the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKajKevKCGqCaviHs_4l1Nk3Z5TNjmp0xdJVsmfrNwuAfWJYr29SM0WTxMGIMbzU6Gv48vM8UH_rimNK_0J5cqP4gVnmr2Q4HPKQiqFywLtyXTL5FtLoCoBm442yx43X5xDdi3HgsTcKcvQ0pe6mAQAC9C5_kqHT8XpKebYE2njoSukm1nV8gUC6NKrxcQ/s1300/D20231010_001_DJI_0137_Z520_NYSW_3014_CP_293_Belle_Isle_Solvay_NY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="In this westward view, NYSW 3014 is eastbound, running light through CP-293 after dropping cars off at Belle Isle in Solvay, NY." border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1300" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKajKevKCGqCaviHs_4l1Nk3Z5TNjmp0xdJVsmfrNwuAfWJYr29SM0WTxMGIMbzU6Gv48vM8UH_rimNK_0J5cqP4gVnmr2Q4HPKQiqFywLtyXTL5FtLoCoBm442yx43X5xDdi3HgsTcKcvQ0pe6mAQAC9C5_kqHT8XpKebYE2njoSukm1nV8gUC6NKrxcQ/w640-h426/D20231010_001_DJI_0137_Z520_NYSW_3014_CP_293_Belle_Isle_Solvay_NY.jpg" title="NYSW 3014 at CP-293 of the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NYSW 3014 is eastbound, running light through CP-293 after dropping cars off at Belle Isle in Solvay, NY.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p> After a bike ride on Tuesday at Onondaga Lake, I heard Z520-10 call the CSX NF dispatcher for permission to shove west across CP-293 from the Geddes Street Lead to the pocket track at <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2023/10/b705-with-cn-3863-and-cn-3099-tied-down-Belle-Isle-Solvay-NY.html">Belle Isle</a> to drop a block of interchange cars. I quickly headed over to CP-293 of the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision, which sits on the eastern edge of Belle Isle in Solvay, NY. There, and just in time, I caught NYSW 3014, running light, back through CP-293 after making the drop. Z520 is a <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/11/nysw-3618-emd-sd45-23-switching-at.html">New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway</a> interchange job. CSX uses the Z designation for foreign railroad trains. NYSW 3014 is an <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2017/07/gecx-8497-at-valley-junction.html">EMD SD40T-2</a> "tunnel motor" that was built for the Southern Pacific in 1978. 45 years old and still going.</p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-79804415337617891762023-09-30T05:30:00.015-04:002023-09-30T11:39:51.337-04:00CSX M368 with a group of five GECX (ex-BNSF) locomotives at Canastota, NY<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg5W2vIw98keEpbQLQOBbtrAprFRkKefKMe3NMWXmJCexT8H6_YCKWdEqJ4ilaS9JdPVnCFhLub30zXlhXbBX5Xht6xjOO9RLO1AFkES7kmORUW_1Oxv41mt9NcYaUxK7bSTY99Ff2G1QogDZph44ghcKbR0N0Udhvr5FPb-o4tMW7aQaOjF9FW5-0hD2I/s1325/D20230929_001_DJI_0050_M36828_CSXT_3206_BeeBe_Bridge_Rd_Canastota_NY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="CSXT 3206, and five GECX locomotives lead M368 east among the fall foliage at Canastota, NY." border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1325" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg5W2vIw98keEpbQLQOBbtrAprFRkKefKMe3NMWXmJCexT8H6_YCKWdEqJ4ilaS9JdPVnCFhLub30zXlhXbBX5Xht6xjOO9RLO1AFkES7kmORUW_1Oxv41mt9NcYaUxK7bSTY99Ff2G1QogDZph44ghcKbR0N0Udhvr5FPb-o4tMW7aQaOjF9FW5-0hD2I/w640-h426/D20230929_001_DJI_0050_M36828_CSXT_3206_BeeBe_Bridge_Rd_Canastota_NY.jpg" title="CSXT 3206 leads M368-29 east near BeeBe Bridge Road" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CSXT 3206, and five GECX locomotives lead M368 east among the fall foliage at Canastota, NY.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p> Yesterday, while bike riding, I caught CSX's M368-29 at <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2023/09/csxt-1976-conrail-heritage-unit-at.html">BeeBe Bridge Road</a> at Canastota, NY. M368 had a group of five GECX locomotives (ex-BNSF) trailing behind CSXT 3206. M368 was photographed as it came around the curve to the west of BeeBe Bridge Road, where the tracks intersect with the old Erie Canal, which is out of sight to the right of the photograph. This location is milepost (MP) QC271 of CSX's <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/12/amtk-108-and-amtk-96-lead-lake-shore-limited-onondaga-creek-syracuse.html">Syracuse Terminal Subdivision</a>. The five locomotives are GECX 4528, GECX 4827, GECX 4933, GECX 4851, GECX 4923.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_6omIB2_5Fxy61cBaMdk1Yv5kUS4iSZs9FvLfbBAsiFCwX3UU7oscCIHAJ5ZkO9Pd-M6vPT79CI2cGFGaf-AxD_ipeZrqLHIljTk26fuCi4ZZ7tBY1fVAYBgPDKdKRs4b68o5CjWdlNr5L176J2ItiB804STxJi3lm35mEPO-25eUmz09mR1x9IBBauN/s1300/D20230929_002_DJI_0051_M36828_GECX_ex_BNSF_BeeBe_Bridge_Rd_Canastota_NY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="A going-away photograph of the five GECX locomotives on M368-29 at BeeBe Bridge Rd." border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1300" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_6omIB2_5Fxy61cBaMdk1Yv5kUS4iSZs9FvLfbBAsiFCwX3UU7oscCIHAJ5ZkO9Pd-M6vPT79CI2cGFGaf-AxD_ipeZrqLHIljTk26fuCi4ZZ7tBY1fVAYBgPDKdKRs4b68o5CjWdlNr5L176J2ItiB804STxJi3lm35mEPO-25eUmz09mR1x9IBBauN/w640-h426/D20230929_002_DJI_0051_M36828_GECX_ex_BNSF_BeeBe_Bridge_Rd_Canastota_NY.jpg" title="Five GECX locomotives on M368 going away at BeeBe Bridge Rd." width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A going-away photograph of the five GECX locomotives on M368-29 at BeeBe Bridge Rd.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Photograph taken on September 29, 2023.</p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-79334979406355264702023-09-21T05:30:00.007-04:002023-09-21T10:43:31.267-04:00CSXT 1976 the "Conrail" heritage unit at Canastota, NY<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAH-F-3W2uQNHVaoMnK_A0dYRcInr5nHGKKVv2_UT9TMIv97rF02VPGbc-ypCpVjfRtV_GTYOofs3VSF-IbH1xJ6O6SLi95cjtY8wQTKNJDL41Yzr0rAG1-qd3Wa-cPITt-IG3-Bbl0k5kpnrr5bSmZnR4tVndvV0Yx_BdJ6VZvOyJ1GL-zRdnvSbglCLm/s1300/D20230907_027_DJI_0883_g_M36406_CSXT_1976_Canastota_NY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="CSXT 1976 and CSXT 2626 lead M634 east through the curve west of BeeBe Bridge Rd." border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1300" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAH-F-3W2uQNHVaoMnK_A0dYRcInr5nHGKKVv2_UT9TMIv97rF02VPGbc-ypCpVjfRtV_GTYOofs3VSF-IbH1xJ6O6SLi95cjtY8wQTKNJDL41Yzr0rAG1-qd3Wa-cPITt-IG3-Bbl0k5kpnrr5bSmZnR4tVndvV0Yx_BdJ6VZvOyJ1GL-zRdnvSbglCLm/w640-h426/D20230907_027_DJI_0883_g_M36406_CSXT_1976_Canastota_NY.jpg" title="CSXT 1976 the "Conrail" heritage unit leads M364 at Canastota, NY." width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CSXT 1976 and CSXT 2626 lead M634 east through the curve west of BeeBe Bridge Rd.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p> After heading west on <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2023/09/conrail-heritage-unit-csxt-1976-leads-m363-at-weedsport-ny.html">M363 earlier this month</a>, CSXT 1976 came back east on M363's counterpart train, M364. M363 and M364 run between Selkirk, NY., and Avon, IN. While bike riding along the old Erie Canal at Canastota, NY., I caught M364 being led by 1976 at BeeBe Bridge Road (MP 271.5 of the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision). The canal is just out of sight to the right of the rectangular pond in the photograph. The rail line and canal intersect just around the curve, in the background. Looking at old topographic maps from the late 1890s, the rail line and canal have always met here. I'm assuming the rail line at one time crossed over the canal on a bridge, though today, the old canal segments just end on each side of the tracks. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Photograph taken on September 7, 2023, at Canastota, NY.</p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-63683177748942551952023-09-01T13:00:00.005-04:002023-09-01T19:20:00.868-04:00Conrail heritage unit CSXT 1976 leads M363 at Weedsport, NY<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXq1xIUpW7qWGKzBiU_7rlUeOvXIVLG5an8TaDcKmIfXB1ciFmhfGdsj_VBjGe8f5eY9DmGXiSf0Cu1EHjkWmsgXPIrtb0rA5nHPp74tZcv599X9TX6TSMTpxOFVtf-fDb2jNe0iIN7wpHjiLrA8vO7vOD5g7SH8lshAoLlGl6vCzTPAmxuGMIh6WHoeQ3/s1300/D20230901_003_DJI_0820_g_CSXT_1976_M36301_Auto_311_Weedsport_NY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="CSXT 1976 and CSXT 489 lead M363-01 west on the Rochester Subdivision at Weedsport, NY." border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1300" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXq1xIUpW7qWGKzBiU_7rlUeOvXIVLG5an8TaDcKmIfXB1ciFmhfGdsj_VBjGe8f5eY9DmGXiSf0Cu1EHjkWmsgXPIrtb0rA5nHPp74tZcv599X9TX6TSMTpxOFVtf-fDb2jNe0iIN7wpHjiLrA8vO7vOD5g7SH8lshAoLlGl6vCzTPAmxuGMIh6WHoeQ3/w640-h426/D20230901_003_DJI_0820_g_CSXT_1976_M36301_Auto_311_Weedsport_NY.jpg" title="The Conrail heritage unit CSXT 1976" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CSXT 1976 and CSXT 489 lead M363-01 west on the Rochester Subdivision at Weedsport, NY.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto">CSX's
<a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2023/08/csxt-1982-seaboard-system-heritage-unit.html">heritage locomotive</a>, CSXT 1976, made an appearance today on Conrail's
former Chicago Line. 1976 is leading M363-01 west through Weedsport,
NY., at Auto 311 of CSX's Rochester Subdivision. <br /><br /><a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2019/10/ns-6783-ex-conrail-at-east-st-louis.html">Conrail</a> was
formed out of the ashes of many bankrupt and failing eastern railroads,
one of the biggest being the Penn Central. In 1973 the Regional Rail
Reorganization Act (3R Act) was signed into law, paving the way for
Conrail. Under the 3R Act the United States Railway Association (USRA)
was tasked with creating and implementing a plan combining rail lines
from the eastern railroads. In 1976, the Railroad Revitalization and
Regulatory Reform Act was signed into law, which included the USRA's
final plan for Conrail.<br /><br />In 1998, with Conrail being a success,
the railroad was split up and merged with CSX and Norfolk Southern (NS).
Both railroads formed the railroad, Conrail Shared Assets, which
operates a few lines jointly for both railroads. The Chicago Line was
split up between CSX and NS. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto">Photograph taken on September 1, 2023.</span></p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-29688450220470693312023-08-14T05:00:00.001-04:002023-08-14T18:48:39.472-04:00Canadian wildfire smoke at CSX's DeWitt Yard<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPjMB_RzgJNWruwRCJ1IkLjrXueNzGGPsVNj55aHEB9Sm05IhrCZgrNCFiZ2_tmmz6lKRERxr_1Jwlc2p-faXwRY527l_P0BiihhI9atMidChYDaXTWQPwIBbomMWc8lGZ9Hm-vexo50mftwx8OZZtWPAhhHLOHy4Etwb08XFQQfxfe6AkPUH2udDIw/s1325/D20230606_021_IMG_0557_g_I15705_CSXT_3261_DP_CP282_Minoa_NY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="At CP-282, CSXT 3261 is the rear DP on westbound intermodal train I157-05. In the background the Fremont Rd. bridge (1.4 miles to the west) is mostly obscured by the wildfire smoke." border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1325" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPjMB_RzgJNWruwRCJ1IkLjrXueNzGGPsVNj55aHEB9Sm05IhrCZgrNCFiZ2_tmmz6lKRERxr_1Jwlc2p-faXwRY527l_P0BiihhI9atMidChYDaXTWQPwIBbomMWc8lGZ9Hm-vexo50mftwx8OZZtWPAhhHLOHy4Etwb08XFQQfxfe6AkPUH2udDIw/w640-h494/D20230606_021_IMG_0557_g_I15705_CSXT_3261_DP_CP282_Minoa_NY.jpg" title="CSXT 3261 is the DP on I157-05, as the train passes through Auto 282/CP 282." width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At CP-282, CSXT 3261 is the rear DP on westbound intermodal train I157-05. In the background the Fremont Rd. bridge (1.4 miles to the west) is mostly obscured by the wildfire smoke.</td></tr></tbody></table><p> On Tuesday, June 6th, and Wednesday, June 7th, Syracuse, New York, and the surrounding Central New York (CNY) area were blanketed with smoke from wildfires in Nova Scotia and Québec, Canada. Initially, early Tuesday morning, the air just looked to have some moderate haze and smelled of smoke. By midmorning, at times, it was difficult to see structures beyond a mile and the air at times had a yellowish cast to it. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Liwoo9lgcGF4PEJZw2n2J1ZyXSBqwYS2ionHsLvBSA94ktSa-8FT7lzEOVE68jFg7k3WFneAPjUL_OCKaedgNQaYck2IzlOh43EYC8P2J1FTy8763t6yJUSaKJ2sh6rhyDUTq8-NfB3ELp-faIDsypm2-mouyYnuwcOWdzeSmmwrwhX9fDI-Y_k6fQ/s1294/D20230606_034_IMG_0570_g_north_south_drill_leads_wildfire_smoke.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Looking west from the "Green Bridge" at Minoa, NY., yellow tinted smoke surrounds CSXT 4090, which is stopped in the distance on the North Drill Track at DeWitt yard." border="0" data-original-height="1294" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Liwoo9lgcGF4PEJZw2n2J1ZyXSBqwYS2ionHsLvBSA94ktSa-8FT7lzEOVE68jFg7k3WFneAPjUL_OCKaedgNQaYck2IzlOh43EYC8P2J1FTy8763t6yJUSaKJ2sh6rhyDUTq8-NfB3ELp-faIDsypm2-mouyYnuwcOWdzeSmmwrwhX9fDI-Y_k6fQ/w494-h640/D20230606_034_IMG_0570_g_north_south_drill_leads_wildfire_smoke.jpg" title="CSXT 4090 sits on the North Drill Track at DeWitt Yard at Minoa, NY." width="494" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking west from the <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/04/the-green-bridge-over-cp282-at-dewit-yard.html">"Green Bridge" at Minoa, NY.</a>, yellow tinted smoke surrounds CSXT 4090, which is stopped in the distance on the North Drill Track at DeWitt yard.</td></tr></tbody></table><p> Compared to some parts of the Eastern US and Canada, the Syracuse area didn't get the worst of it. The <a href="https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/">Air Quality Index (AQI)</a> considers good air quality to be in the range between 0 to 50. Last Tuesday, the CNY region, which includes Syracuse, NY., reached an AQI 175 (in the red/unhealthy zone). On Wednesday, the AQI reached 233. An AQI of 233 is considered "Very Unhealthy" according to the EPA. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTFV4sdWmORr3GSlHQr-Y1Gi9X--EIhsExord2AbWfdX_DYHZwoSMS0-zUCqV5DsXoinuw9-2IZ8xwooirmd4EjDBRC9RCP6PuoykEaJHEs2yVcOQ7i9HTIF7yB7dtU0uw1rcSnn8qqPBv8wpEfaq8iz_I0oTQ6hPzQs2svUBZJP7GnMa1XdYowH7cAse/s1300/D20230606_047_IMG_0583_g2_I15705_CSXT_3324_CP285_DeWitt_Yard_ESYR_NY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="The front of I157-05 is stopped east of CP-285 in East Syracuse, NY. In the background the I-481 bridge is visible at a distance of one mile from the photograph's vantage point." border="0" data-original-height="1005" data-original-width="1300" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTFV4sdWmORr3GSlHQr-Y1Gi9X--EIhsExord2AbWfdX_DYHZwoSMS0-zUCqV5DsXoinuw9-2IZ8xwooirmd4EjDBRC9RCP6PuoykEaJHEs2yVcOQ7i9HTIF7yB7dtU0uw1rcSnn8qqPBv8wpEfaq8iz_I0oTQ6hPzQs2svUBZJP7GnMa1XdYowH7cAse/w640-h494/D20230606_047_IMG_0583_g2_I15705_CSXT_3324_CP285_DeWitt_Yard_ESYR_NY.jpg" title="CSXT 3324 is on the point of I157-05 at CP 285 on the western edge of DeWitt Yard." width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The front of I157-05 is stopped east of CP-285 in East Syracuse, NY. In the background the I-481 bridge is visible at a distance of one mile from the photograph's vantage point.</td></tr></tbody></table><p> On June 7, 2023, the smoke was more pronounced, though it looked much less yellow in color than the day before. At CP-286 of CSX's Syracuse Terminal Subdivision I caught Amtrak's P284-07 coming east, continuing its journey from Niagara Falls, NY., to New York City. The signal bridge is about 1,600 feet from my position and the Thompson Road bridge is about 3,400 feet away. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwQHceOcEH4idE3YkMuO10IJzlssVWvhznwT0D-NbWPirP3HxMVlXegHpvDgUwWmT3feiTq0x4VvoqvfnHnQZYyK7VH8gq1AmeV1AAQ3X2YlXueMeTjjdxTJFrPwIkkUi_k0l2FKnBCluqxiZ47H0IgGzDiXdI0Tvp8uVp6a33hAzjIEJ-jzTgiB932aC/s1325/D20230607_013_IMG_0601_g_P28407_AMTK_703_CP_286_wildfire_smoke_ESYR_NY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="With heavy smoke, AMTK 703 leads P284-07 east at CP-286 of the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision in East Syracuse, NY." border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1325" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwQHceOcEH4idE3YkMuO10IJzlssVWvhznwT0D-NbWPirP3HxMVlXegHpvDgUwWmT3feiTq0x4VvoqvfnHnQZYyK7VH8gq1AmeV1AAQ3X2YlXueMeTjjdxTJFrPwIkkUi_k0l2FKnBCluqxiZ47H0IgGzDiXdI0Tvp8uVp6a33hAzjIEJ-jzTgiB932aC/w640-h494/D20230607_013_IMG_0601_g_P28407_AMTK_703_CP_286_wildfire_smoke_ESYR_NY.jpg" title="AMTK 703 leads P284-06 east on Track 7 at CP 286." width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With heavy smoke, AMTK 703 leads P284-07 east at CP-286 of the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision in East Syracuse, NY.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FxVp_rzmtlIpGvRYRzBouKSHvBGiGM6ef-b5dlYA5dUKkdOBn2cBcNvHK6u4268cB9f-MqPWq-4E1oil5_PqG2O8-BblQ9vkQPbQta2ipNWegm_iuhcG-X24M-L8k_gsfbbL9lPo5tfEQPXKz3jfvMXzdbWE-6-m2n2Xk4TP1oZvy-1vPOAkxagtNTl2/s1325/D20230607_029_IMG_0617_g_I00906_CSXT_3373_CP286_wildfire_smoke.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Intermodal train, I009-06, led by CSXT 3373, is coming west at CP-286. I009 is departing DeWitt Yard, which is just around the curve past the old NYC coaling towers in the background." border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1325" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FxVp_rzmtlIpGvRYRzBouKSHvBGiGM6ef-b5dlYA5dUKkdOBn2cBcNvHK6u4268cB9f-MqPWq-4E1oil5_PqG2O8-BblQ9vkQPbQta2ipNWegm_iuhcG-X24M-L8k_gsfbbL9lPo5tfEQPXKz3jfvMXzdbWE-6-m2n2Xk4TP1oZvy-1vPOAkxagtNTl2/w640-h426/D20230607_029_IMG_0617_g_I00906_CSXT_3373_CP286_wildfire_smoke.jpg" title="CSXT 3373 leads I009-06 west out of DeWitt Yard at CP 286." width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Intermodal train, I009-06, led by CSXT 3373, is coming west at CP-286. I009 is departing DeWitt Yard, which is just around the curve past the old NYC coaling towers in the background.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKXkFRZfWw9lqu6iow3RKYzHs0tl5S5t0CnTG2hvwLuY-lLHzt4cLPD1fYkrTLGVYxygkNhOPHbI14VNwmw3cm5kCfsjwOkoWB5gDDDFCYKbjKPqc5vhvXurbBydDcTbuvpRJ3GpkGoNnFSgm86TKA8UvIwcYRcnWWRf64rj7Es7LXpJXcASxfHIInt8r/s1325/D20230607_061_IMG_0651_g_M36707_North_Runner_DeWitt_Yard_NSYR_NY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Manifest train M367-07, led by CSXT 984, is coming out of DeWitt Yard, past Willey Lumber, at CP-285. M367 is on the North Runner, heading west." border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1325" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKXkFRZfWw9lqu6iow3RKYzHs0tl5S5t0CnTG2hvwLuY-lLHzt4cLPD1fYkrTLGVYxygkNhOPHbI14VNwmw3cm5kCfsjwOkoWB5gDDDFCYKbjKPqc5vhvXurbBydDcTbuvpRJ3GpkGoNnFSgm86TKA8UvIwcYRcnWWRf64rj7Es7LXpJXcASxfHIInt8r/w640-h426/D20230607_061_IMG_0651_g_M36707_North_Runner_DeWitt_Yard_NSYR_NY.jpg" title="CSXT 984 leads M367-06 west on the North Runner at DeWitt Yard, past Willey Lumber." width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Manifest train M367-07, led by CSXT 984, is coming out of DeWitt Yard, past Willey Lumber, at CP-285. M367 is on the North Runner, heading west. </td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7b7M46u4wce9nMcXeSDpgXUCMCS2as2fAOYDe77UB3lv5G1xXKhnPjDl3xRUdrcs41qpDD2teepHYZB0qN2urO-gKW4uuEP4J1PvJMltEfFgF_Ni9DaSiBCSsnMApDqc47wWu0WZO4GScNolf-ydGGWqqGpt5n-VJJ8f756sSZEsjgERgE9GnbC9RgJS/s1300/D20230607_078_IMG_0668_g_CSXT_6533_switching_intermodal_DeWitt_Yard_CP285.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="CSXT 6533 is switching a cut of intermodal cars at DeWitt Yard. In the background is the I-481 bridge over the rail yard. The bridge is about 3,000 feet east of the block signal in the foreground." border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="867" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7b7M46u4wce9nMcXeSDpgXUCMCS2as2fAOYDe77UB3lv5G1xXKhnPjDl3xRUdrcs41qpDD2teepHYZB0qN2urO-gKW4uuEP4J1PvJMltEfFgF_Ni9DaSiBCSsnMApDqc47wWu0WZO4GScNolf-ydGGWqqGpt5n-VJJ8f756sSZEsjgERgE9GnbC9RgJS/w426-h640/D20230607_078_IMG_0668_g_CSXT_6533_switching_intermodal_DeWitt_Yard_CP285.jpg" title="CSXT 6533 is switching a block of intermodal cars at DeWitt Yard near CP 285." width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CSXT 6533 is switching a cut of intermodal cars at DeWitt Yard. In the background is the I-481 bridge over the rail yard. The bridge is about 3,000 feet east of the block signal in the foreground.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Photographs 1-3 taken on June 6, 2023. Photographs 4-7 taken on June 7, 2023, at East Syracuse, New York.<p></p><br />Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-20307757302282384462023-08-09T11:57:00.001-04:002023-08-09T11:57:14.243-04:00CSXT 1982 "Seaboard System" heritage unit at East Syracuse<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKYf-yYVbS2lYDhqK3P-htxNMUytcFYnANVj-eiskxk7LYV7CVyR92zrtHTLfIPNsanmhRy6owlJTUa2G3tmBwwIFVVQy0y4EkgKkTdmNZH_WemV1fb5kdBQvzQceTjycVbufyhuGePKZT6kU4tgNRrDYobzh3sGs7oP-KIonyagGRzf_MVS5HRQvzpKB/s1325/D20230728_003_DJI_0013_g_I00728_CSXT_1982_CP286_ESYR_NY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="I007-28, led by CSXT 1982 and CSXT 877, is shoving east under the westbound absolute signal at CP-286." border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1325" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKYf-yYVbS2lYDhqK3P-htxNMUytcFYnANVj-eiskxk7LYV7CVyR92zrtHTLfIPNsanmhRy6owlJTUa2G3tmBwwIFVVQy0y4EkgKkTdmNZH_WemV1fb5kdBQvzQceTjycVbufyhuGePKZT6kU4tgNRrDYobzh3sGs7oP-KIonyagGRzf_MVS5HRQvzpKB/w640-h426/D20230728_003_DJI_0013_g_I00728_CSXT_1982_CP286_ESYR_NY.jpg" title="CSXT 1982 and CSXT 877 are shoving I007 east at CP 286" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I007-28, led by CSXT 1982 and CSXT 877, is slowly passing under the westbound absolute signal at CP-286 in East Syracuse, NY.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p> Last week CSX's Seaboard System heritage unit, CSXT 1982, made an appearance in Syracuse. CSXT 1982, along with CSXT 877, led intermodal train I007-28. I007 is a daily train runs from North Bergen, NJ., to Rose Lake, IL., (just outside <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2019/02/bnsf-8016-passing-arch.html">St. Louis, MO</a>). Along the way I007 stops to work DeWitt Yard in East Syracuse, NY. The train also stops to work at Avon, IN. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYrVdqlNyY4rBA7JlxQS303B39_yON30cG0qGIGr4UMYtlf6-_TSpdeDKUs8k6Zfi-URkMlOfcIMjJc740hq07234pMjxT0gUPGbR0bi8yMod3rA82OPz2AURK8yN32ebSD3Ot0LifRmT5jFnkRVHyfNHiO741ekAjx72ETlymWujuNGnH1i5TFkJkex_/s1325/D20230728_005_DJI_0015_g_I00728_CSXT_1982_CP286_ESYR_NY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="CSXT 1982 and CSXT 877 stopped at CP-286 of the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision, while waiting to shove I007 east into DeWitt Yard." border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1325" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYrVdqlNyY4rBA7JlxQS303B39_yON30cG0qGIGr4UMYtlf6-_TSpdeDKUs8k6Zfi-URkMlOfcIMjJc740hq07234pMjxT0gUPGbR0bi8yMod3rA82OPz2AURK8yN32ebSD3Ot0LifRmT5jFnkRVHyfNHiO741ekAjx72ETlymWujuNGnH1i5TFkJkex_/w640-h426/D20230728_005_DJI_0015_g_I00728_CSXT_1982_CP286_ESYR_NY.jpg" title="CSXT 1982 and CSXT 877 stopped at CP 286 of the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CSXT 1982 and CSXT 877 sit at CP-286 waiting to reverse and shove east toward DeWitt Yard. In the background are the steeples of St. Matthews Catholic Church.</td></tr></tbody></table><p> CSXT 1982 was the third heritage unit to be painted at CSX's Waycross, GA., paint shop. The number 1982 signifies the year that the Seaboard System came to be, from a merger of the Seaboard Coast Line and the Louisville and Nashville railroads. According to CSX's website, "the Seaboard System was the first step under the CSX Corporation holding company to combine all of the company's heritage railroads into one."</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5hvtzu88IAXbm6HMjhHwR-8ZdtG9X2dFTCtaYtVC8NMHAWMIbU5esxQcI70LZjrbCTHJSEJCTatAdrGHrnQP64zgkFU6cywzLGLRMJJM5v76dI9_wc-r6JS-zb8gbJadOrFCyvKz1_02IBQ1b2XQy-v3zZ3d_caPLm_F_0FOdbsBQgFZCox8jP-WIEk7/s1350/D20230728_012_DJI_0022-SR_g_I00728_CSXT_1982_CP285_east_view_DeWitt_Yard_ESYR_NY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="I007, led by CSXT 1982, is stopped now at CP-285 waiting to shove east further into DeWitt Yard" border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1350" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5hvtzu88IAXbm6HMjhHwR-8ZdtG9X2dFTCtaYtVC8NMHAWMIbU5esxQcI70LZjrbCTHJSEJCTatAdrGHrnQP64zgkFU6cywzLGLRMJJM5v76dI9_wc-r6JS-zb8gbJadOrFCyvKz1_02IBQ1b2XQy-v3zZ3d_caPLm_F_0FOdbsBQgFZCox8jP-WIEk7/w640-h426/D20230728_012_DJI_0022-SR_g_I00728_CSXT_1982_CP285_east_view_DeWitt_Yard_ESYR_NY.jpg" title="CSXT 1982 and I007 stopped at CP 285 at DeWitt Yard" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I007-28 is stopped at CP-285 waiting to continue shoving east onto the Departure Yard Lead at CSX's DeWitt Yard. </td></tr></tbody></table><p> The Seaboard System Railroad operated as part of CSX Corporation from 1982 until 1986. In 1986 the railroad was renamed to CSX Transportation. In 1987 the <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2023/07/waiting-at-cp-320-for-csxt-1973-chessie-system-at-savannah-ny.html">Chessie System</a>, CSX's other major railroad was merged into CSX to form one unified railroad. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVYOKFTjXK9IWh7tJjoQiFfBpP75m-wMCKww6wc4QquDcBGqkrhT5iHCSUuQz8_cKCcqeRs0lAxkglPiwNHoOEmem76dJ3GCQlYucXdpb0FmJaklevulus9k391wmrQWZ927xzqBbh0Kc2vHd62OsxGkJAqzfP93GraU8_T-n-impYmCXapghAASloWP-6/s1325/D20230728_015_DJI_0025_g_I00728_CSXT_1982_I01928_CSXT_713_DeWitt_Yard_ESYR_NY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="CSXT 1982 and CSXT 877 are shoving I007-28 east down the Departure Yard Lead at DeWitt Yard past I019-28." border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1325" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVYOKFTjXK9IWh7tJjoQiFfBpP75m-wMCKww6wc4QquDcBGqkrhT5iHCSUuQz8_cKCcqeRs0lAxkglPiwNHoOEmem76dJ3GCQlYucXdpb0FmJaklevulus9k391wmrQWZ927xzqBbh0Kc2vHd62OsxGkJAqzfP93GraU8_T-n-impYmCXapghAASloWP-6/w640-h426/D20230728_015_DJI_0025_g_I00728_CSXT_1982_I01928_CSXT_713_DeWitt_Yard_ESYR_NY.jpg" title="CSXT 1982 and CSXT 877 pass I019-28 at DeWitt Yard" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I007 is shoving eastbound on the Departure Yard Lead, while I019-28 is stopped on Main 1. In between are the intermodal cars from I159-28, which are sitting on the controlled siding at DeWitt Yard in E. Syracuse, NY.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Photographs taken on July 28, 2023, at East Syracuse, New York.</p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-2347751324963484332023-07-05T04:30:00.019-04:002023-07-07T11:24:39.261-04:00Waiting at CP-320 for CSXT 1973 "Chessie System" at Savannah, NY.<p> CSX's latest <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/02/up-1995-leading-mnlas-22-up-chester-subdivision.html">heritage unit</a>, CSXT 1973, commemorating the Chessie System, made an appearance in Central New York (CNY) on July 4th. The locomotive was leading intermodal train I157-03. With the family in tow (and for some reason my wife deciding to come along with us) we headed to Savannah, New York, to see it. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiStap5wDZDd46XoLek5dsI62lIzuOUb50oxzNcsPObT4if0cUYsRdFDf0P9o3RzRj1-jIECWJ8j-6QtqseLDJSxLmFcKbrQBfkiTa_H0kyiTrS-vtLJwM6uGt6jupog6LftYpSW6FobX4wM-2kEuw7Iqi3EVxXqsdsDI2Gpn65UCXqTagDoCSOQzV5dIg6/s1325/D20230704_003_DJI_0525_g_I00304_CSXT_3302_CSXT_977_CP320_Savannah_NY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Looking eastward across the Montezuma Wildlife Refuge as I003-04 rolls west under the cantilever signal bridge at CP-320." border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1325" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiStap5wDZDd46XoLek5dsI62lIzuOUb50oxzNcsPObT4if0cUYsRdFDf0P9o3RzRj1-jIECWJ8j-6QtqseLDJSxLmFcKbrQBfkiTa_H0kyiTrS-vtLJwM6uGt6jupog6LftYpSW6FobX4wM-2kEuw7Iqi3EVxXqsdsDI2Gpn65UCXqTagDoCSOQzV5dIg6/w640-h426/D20230704_003_DJI_0525_g_I00304_CSXT_3302_CSXT_977_CP320_Savannah_NY.jpg" title="CSXT 3302 and CSXT 977 lead I003-04 at CP-320" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I003-04 rolls west under the cantilever signal bridge on the western edge of CP-320.</td></tr></tbody></table><p> Shortly after arriving at <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/03/q634-18-and-p281-19-at-cp320-rochester-sub.html">Control Point (CP) 320</a> of CSX's Rochester Subdivision in Savannah, NY., the first train to make an appearance was I003-04. I003 was making it's daily trek from South Kearny, NJ, to Bedford Park, IL. Bedford Park is a suburb of Chicago, IL.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYMLq9pzlyQ7snIPjeXAtqe_fXJnAV8DHABYI9p_uaGIABISgFv8vBEKjcvr0PkjGaxj3A3CEhS5gHWVhYTIhiaenBDzs0JMHK9mb_9u9FrvClMkTombZrh1OTAfHZszKCktf3d6oD1Nyy7_xqxpyJJOj00ADGtLGznJ3zbC_E3X3r72BmI-tongUhRL8V/s1325/D20230704_008_DJI_0530_g_X36303_CSXT_3410_CSXT_5350_CP320_Savannah_NY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1325" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYMLq9pzlyQ7snIPjeXAtqe_fXJnAV8DHABYI9p_uaGIABISgFv8vBEKjcvr0PkjGaxj3A3CEhS5gHWVhYTIhiaenBDzs0JMHK9mb_9u9FrvClMkTombZrh1OTAfHZszKCktf3d6oD1Nyy7_xqxpyJJOj00ADGtLGznJ3zbC_E3X3r72BmI-tongUhRL8V/w640-h426/D20230704_008_DJI_0530_g_X36303_CSXT_3410_CSXT_5350_CP320_Savannah_NY.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">X363-03 rolls under the EAS cantilever signal bridge at CP-320.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p> Amtrak's Empire Service train P281 was next, but I skipped photographing it. Then came X363-03, led by CSXT 3410 and CSXT 5350. X363 is an extra (X) <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2023/03/csx-m363-at-cp286-of-syracuse-terminal-sub-in-the-snow.html">M363</a>. X363 was running M363's normal route from CSX's Selkirk Yard in Selkirk, NY., to Avon Yard in Avon, Indiana. Sometimes X trains will originate or terminate at different places than the normal train. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgXA_ICm6PWoelugTZDdazElJWkV-NTtser5IfyOh8FCaBSGeyxJSfKS-uPH0QyKAN5osNDX0989btB9yZ0piopzmT464iThY8li5GaH-UiiBYqwxEqHCgYLsDH2XKDmMu8BX0P8c0ESuTZAECKfwFStNw_Dk8UjsgKDR89O-OcXYX_mHOTw81CXAR8it/s1325/D20230704_014_DJI_0536_g_I15703_CSXT_1973_CP320_Savannah_NY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="CSXT 1973 "Chessie System" leads I157-03 west through CP 320 at Savannah, NY." border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1325" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgXA_ICm6PWoelugTZDdazElJWkV-NTtser5IfyOh8FCaBSGeyxJSfKS-uPH0QyKAN5osNDX0989btB9yZ0piopzmT464iThY8li5GaH-UiiBYqwxEqHCgYLsDH2XKDmMu8BX0P8c0ESuTZAECKfwFStNw_Dk8UjsgKDR89O-OcXYX_mHOTw81CXAR8it/w640-h426/D20230704_014_DJI_0536_g_I15703_CSXT_1973_CP320_Savannah_NY.jpg" title="CSXT 1973 "Chessie System" leads I157-03 west through CP 320 at Savannah, NY." width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CSXT 1973 "Chessie System" leads I157-03 west through CP 320 at Savannah, NY.</td></tr></tbody></table><p> Finally, and with the sun light now facing dead on the front of westbound trains, I157-03, led by CSXT 1973 rolled through CP 320. CSXT 1973 is the second heritage locomotive of twenty-one (I believe) eventual locomotives to be painted honoring a former railroad that became part of CSXT. The other heritage units currently operating are CSXT 1827 and CSXT 1982. CSXT 1827 honors the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and CSXT 1982 honors the Seaboard System. </p><p> A quick side note. You can't see it in these photographs, but approximately 2,200 feet east of the cantilever signal bridge is the western edge of the long <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/05/csxs-seneca-river-montezuma-trestles.html">Seneca River bridge (aka Montezuma trestle)</a>. The bridge is just under 1,800 feet long and plagued by slow orders. Recently, maintenance-of-way (MoW) crews have been doing test pilings for a future new bridge.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Photographs taken on July 4, 2023, at Savannah, NY.</p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-48747278657012738052023-05-23T05:00:00.010-04:002023-05-23T12:43:36.019-04:00CSXT 3330 leads I009 west at Weedsport, NY<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybEnqgHEqbA-iUsCTETu1sF4T-N138tCIgb2UOUaaNjdbnKdx5f-2JKOSv-mXDtsdKJ00VpyHHiivy8krqjiCI0N_Jap8Q2_WsO7Ajbloi0qI8dP-uvDgaW7rtOi0wspzi3Ejw8pCg8Qgric9PQYvzSrlwMvYbH6euAaDmRqawrRNJgVJVASov3FqJQ/s1300/D20230118_008_IMG_5031_g_I00917_CSXT_3330_Weedsport_NY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="CSXT 3330 reflects in a pool of water with chunks of ice along the tracks at Weedsport, NY." border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1300" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybEnqgHEqbA-iUsCTETu1sF4T-N138tCIgb2UOUaaNjdbnKdx5f-2JKOSv-mXDtsdKJ00VpyHHiivy8krqjiCI0N_Jap8Q2_WsO7Ajbloi0qI8dP-uvDgaW7rtOi0wspzi3Ejw8pCg8Qgric9PQYvzSrlwMvYbH6euAaDmRqawrRNJgVJVASov3FqJQ/w640-h426/D20230118_008_IMG_5031_g_I00917_CSXT_3330_Weedsport_NY.jpg" title="CSXT 3330 leads I009 past a pool of water and chunks of ice" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CSXT 3330 reflects in a pool of water with chunks of ice along the tracks at Weedsport, NY.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p> CSXT 3330 is leading intermodal train I009-17 west under the <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2023/03/i017-02-wb-passing-snow-covered-fields-weedsport-ny.html">Oakland Road bridge</a> at Weedsport, New York. Train <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/01/csx-intermodal-train-i009-kicks-up-snow-at-memphis-ny.html">I009</a> runs daily from Port Newark, New Jersey, to Bedford Park, Illinois. Bedford Park is a suburb of <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2019/09/metra-train-756-at-downtown-chicago.html">Chicago, Illinois</a>. Days before, the surface of the pool of water was frozen solid. Most likely a railroad utility truck drove through and broke the ice up. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Photograph taken on January 18, 2023, at Weedsport, New York.</p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-45288099882384729562023-05-22T05:00:00.010-04:002023-05-30T20:13:36.174-04:00CSXT 4014 switching intermodal cars at DeWitt Yard<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_ZcpGbqS28SzrRZQo_70ucAOmlxZ_Jqwqf-afuUofYNKBL5B_dewela2ZYBJyznyPK3J9u4q7K7OQrV4WD1ED8cPsmZkTEGR-yGxQMQGXs45EM0atHHxs0KI32DaKCpRuVmGwegq5PNArwSYNkk_N9-0eDnFGm1_ior6dvZjTUbtoPyLsWDfx0aXXg/s1300/D20230127_031_DJI_0812_g_CSXT_4014_switching_Departure_Yard_Lead_DeWitt_Yard.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="CSXT 4014 is switching a block of intermodal cars at a snow covered DeWitt Yard." border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1300" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_ZcpGbqS28SzrRZQo_70ucAOmlxZ_Jqwqf-afuUofYNKBL5B_dewela2ZYBJyznyPK3J9u4q7K7OQrV4WD1ED8cPsmZkTEGR-yGxQMQGXs45EM0atHHxs0KI32DaKCpRuVmGwegq5PNArwSYNkk_N9-0eDnFGm1_ior6dvZjTUbtoPyLsWDfx0aXXg/w640-h426/D20230127_031_DJI_0812_g_CSXT_4014_switching_Departure_Yard_Lead_DeWitt_Yard.jpg" title="CSXT 4014 switching intermodal cars on the Departure Yard Lead" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CSXT 4014, an SD40-3 rebuild, is switching a block of intermodal cars at a snow covered DeWitt Yard.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p> Back in January of this year, CSXT 4014 was switching blocks of intermodal cars at CSX's DeWitt Yard. CSXT 4014 is pulling a cut of cars west down the Departure Yard Lead from the Departure Yard. The Departure Yard sits east of the I-481 bridge in the background. Almost all of the intermodal trains that pass through DeWitt swap blocks of intermodal cars there. In addition, the yard itself is designated as an inland port and trailers and containers are dropped off and picked up there by customers. Below, <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/03/csxt-728-and-csxt-7018-leading-i009-02.html">I009-26</a>, one of the intermodal trains that works DeWitt Yard daily, is departing DeWitt Yard via the <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/06/csx-intermodal-train-i009-on-south-runner-dewitt-yard.html">South Runner</a>. I009 runs from Port Newark, New Jersey, to Bedford Park, Illinois, in the Chicago area.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTt8KM9w9BouJ66ZToZkTEjK23fq1YcY9xYsAOGsDFTY9smBbh7fuALWYVidMHb995bjvWagDGpoNl5JM-V2kYS9XL93YRBt866cYVyoHomIXGD4wkvyNyM9aJiiNuxy0SYlyKhcU0pOO_I9dD2SCM4DLbbfblj0N8agsw7IE1K0cgtKuxgVGn1iDaw/s1300/D20230127_033_DJI_0814_g_CSXT_4014_switching_I00926_South_Runner_DeWitt_Yard.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="With fresh snow on the ground at DeWitt Yard, CSXT 4014 is pacing I009-26 west at DeWitt Yard." border="0" data-original-height="1005" data-original-width="1300" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTt8KM9w9BouJ66ZToZkTEjK23fq1YcY9xYsAOGsDFTY9smBbh7fuALWYVidMHb995bjvWagDGpoNl5JM-V2kYS9XL93YRBt866cYVyoHomIXGD4wkvyNyM9aJiiNuxy0SYlyKhcU0pOO_I9dD2SCM4DLbbfblj0N8agsw7IE1K0cgtKuxgVGn1iDaw/w640-h494/D20230127_033_DJI_0814_g_CSXT_4014_switching_I00926_South_Runner_DeWitt_Yard.jpg" title="CSXT 4014 pacing I009 at DeWitt Yard in East Syracuse, NY." width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With fresh snow on the ground at DeWitt Yard, CSXT 4014 is pacing I009-26 west at DeWitt Yard. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Photographs taken on January 27, 2023, at East Syracuse, New York.</div></span>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-44153434523706948692023-05-20T05:00:00.002-04:002023-05-30T15:36:21.721-04:00CSXT 954 leads X368 east on the Rochester Subdivision at Weedsport, NY<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQI6l7YTY1IKPkJKNMHBhF2gUkTmDJwUfC6MrZ9hqwdLy7F-UtWbY0tL_kLFHpNRGctbz9eDo8W8VYF6pgMjLh8AvbfIja_y9V4BMFKYZA2LmmXe8K3LWceu3uJbobSaMJPo7O-PmJ5ALBF6LtMgzCa09WCKaXFrIVMaWXFnWA37ksGhZRAfyKnrdcFA/s1325/D20230511_002_DJI_0067_g_X36810_CSXT_954_Weedsport_NY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1325" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQI6l7YTY1IKPkJKNMHBhF2gUkTmDJwUfC6MrZ9hqwdLy7F-UtWbY0tL_kLFHpNRGctbz9eDo8W8VYF6pgMjLh8AvbfIja_y9V4BMFKYZA2LmmXe8K3LWceu3uJbobSaMJPo7O-PmJ5ALBF6LtMgzCa09WCKaXFrIVMaWXFnWA37ksGhZRAfyKnrdcFA/w640-h426/D20230511_002_DJI_0067_g_X36810_CSXT_954_Weedsport_NY.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">X368-11 comes around the curve along Oakland Rd. at Weedsport, NY.</td></tr></tbody></table><p> At Weedsport, New York, in the area called Centerport by the railroad, CSXT 954 is leading X368-11 east on the Rochester Subdivision. In the background, just beyond the curve, X368 is passing through the Centerport defect detector (DD) (milepost (MP) QC 313.7) and <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/07/csxt-3294-leads-i020-18-east-at-cp313-rochester-sub.html">Control Point (CP) 313</a> (MP QC 314.0). <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/08/cn-2247-and-cn-5779-leading-x368-at-east-syracuse-ny.html">X368</a> is an extra M368 that originated at Chicago, IL., and is destined for CSX's Selkirk Yard at Selkirk, NY.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Photograph taken on March 11, 2023, at Weedsport, New York. </p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-9284005817484691552023-05-19T05:00:00.005-04:002023-05-19T11:36:41.522-04:00CSXT 3121 and CP 8770 lead M364 at DeWitt Yard<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HaeX0WG1mLSqpe3YLS9LN6k3vsrAyIWJWJT7gfOKazLyqSAhnKiZausQl4flceSA1OgVi3N7o0cmJRX-BiyfnSzjv8_rzOzw8c92SE_uZmG5PJucoDVxcw4rcR1Pa59l7hOi1ksddeDg1JpWlWTT-3UzKdK1czp9bzgRkrGPlxrxWUQX4TmPhPQOYA/s1300/D20230518_001_DJI_0091_g_M36417_CSXT_3121_CP_8770_CP285_DeWitt_Yard_ESYR_NY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="M364-17 is eastbound passing the block signals at CP-285 on the west end of DeWitt Yard." border="0" data-original-height="1005" data-original-width="1300" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HaeX0WG1mLSqpe3YLS9LN6k3vsrAyIWJWJT7gfOKazLyqSAhnKiZausQl4flceSA1OgVi3N7o0cmJRX-BiyfnSzjv8_rzOzw8c92SE_uZmG5PJucoDVxcw4rcR1Pa59l7hOi1ksddeDg1JpWlWTT-3UzKdK1czp9bzgRkrGPlxrxWUQX4TmPhPQOYA/w640-h494/D20230518_001_DJI_0091_g_M36417_CSXT_3121_CP_8770_CP285_DeWitt_Yard_ESYR_NY.jpg" title="CSXT 3121 and CP 8770 lead M364-17 east at CP-285" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">M364-17 is eastbound passing the block signals at CP-285 on the west end of DeWitt Yard.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p> Led by CSXT 3121 and <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2019/10/cp-5982-and-cp-5776-under-signal-bridges.html">Canadian Pacific</a> (CP) 8770, M364-17 is eastbound on the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision at <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/06/cp285-of-csx-syracuse-terminal-subdivision-dewitt-yard.html">Control Point (CP) 285</a>. CP 8770 is an unpatched Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) Railway locomotive. CP-285 is on the west end of CSX's DeWitt Yard. M364 is a daily manifest train from Avon, Indiana (near Indianapolis), to Selkirk, New York. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Photograph taken on May 18, 2023, at East Syracuse, New York. </p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-16352089979243696622023-05-10T05:00:00.055-04:002023-05-16T07:46:28.541-04:00CSXT 6466 and CSXT 6143 eastbound at CP-286 at East Syracuse, NY<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-2wHmm2GVyIf32nE8e6gq4fZis_lWmhSrs7wQW2COMaC0GuiHAoR2jOojqLaxu23paiuCj1k4Itrxy683f7scyrcfg-rcGKBUTF8XoujGNfCWcU6PMALxPZK1MHaAEtAP2g041ewO9T936rnpifYSiqokSsgXDZ5SA_QoJNqNXtsWhYhfyFoJ3YCow/s1325/D20230509_011_DJI_0045_g_L02409_North_Runner_CP_286_ESYR_NY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="L024-09 is eastbound at CP 286, passing under Burnet Ave. at East Syracuse, NY. The red brick building in the background is the old railroad Y." border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1325" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-2wHmm2GVyIf32nE8e6gq4fZis_lWmhSrs7wQW2COMaC0GuiHAoR2jOojqLaxu23paiuCj1k4Itrxy683f7scyrcfg-rcGKBUTF8XoujGNfCWcU6PMALxPZK1MHaAEtAP2g041ewO9T936rnpifYSiqokSsgXDZ5SA_QoJNqNXtsWhYhfyFoJ3YCow/w640-h426/D20230509_011_DJI_0045_g_L02409_North_Runner_CP_286_ESYR_NY.jpg" title="L024-09 is eastbound at CP 286, passing under Burnet Ave. at East Syracuse, NY." width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L024-09 is eastbound at CP 286, passing under Burnet Ave. at East Syracuse, NY.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p> L024-09 is returning from picking up cars from the pocket track at Belle Isle that the <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/11/nysw-3618-emd-sd45-23-switching-at.html">New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway</a> (NYSW) set out. In addition to the interchange cars from the NYSW, <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/12/csx-l024-working-1st-ward-lead-syracuse-ny.html">L024</a> also has two cars of scrap metal picked up from Metalico, a scrap dealer in East Syracuse, New York. L024-09 is heading east on the North Runner track at CP 286 and is heading into DeWitt Yard.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Photograph taken on May 9, 2023, at East Syracuse, NY.</p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-71296888521832588162023-04-30T05:00:00.029-04:002023-05-31T16:55:56.172-04:00CSXT 5273 and CSXT 992 lead I001-24 west at Pump Road<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmcY2LLjb598J8KQB_BBC3Z4nuRLUu-VJIUh-muFXAYm-s2Hp0W_eaZTc08jadiqnxhxik90sJqksxvZgNH5BY5EU0FhKMfM7q94EhL1A1oDgoWZGumnJwd84KBhMssKI8j-1pr8rdoxfPR_OAiGbjEPL29UKJU7QNvO2tyZZ-x8KyN_Bpabs4tMbFw/s1300/D20230124_016_DJI_0803_g_I00124_CSXT_5273_CSXT_992_Pump_Road.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="I001-24 is west bound, passing through the Pump Rd. crossing just west of Jordan, NY." border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1300" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmcY2LLjb598J8KQB_BBC3Z4nuRLUu-VJIUh-muFXAYm-s2Hp0W_eaZTc08jadiqnxhxik90sJqksxvZgNH5BY5EU0FhKMfM7q94EhL1A1oDgoWZGumnJwd84KBhMssKI8j-1pr8rdoxfPR_OAiGbjEPL29UKJU7QNvO2tyZZ-x8KyN_Bpabs4tMbFw/w640-h426/D20230124_016_DJI_0803_g_I00124_CSXT_5273_CSXT_992_Pump_Road.jpg" title="I001-24 is west bound on the Rochester Subdivision near Jordan, NY." width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CSXT 5273 leads I001-24 west on the CSX Rochester Subdivision at Pump Rd.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p> CSXT 5273 and CSXT 992 lead the once-a-week <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/04/csxt-3185-and-csxt-3247-leading-ups-train-I001-29.html">priority intermodal train I001</a> (North Bergen, New Jersey, to Bedford Park, Illinois) west at milepost QC 309 of CSX's Rochester Subdivision. I001-24 is passing through the Pump Road crossing just west of Jordan, New York. The end of the train is passing through CP 308 (MP QC 308.6), which is east of the railroad crossing. At this location, I001 is about 300 miles into its almost 1,000 mile journey. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Photograph taken on January 24, 2023, at the Town of Brutus, NY.</p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-23635281017689818532023-04-01T05:30:00.002-04:002023-05-23T09:43:17.781-04:00AMTK 95 leading the Lake Shore Limited at Elbridge, NY<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsN9fB9bE8mBp-_k7eQIF-iPlKLF7LiQhy6x0x7J5BraiKTAC7Rwbow2U4S1-FY9FYlb9sqiTASuYico3TFjwIdHX16eKWQOLe3UEz4rScTITFb6dWiai1obqUlqdw-IttaJuDRjemttowa532rY7P4X6dfAzaPFP6p2R47hK3TYeFbduBwY4CzvVe6w/s1200/D20230327_013_IMG_5452_g_P04827_AMTK_95_Laird_Road_Elbridge-Jordan_NY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="AMTK 95 leads the Lake Shore Limited east at Laird Rd. near Jordan, NY. and Elbridge, NY." border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="927" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsN9fB9bE8mBp-_k7eQIF-iPlKLF7LiQhy6x0x7J5BraiKTAC7Rwbow2U4S1-FY9FYlb9sqiTASuYico3TFjwIdHX16eKWQOLe3UEz4rScTITFb6dWiai1obqUlqdw-IttaJuDRjemttowa532rY7P4X6dfAzaPFP6p2R47hK3TYeFbduBwY4CzvVe6w/w494-h640/D20230327_013_IMG_5452_g_P04827_AMTK_95_Laird_Road_Elbridge-Jordan_NY.jpg" title="AMTK 95 leads the Lake Shore Limited east on the Rochester Subdivision at Laird Rd." width="494" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2023/02/amtk-95-lake-shore-limited-west-shore-bridge-abutment-bonta-bridge-road-new-york.html">AMTK 95</a> leads the Lake Shore Limited east at Laird Rd. near Elbridge, NY.</td></tr></tbody></table><p> Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited, train P048 on CSX, is eastbound on CSX's Rochester Subdivision at Laird Road in the Elbridge, NY., and <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/12/cp-8000-leading-b725-12-east-at-jordan-ny.html">Jordan, NY</a>., area. The train had just passed through control point (CP) 306, which can be seen in the distance. The Lake Shore Limited is approximately fifteen miles away from its next station stop at Syracuse, New York.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Photograph taken on March 27, 2023, at Elbridge, New York.</p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-31340004877248690802023-03-13T05:30:00.014-04:002023-07-07T09:11:33.952-04:00CSX M364 at CP286 of the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbkfxBP10hWpvQbk1zKGLFdvHbe55PShudF0Ic-YxqU7XUT2caVyHe4d4t9Tq9mv2XbAWoMwU3sZ3xglR4sgYQ6y7vSTIGDWUs3OjxDVsa4NEfIlPSSv_IGc63tPk6CgiZxgU0HJYuOAbhuCmJPjmErXxAKIX2o1buQefrKo_IE4Fpt5N7BHrGCf3oug/s1300/D20230125_015_5W5A9071_g_M36325_CSXT_3057_CP286_stopped_Track1_East_Syracuse_NY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="With snow falling, M364-25 is stopped on Track 1 at CP 286 waiting for I009-24 to clear ahead of it." border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1300" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbkfxBP10hWpvQbk1zKGLFdvHbe55PShudF0Ic-YxqU7XUT2caVyHe4d4t9Tq9mv2XbAWoMwU3sZ3xglR4sgYQ6y7vSTIGDWUs3OjxDVsa4NEfIlPSSv_IGc63tPk6CgiZxgU0HJYuOAbhuCmJPjmErXxAKIX2o1buQefrKo_IE4Fpt5N7BHrGCf3oug/w640-h426/D20230125_015_5W5A9071_g_M36325_CSXT_3057_CP286_stopped_Track1_East_Syracuse_NY.jpg" title="CSXT 3057 is on the point of M364 at CP 286" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With snow falling, M363-25 is stopped on Track 1 at CP 286 waiting for I009-24 to clear ahead of it.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> On January 25th, on what had been, up to that point, a rare snowy day, I caught M363-25 at East Syracuse, NY. Due to <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/01/csx-intermodal-train-i009-kicks-up-snow-at-memphis-ny.html">priority intermodal train I009</a> departing as M363 passed by DeWitt yard, it had to stop at Control Point (CP) 286 of the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision. M363 got back underway after I009 had gotten enough of a head start. <br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht45ME4QLt8FYUATWeOlTYt3mnyYDkOZ-PS2CWl5n_NuFSQ9f5Brf9C0WMQPTw0cr_qMJ0bIuEnGAVF8DPPsjb53Bgm062Lqh7RgObRJczfTKp_KgjGxRmz6VyAzWw0OKG2H4g2IC4uIIND44ELzclMsZ6TEqQwIqjG-Qjqi3CHvSoYAVBBMHlcg5lgA/s1300/D20230125_021_IMG_5057_g_M36325_CSXT_3057_CP286_East_Syracuse_NY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="M364-25 is back on the move, passing under the westbound signal bridge at CP 286" border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1300" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht45ME4QLt8FYUATWeOlTYt3mnyYDkOZ-PS2CWl5n_NuFSQ9f5Brf9C0WMQPTw0cr_qMJ0bIuEnGAVF8DPPsjb53Bgm062Lqh7RgObRJczfTKp_KgjGxRmz6VyAzWw0OKG2H4g2IC4uIIND44ELzclMsZ6TEqQwIqjG-Qjqi3CHvSoYAVBBMHlcg5lgA/w640-h426/D20230125_021_IMG_5057_g_M36325_CSXT_3057_CP286_East_Syracuse_NY.jpg" title="CSXT 3057 leads M364-25 west under the WB signals at CP 286" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Led by CSXT 3057, M363-25 is back on the move, passing under the westbound signal bridge at CP 286.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Photographs taken on January 25, 2023, at East Syracuse, New York.</div><p><br /></p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-81447877121357359482023-03-10T05:30:00.006-05:002023-03-11T10:07:41.858-05:00Red-tailed hawk with a fresh catch of squirrel<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRS4Dqe1I0bA6UpcKA6N6fqaNWBlNTGfo-ggaXrnEFKqEcWKk_A4553NN1zlkCyTz0G0BQv62sS9omCal99h7lCvTgY1a-9gxJJVoH7uXBeCTHA0IyKPviFwTXa0HLgGcwHzpJ2iq-gROzarpezFwOOGwUMeFF-iScQZPn4Jnc1ciUI2l7TgQjbv5RrA/s1300/D20230309_063_5W5A9674_g_red_tailed_hawk_bus_stop.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="This red-tailed hawk stands on the ground and takes break from eating the squirrel it just caught." border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="975" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRS4Dqe1I0bA6UpcKA6N6fqaNWBlNTGfo-ggaXrnEFKqEcWKk_A4553NN1zlkCyTz0G0BQv62sS9omCal99h7lCvTgY1a-9gxJJVoH7uXBeCTHA0IyKPviFwTXa0HLgGcwHzpJ2iq-gROzarpezFwOOGwUMeFF-iScQZPn4Jnc1ciUI2l7TgQjbv5RrA/w480-h640/D20230309_063_5W5A9674_g_red_tailed_hawk_bus_stop.jpg" title="Red-tailed hawk with a fresh catch of squirrel" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This red-tailed hawk stands on the ground and takes break from eating the squirrel it just caught. </td></tr></tbody></table><p> Yesterday, I turned a corner in my neighborhood and spotted a <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2021/10/juvenile-red-tailed-hawk-in-central-new-york.html">red-tailed hawk</a> tearing at and eating a squirrel it had just caught. It was on the ground about eight feet from the road. I quickly stopped a short distance from it and snapped off a few shots before it plucked the squirrel in its claws and flew away to enjoy the catch in private.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Photograph taken on March 9, 2023, at Syracuse, New York.</p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-75345686756790250702023-03-09T05:30:00.001-05:002023-03-09T07:01:38.781-05:00LIRR M7 EMUs on CSX M367 at Syracuse, NY<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM3mRpzMAtD_FNksrFYMVFdhUDCzRyVUUHDUG-kG8YM2UXuklh9c_u16kSHCfjFg46Ity8JPXivsRDXqRHMda15Moa5IjX77UT9FZqWrzTxzGFkOMjX1JSA-gLu-JhzjN7p0y4miTKAKQecbY8PyBhzaKzqK6PcBdRVMvRMwHy-MStZ0XAIgh8KVcpxw/s1300/D20230306_012_DJI_0964_g_M36706_CSXT_255_CSXT_396_Empire_State_Trail_Bridge_MPQC293_subway_cars.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="With three M7 EMUs behind CSXT 255 and CSXT 396, M367-06 passes under the Empire State Trail bridge on the southern end of Onondaga Lake." border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1300" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM3mRpzMAtD_FNksrFYMVFdhUDCzRyVUUHDUG-kG8YM2UXuklh9c_u16kSHCfjFg46Ity8JPXivsRDXqRHMda15Moa5IjX77UT9FZqWrzTxzGFkOMjX1JSA-gLu-JhzjN7p0y4miTKAKQecbY8PyBhzaKzqK6PcBdRVMvRMwHy-MStZ0XAIgh8KVcpxw/w640-h426/D20230306_012_DJI_0964_g_M36706_CSXT_255_CSXT_396_Empire_State_Trail_Bridge_MPQC293_subway_cars.jpg" title="M367-06, Westbound on the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision at Syracuse, NY." width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With three M7 EMUs behind CSXT 255 and CSXT 396, M367-06 passes under the Empire State Trail bridge on the southern end of Onondaga Lake.</td></tr></tbody></table><p> On Monday and Wednesday this week, two movements of former Long Island Railroad (LIRR) M7 electric multiple unit (EMU) railcars passed through Syracuse, NY., on CSX <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/06/csx-m367-and-amtrak-p284-at-dewitt-yard.html">manifest train M367</a>. On Monday, three M7s came through Syracuse on M367-06. Then on Wednesday, another set of three came through on M367-08. The cars had been stripped of most of their components and were just the railcar bodies bound for a scrapper. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRmTzGczle-wTc156KyQD9gRV9dJ95YApNYjxL3yg8aumFx26rCOmn8nh0hP7LV-Ec-shCAhMbOi8f7KNXbUizgZAH_kHg73S0Nd-9EFW4Z1JH9bIOaNJRYkeXh3xrvR5tnXfHab0tDyRbKkbXvf1AciMvObTi0AXiQWi7hM9_3T12_TAEcQ7yktYQew/s1350/D20230308_002_DJI_0971_g_M36708_CP286_LIRR_M7s_flatcars_E_Syracuse_NY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="M367 with three M7 EMUs on the head end pass through CP 286 at East Syracuse, NY." border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1350" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRmTzGczle-wTc156KyQD9gRV9dJ95YApNYjxL3yg8aumFx26rCOmn8nh0hP7LV-Ec-shCAhMbOi8f7KNXbUizgZAH_kHg73S0Nd-9EFW4Z1JH9bIOaNJRYkeXh3xrvR5tnXfHab0tDyRbKkbXvf1AciMvObTi0AXiQWi7hM9_3T12_TAEcQ7yktYQew/w640-h426/D20230308_002_DJI_0971_g_M36708_CP286_LIRR_M7s_flatcars_E_Syracuse_NY.jpg" title="M367-08, westbound at CP 286 at E. Syracuse, NY." width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">M367 on the North Runner with three M7s on the head end passes through <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2023/03/csx-i001-westbound-at-cp-286-nyc-coaling-towers.html">CP 286</a> at East Syracuse, NY.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div> The M7s were built by Bombardier and were used on both the LIRR and Metro-North Railroad (MNCW). Delivery to the railroads began in 2002. The MNCW's version was known as the M7A. The M7A differed due to the different electrical system the MNCW uses. The M7s were used in pairs and each car contained a set of controls.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgrEPMIAK2UKt9T6YMU13iL-jrsdonSsIT_lxmVb4TOKnZ0Bw7JefUSipnbIAS3dJl0H0WvcrYd_gtHDPc_2Sum0B8YgM2I8iovmva9RZbosZEGwAtXK_NizWY4eQf68LJLzJjT4h5djj9kwyjIJFfyvLVMFpf_qfwdRSQKkXpuQOSt4R3NJ4LJxlaIQ/s1350/D20230308_003_DJI_0972_g_M36708_LIRR_M7s_E_Syracuse_NY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Sitting on flatcars, LIRR 7425, LIRR 7044, and LIRR 7033 pass through E. Syracuse, NY on head end of M367-08." border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1350" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgrEPMIAK2UKt9T6YMU13iL-jrsdonSsIT_lxmVb4TOKnZ0Bw7JefUSipnbIAS3dJl0H0WvcrYd_gtHDPc_2Sum0B8YgM2I8iovmva9RZbosZEGwAtXK_NizWY4eQf68LJLzJjT4h5djj9kwyjIJFfyvLVMFpf_qfwdRSQKkXpuQOSt4R3NJ4LJxlaIQ/w640-h426/D20230308_003_DJI_0972_g_M36708_LIRR_M7s_E_Syracuse_NY.jpg" title="LIRR 7425, LIRR 7044, and LIRR 7033 on M367 at CP 286" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LIRR 7425, LIRR 7044, and LIRR 7033 pass through E. Syracuse, NY on head end of M367-08.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;">Photographs taken on March 6, 2023, and March 8, 2023.</p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-78581708136767363102023-03-05T05:30:00.004-05:002023-03-05T05:30:00.217-05:00CSX I001 at CP 286, passing the NYC coaling towers at East Syracuse, NY.<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmDCFIA7G6bCYkEEPasiSnAOw9aD6L6bHqof2vpCeYW6IQlZPEzX3wHYky8eVv7mpYC7FiopNLSAtdlfYviUFePCh3auehUmhIo8Z0APD39CDPI69KQtvkMltJTRghTLL5NNGuVPbkrqwi-ku2ioiEIEizlY8RWpi_JAxlXRre7JkYckYo5HQBsU4Ow/s1300/D20230228_028_IMG_5251_g_I00128_CSXT_7030_CP286_East_Syracuse_NY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="I001 passes by the old NYC coaling towers between CP 285 and CP 286, near DeWitt Yard." border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1300" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmDCFIA7G6bCYkEEPasiSnAOw9aD6L6bHqof2vpCeYW6IQlZPEzX3wHYky8eVv7mpYC7FiopNLSAtdlfYviUFePCh3auehUmhIo8Z0APD39CDPI69KQtvkMltJTRghTLL5NNGuVPbkrqwi-ku2ioiEIEizlY8RWpi_JAxlXRre7JkYckYo5HQBsU4Ow/w640-h426/D20230228_028_IMG_5251_g_I00128_CSXT_7030_CP286_East_Syracuse_NY.jpg" title="CSXT 7030 leads I001 west at CP 286 at East Syracuse, NY." width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I001 passes by the old NYC coaling towers between CP 285 and CP 286, near DeWitt Yard.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p> With snow on the ground and more still falling, <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/10/csx-i001-tuesday-ups-hot-shot-crossing-onondaga-creek.html">I001-28</a> (North Bergen, NJ., to Chicago (Bedford Park), IL.) is westbound, passing by the old New York Central steam locomotive coaling towers. The coal towers sit along the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision between Control Point <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2023/02/amtk-709-leading-p284-in-snow-at-cp285-at-east-syracuse-ny.html">(CP) 285</a> and <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/10/csxt-4568-operation-lifesaver-50th-anniversary-m364.html">CP 286</a>. To the left is manifest train M560-27 on the North Runner heading east into DeWitt Yard. I001 is led by CSXT 7030 and CSXT 5115. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Photograph taken on February 28, 2023, at East Syracuse, New York.</p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-47595486668989241572023-03-03T05:30:00.020-05:002023-03-03T06:40:06.491-05:00I017 passing snow-covered fields at Weedsport, NY<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JQIGWIQ27Ti-FMIDdtEXaTmLkitwpMiySmNl9AGDjITLbx27OFOl2g6FEQewRkKrozRsxXYAd9G1Bz43jsDRS0QgauaI37ZYNvyW_M4VPqcOkQiRq1EJ-rTSkGBlzHiuceRhVGBw7oXyzJlD8gOsi2YHAjil4YAp-G-nvtXW6PFvmDtaaaKT2v4fnw/s1300/D20230302_002_DJI_0942_g_I01702_Weedsport_NY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="CSX intermodal train I017-02 is westbound, passing under the Oakland Rd. bridge and by snow-covered fields." border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1300" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JQIGWIQ27Ti-FMIDdtEXaTmLkitwpMiySmNl9AGDjITLbx27OFOl2g6FEQewRkKrozRsxXYAd9G1Bz43jsDRS0QgauaI37ZYNvyW_M4VPqcOkQiRq1EJ-rTSkGBlzHiuceRhVGBw7oXyzJlD8gOsi2YHAjil4YAp-G-nvtXW6PFvmDtaaaKT2v4fnw/w640-h426/D20230302_002_DJI_0942_g_I01702_Weedsport_NY.jpg" title="CSXT 3240 leads I017-02 west at Weedsport, NY." width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Intermodal train I017-02 is westbound, passing under the Oakland Rd. bridge and by snow-covered fields.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p> With a few inches of snow still on the ground from the last snowfall I headed to Weedsport, NY, to catch I017 (Worcester, MA., to Chicago (Bedford Park), IL.) as it passed by the snow-covered fields on the west side of town. Here, CSXT 3240, leads I017-02 west on the Rochester Subdivision, under the Oakland Road bridge. I017-02 is about a half of a mile east of CP 313 at Centerport. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Photograph taken on March 2, 2023, at Weedsport, New York.</p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-23720654108437661142023-03-02T05:30:00.028-05:002023-03-02T06:16:41.488-05:00I162 on the Inbound Lead at DeWitt Yard in East Syracuse, NY.<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdy8GOkGGv57wDWyZGwIx638uTy6SR9PGljXGzvMgLgYHnS07372q_kjzSI9fVWGoGDY1PkGCzSGuae5RgXu6O6cO4Z4IpAzxR5jTRuIy3skunA29KBdo9EO3tg3E2PAzf320TumyBBcw-uM5WlUipeScCKgpIf9ARpHCqCSRqgDUO3fMGpCAeUM4mg/s1300/D20230228_023_IMG_5246_I16227_CSXT_846_CP285_Inbound_Lead_DeWitt_Yard.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="With snow falling, CSXT 846 leads I162 by CP 285 and into DeWitt Yard." border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1300" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdy8GOkGGv57wDWyZGwIx638uTy6SR9PGljXGzvMgLgYHnS07372q_kjzSI9fVWGoGDY1PkGCzSGuae5RgXu6O6cO4Z4IpAzxR5jTRuIy3skunA29KBdo9EO3tg3E2PAzf320TumyBBcw-uM5WlUipeScCKgpIf9ARpHCqCSRqgDUO3fMGpCAeUM4mg/w640-h426/D20230228_023_IMG_5246_I16227_CSXT_846_CP285_Inbound_Lead_DeWitt_Yard.jpg" title="CSXT 846 leads I162-27 into DeWitt Yard past CP 285" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With snow falling, CSXT 846 leads I162 by CP 285 and into DeWitt Yard.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p> Yesterday, another round of snow fell on the Syracuse, New York, area. With snow falling, I162-27 makes its way into DeWitt Yard at <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/06/cp285-of-csx-syracuse-terminal-subdivision-dewitt-yard.html">Control Point (CP) 285</a> on the <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2023/01/csxs-i009-and-m621-at-cp-286-east-syracuse-ny.html">Inbound Lead</a>. The Inbound Lead diverges from Track 1 of the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision at CP 286, a half mile to the west of CP 285, and leads into DeWitt Yard. The Inbound Lead isn't officially part of CP 285. <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/01/csx-train-i162-led-by-csxt-7233-on-the-Rochester-Sub.html">I162</a> is heading to the South Runner to work the intermodal departure yard. I162 runs daily from North Baltimore, Ohio, to Port Newark, New Jersey. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Photograph taken on February 28, 2023, at East Syracuse, New York.</p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-16444271790705401542023-02-28T13:00:00.003-05:002023-03-01T15:19:39.032-05:00AMTK 709 leading P284 in the snow at East Syracuse, NY.<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgyhv9ys4__cjEguevmPAyjBDNyAZXnKA8yI81nWdGhFIFDmbKBlaA1YnG1HhVrnThPA84srNbyfLcpDrwrZQmA2b4N-ASNGFn5yFQ7RoASE34wempmeSy6NQu-zM8eex4uJEmfHOHYKI_Po3YgR4TEit6BeUBd-W-WaBajUYPTWI6p6QvLx405FsEOw/s1300/D20230228_011_IMG_5231_g_P28428_AMTK_709_CP285_DeWitt_Yard.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="With snow on the ground and falling, AMTK 709 leads P284 through CP 285, with Bridge St. and the old NYC coaling towers in the background." border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1300" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgyhv9ys4__cjEguevmPAyjBDNyAZXnKA8yI81nWdGhFIFDmbKBlaA1YnG1HhVrnThPA84srNbyfLcpDrwrZQmA2b4N-ASNGFn5yFQ7RoASE34wempmeSy6NQu-zM8eex4uJEmfHOHYKI_Po3YgR4TEit6BeUBd-W-WaBajUYPTWI6p6QvLx405FsEOw/w640-h426/D20230228_011_IMG_5231_g_P28428_AMTK_709_CP285_DeWitt_Yard.jpg" title="AMTK 709 leading P284 at CP 285" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AMTK 709 leads P284 through CP 285, with Bridge St. and the old NYC coaling towers in the background.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p> With fresh snow on the ground and more falling, AMTK 709 leads train P284-28 east through control point (CP) 285 on the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision. CP 285 is at the west end of CSX's DeWitt Yard. In the background is Bridge Street and the old New York Central (NYC) coaling towers. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Photograph taken on February 28, 2023, at East Syracuse, New York.</p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121858880330977881.post-1491662822810627932023-02-24T05:30:00.001-05:002023-02-24T05:30:00.225-05:00M621 arriving at a snow-covered DeWitt Yard in East Syracuse, NY.<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDZt1-jBtzzFEqOc1j6lBADUr4t5lFka1vIriYqGh4Fi69EhrAsxmHVLGROvgdIusUDOXV-zsdODJmjTVhejG8uTbxt1H7rN52CVlebtGca3_Dn0KGhAQ-z6z4M-P1Jz8DkeX-WJeQJ5_QAfMGcQX-03MS1HIJ8t3eUwchhUFHBzq3qKgPUzzh0Y9KWw/s1300/D20230127_017_5W5A9139_g_M62126_CSXT_5459_CP282_Controlled_Siding.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="M621-26 is passing the westbound CP signal bridge for the siding and Departure Lead at CP 285. The signals to the left of M621 are for westbound movements on Track 1." border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1300" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDZt1-jBtzzFEqOc1j6lBADUr4t5lFka1vIriYqGh4Fi69EhrAsxmHVLGROvgdIusUDOXV-zsdODJmjTVhejG8uTbxt1H7rN52CVlebtGca3_Dn0KGhAQ-z6z4M-P1Jz8DkeX-WJeQJ5_QAfMGcQX-03MS1HIJ8t3eUwchhUFHBzq3qKgPUzzh0Y9KWw/w640-h426/D20230127_017_5W5A9139_g_M62126_CSXT_5459_CP282_Controlled_Siding.jpg" title="CSXT 5459 leads M621-26 east on the controlled siding at DeWitt Yard" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">M621-26 is passing the westbound CP signal bridge for the siding and Departure Lead at CP 285.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p> M621-26, led by CSXT 5459 and CSXT 4574, is arriving at DeWitt Yard via Control Point (CP) 285. M621 is eastbound, coming off Track 1 of the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision to the controlled siding, which runs between CP 285 and CP 283. The siding sits between Track 1 (to the south) and the Departure Lead (to the north). M621 runs south from Masenna, NY., to Syracuse, NY., before going east to Selkirk, NY. Between Masenna and Syracuse the train uses CSX's St. Lawrence Subdivision to <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2022/06/csxt-891-leading-q621-at-cp291-syracuse-ny.html">CP 291</a> (west of DeWitt Yard) where it gets on the <a href="https://photoblog.tomgatermann.com/2021/10/amtrak-trains-on-the-Syracuse-Terminal-Sub.html">Syracuse Terminal Subdivision</a> and comes east to DeWitt Yard.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbkSPRpLFp_9Cx9rAAvMnKRMbwHCH1mddXdAuSET_zQ9pLzPzEY1RKy9rezfEWNmLh0ylby1zcO4giX4c0Rdh7UPjpuYFGQtTTAN3iuZf8MsyaduHDj-GfD22bllg-KRcr7TYI_VR3qmMfeuXNFP9FW37XtMBhTIDMBnexVteMvFMdkWEt-q-_dgL7A/s1300/D20230127_037_DJI_0818_g_M62126_CSXT_5459_DeWitt_Yard_controlled_siding.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1300" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbkSPRpLFp_9Cx9rAAvMnKRMbwHCH1mddXdAuSET_zQ9pLzPzEY1RKy9rezfEWNmLh0ylby1zcO4giX4c0Rdh7UPjpuYFGQtTTAN3iuZf8MsyaduHDj-GfD22bllg-KRcr7TYI_VR3qmMfeuXNFP9FW37XtMBhTIDMBnexVteMvFMdkWEt-q-_dgL7A/w640-h426/D20230127_037_DJI_0818_g_M62126_CSXT_5459_DeWitt_Yard_controlled_siding.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">M621-26 rolls east on the south side of a snow-covered DeWitt Yard. I009 is westbound in the background.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;">Photographs taken on January 27, 2023, at East Syracuse, New York.</p>Tom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828648427223661606noreply@blogger.com2