CEFX 3126

Finger Lakes boxcar 26111 at Solvay yard.

The 3 unit and 57 car train heading to Syracuse

The second of 3 units

The second of 3 units

Watching the train pass through Auburn. I also saw it in Seneca Falls.

Our chase on the Finger Lakes Railway comes to an end.

Finger Lakes GS-2 passing by Martisco.

Finger Lakes GS-2 approaching Harlot Rd.

Finger Lakes GS-2 passing by the former New York Central depot.

CEFX 3126 and CEFX 3124.

Auburn Correctional Facility in the background.

Finger Lakes GS-2 is crossing State St.

Close up of Finger Lakes GS-2.

Finger Lakes GS-2 is crossing W. Genesse St.

At Milepost S34.89, Finger Lakes GS-2 crosses Lake St (New York State Route 90).

At 10AM, Finger Lakes GS-2 crosses Lower Lake Rd near Cayuga, NY. Thats Dave Curtis.

Finger Lakes GS-2 at Cayuga.

Getting closer...

Finger Lakes GS-2 approaching Cayuga.

Finger Lakes GS-2 crosses State St.

Finger Lakes GS-2 approaches the village of Seneca Falls, NY.

At 9AM, Finger Lakes GS-2 crossed Packwood Rd near Milepost S48.

CEFX 3124.

Me and Dave Curtis showed up just in time to see Finger Lakes GS-2 crossing Border City Rd.

Fellow contributor Max Smith and I predicted that we would have ample sunshine today, and so we made a plan for a Finger Lakes chase. We followed the train from Geneva to Camillus, and then from there we fanned the NYS&W. Here we see them rounding the bend next to the state prison in Auburn.

Last year the Finger Lakes railway began leasing these "bluebirds" and now regularly use them on there GS-2 train..........aka the sweep train. Here we see them descending the grade at Martisco as they work their way toward Solvay yard. As you can see they're on welded rail here; at a point not!far west from here the rail is jointed all the way to Geneva. Historically speaking this is the Auburn Road, and it's one of the oldest railroads in the USA. A long time ago there wsed to be a branch from here to Otisco; if you look hard enough you can trace the line still to this day.

FGLK GS-2 slowing rolls through Seneca Falls.

KCS 4596 trails BNSF 5456 on CSX military train W86225. It's tied-down on the Belle Isle siding here before going north to Fort Drum. I heard the "bluebird" lease engines are going to the Finger Lakes RR soon.

The 2 FECX leasers setting in the middle and the NYS&W 3802 and the NS 8102 made the yards quite a colorful spot as the american flag gentlly flaps in the breeze

Unusual for QD on a Sunday as teh rail fan community show to look and photograph the ES44ac in Pennsy paint just shy of the NYS&Ws offices at D

38T rolls west towards Johnson, seen here passing a pair of leased units from the NYS&W at QD on the Tier in Binghamton NY

NYS&w conductor trainee tosses the hand switch from the rip track and the Buffalo Track at QD in Binghamton NY

sd 60 on point and last unit

blue units on short time

cefx units on short time do to sd60s

blue with one yellow

with one yellow

soon to replaced with sd 60s

4 blue soon this train will be running with sd 60s

all blue lash up, but not for long waiting for the sd 60s

SU99 passes through the yard at PC.

SU99 passes the Newfoundland Station.

SU99 crosses Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike.

Road power is brought up behind an extra High & Wide.