T.G.'s Photography Blog

   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.   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.  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.     Compared to some parts of the Eastern US and Canada, the Syracuse area didn't get the worst of it. The Air Quality Index (AQI) considers good air quality to be in the range between 0 to 5...

  I007 sits on the siding at DeWitt Yard, to the east of CP 285.   Intermodal train I007 -17 (North Bergen, New Jersey, to Rose Lake, Illinois) is stopped on the siding at DeWitt Yard, between the Departure Yard Lead (to the north) and Track 1 (to the south) of the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision . The intermodal cars sitting on Track 1 are part of I157-17. When this photograph was taken, I157's locomotives and some cars they picked up from the Departure Yard were pulling west of CP 285 , in order to shove back on Track 1 and pick up the rest of the train. In the background is the intermodal facility at DeWitt Yard. Photograph taken on September 17, 2022, at East Syracuse, New York.

CSXT 461 and CSXT 3274 lead I157-09 east off the Departure Yard Lead at CP285 at DeWitt Yard. I157-09 has just finished working at DeWitt Yard. I157 came off the Departure Yard Lead at CP 285 and headed west on Track 1 of the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision. I157 runs daily from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to North Baltimore, Ohio. It is an intermodal train that also carries autorack  cars, as needed. CSXT 5361 leads M560-07 east under the eastbound signal bridge at CP 286 and off Track 8. After I157 had cleared out of East Syracuse at CP 286, M560 -07 came east off Track 8 at CP 286. M560-07 had arrived at East Syracuse late the previous day and tied down on Track 8 with the locomotives at Wegmans. The location is known as Wegmans because it sits right next to a Wegmans grocery store. Photographs taken on August 10, 2022, at East Syracuse, New York.