Author: JJ Young III
trains of the Sussie Q
SLN4 rolls west near Endwell New York running paralell to the old Rte 17, better known to locals as the George F
With a new coat of black, the two sand towers dwarf the two NYS&W B40s as they are serviced
The NYS&W pulles their power onto the Conrail main headed for East Binghamton
The yard job puts a train away as the NYS&Ws alco awaits its turn in the shps
Power sets on the North end of the EB Yards
As this train sat at WEST BD (today CP Johnson) i did a few shots of this set.
follow the poles , teh train heads back towards the DL&W station a mile away
from atop the signal bridge at West BD
I saw this as I walked back and tied in the old Dwarf Signal for the connector
As teh slack ran out it disturbed the pigeons in the yards at Binghamton
As the NYS&W local drills their yards at QD, the matched numerical pair of Conrail Quality c40-8W's rest after delivering the coal train in the background for the Goudy Power Plant in the Town of Union
2012 rolls the passenger cars towards Chenango Forks along the Utica Side of the Susquehanna
two NYS&W B40s and an ex Burlington sd45 seemed to have been burped out of the south portal of Beldon
3 B40s and the 3000 ease into the engine facility at east Binghamtons yards as 5017 shuffles cars on the North end
looking west from the old DL&W tower in East Binghamton Yards as 3006 and 3000 ease out of the facility
As the D&H yardmaster and the clerks still run the yards from the confines of the old Lackawanna tower, NYS&W SD 45 sets idleing west of the operationjs center
2012s engineer looks back along Schuyler Street in Utica New York on a rainy Saturday
Thje engineer eases the power to the cut of cars as they continue to switch out their yards at QD in Binghamton
The passenger xtra roars through a quiet neighborhood south of Utica New York
The mighty oaks install the feeling that the 2012 is a toy in comparison to their heighth
With the Geneganselet6 Golf club inn the background the passenger x-tra crosses over the Chenango Across the valley near Chenango forks, the shot is from County Rte 32 in West Colesville
JJ Young Jr. shoots SLN5 as it rolls through the Town of Union
As I chased SLN 5 east, I played point and shoot as I paced along side them near SR Tower in Pa.
The conductor exits the power to throw the switch at mp 614
Much of northern NY along the the Utica sidae is still Farm land USA, here the dead head move passes a dairy farm in up-state NY
As teh train swings into a curve, Rte 12A is seen in the background
A pair of people look out the firemans widow as I shoot them rolling along the Utica Branch
A train load of stonne from a quarry on the NYS&W is delivered to Barrett, the conductor is backing the train over the unloading pit on the east end
As the stone train is being spotted, BH1 showed and stopped under the highway bridge
As the stone for Barrett arrives with a couple of Idler cars, the power sucks up the hot humid haze from the afternoonj sky
Time having expired for this crew, the change was made just down from the truck stop along Court Street in Kirkwood NY
The crew is seen entering the power on an SLN 5 in Kirkwood NY after the previous crew outlawed west of the Frito's Lays plant in Kirkwood
SLN5 crew disembarks after the law caught up with them 2 miles short of QD yard office in Binghamton, here they set just west of FritoLays in Kirkwood
The crew for the continued trip begin to mount the bahemaths in Kirkwood NY
From the parking lot of the Little white Church, SU 100 roars over the small creek on its eastward treck
rolling east as BH1x, what later would be SU 100 wraps along the Susquehanna River at Red Rock
Sweeping through the tight curve at Red Rock Pa with SU 100
BH1 rolls towards old State Rd North of Binghamton in the small community of Brandywine Heights on a beautiful fall day with just a splash of colors too.
amungst a string of NYS&W cars was this object setting
Conductor Ben Martin walks back along the CNYs main to release the brakes on a cut of cars
A bitter wind whips the McDonalds flags around as the Crew prepares to roll east to switch out a few cars before heading west to work at Frito Lays
Although for a very short time, it might fool you into it being a little warm....WRONG as Ben Martin begins work
Ben points up to the engineer after I had asked if he had seen him lately. The joke was on me