Conrail (CR) 6623 - GE C36-7

Olev Taremae photo

Conrail 6623 is on OISE at Ridgefield Park, NJ 1/1999.

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COBU EB at CP 113

There was once a road crossing here at Mc Master St, which was closed, but gates installed to allow for pedestrian crossings. Some motorists didnt take the hint, as you can see by the various barriers that have been installed. Some people are remarkably creative when it comes to stupidity, and even after these were put up, occasionally a driver would get hung up on the crossing here. OIBU has no such obstacles today, and rolls on by with a pair of C36-7s.

WACG01, a Gang Mills based crew that handled the coal from there to Ithaca, has combined with a train that was left in Ithaca yard by a previous crew. The whole train, now with four units, will head up through town to the NYSEG Milliken Station north of Ithaca. Note the hoppers and conveyor at far left. The other coal customer on this line was Cornell University, high above Cayuga's waters. Conrail would spot loaded hoppers here, which would be emptied into a pit, with the conveyor carrying the coal up to be loaded into trucks for the ride up the hill to the college. There were 17 cars spotted here this day.

The ex LV line in Ithaca has a stretch of street side running through town. As in most places where this occurs, the traffic lights are set so that when crossing protection is activated, they set up to prevent vehicles from turning onto or crossing the tracks. The trains, however, make all the lights, no matter what color.

ML440 rolls east with 105 racks just as it was getting to dark for photos. CR 745 is one of a group of ex LMS units from a fleet shared with CN. CR did not renumber the units when it fully acquired them, hence the out of sequence numbers.

A "hold up the camera and pray" shot along I 90 on the east side of Cleveland.

Lake effect snow advisory,no unnecessary travel.How else can you get these crazy shots? I only got stuck in the snow twice. :)

A westbound freight with a nice lashup waits out congestion at Henrietta.

Lot's 'o double stacks in TV-6 as comes through CP 64 in East Brookfield.

Lot's 'o double stacks in TV-6 as comes through CP 64 in East Brookfield.

Friday-only "pocket-piggyback" TV80-W approaching MP 138 along Muddy Pond.

Friday-only TV80-W rounds the curve along Muddy Pond.

TV-6 rolls down through Bancroft behind a quartet of "the usual suspects".