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SNC 52 |
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Upon arrival at North Creek station, we find one of the railroad's BL-2s idling with a single coach on the passing track, waiting for the arrival of the daily train from Saratoga Springs. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/1/2017 10:34:06 PM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 52(BL2) |
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SNC 411 |
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A rear view of one of the SNC's newly acquired F40 passenger locomotives for use on the long excursions between North Creek and Saratoga Springs. The mostly silver paint scheme is evidence of this unit's time working for Montreal's AMT commuter rail network. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/1/2017 10:37:56 PM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 411(F40PH) |
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SNC 52 |
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One of the Saratoga & North Creek's rare BL-2s idles at the station awaiting its next move. The locomotive was built by EMD in 1949, one of eight constructed for the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad. Originally BAR 552, the first 5 in its road number would later be dropped. After working in the Pine Tree State for many years, the unit would migrate to private ownership in Wisconsin, where it was repainted as Janesville & Southeastern 52. It would be displayed with sister unit 56 at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay for a time before being acquired by Iowa Pacific, refurbished, and sent to the former D&H Adirondack Branch as SNC 52. It now serves in both freight and passenger duties on this upstate New York shortline. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/1/2017 10:43:52 PM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 52(BL2) |
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| Title: |
Down At The Depot |
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SNC 52, in its D&H inspired paint scheme, looks right at home next to the historic North Creek depot. The station itself was constructed in 1874 by the Adirondack Railway and later came under the full control of the Delaware & Hudson in 1902. Perhaps the most well known event in this station's history is when vice president Theodore Roosevelt arrived and learned that he was now the President of the United States after President William McKinley passed following an assassination attempt at the Pan American Expo in Buffalo. Roosevelt boarded a special train here headed for Buffalo and was later sworn in as the next President. In 1976, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/1/2017 10:55:53 PM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 52(BL2) |
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| Title: |
It Appears The D&H Has Returned |
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The daily excursion from Saratoga has arrived behind the railroad's large GE number 8524. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/1/2017 11:09:43 PM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 52(BL2) SNC 8524(B39-8E) |
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| Title: |
SNC 8524 Side Profile |
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The largest piece of motive power on the Saratoga & North Creek line, B39-8E was brought in at the start of operations by parent Iowa Pacific to handle freight service. As the freight operations have been slow to materialize the unit has found a role in passenger service on the railroad's daily trains between the Amtrak station at Saratoga and the historic North Creek depot. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/1/2017 11:13:14 PM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 8524(B39-8E) |
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| Title: |
Just Arrived |
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Waiting for the passengers to disembark for their three hour layover in town, the train will soon pull forward into the north end of the yard to allow for some servicing before the afternoon departure back to Saratoga. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/1/2017 11:17:31 PM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 8524(B39-8E) |
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| Title: |
ALCO 5 |
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A rather historic Alco switcher rests out of service at North Creek yard. Built in 1947, the American Locomotive Company kept the unit and used it for switching chores around the vast facilities at Schenectady, NY. The unit was later sold into private ownership and was restored to its original paint scheme. It then bounced around to several northeastern shortline operations, including the Adirondack Scenic, the Delaware Lackawanna, and even the famous Strasburg Railroad. It came to North Creek for operation on the former Upper Hudson River Railroad excursions, working with Alco RS36 5019. Sidelined after SNC took over in 2011, it was later acquired by the new operator of the line but, despite being able to operate, has mainly been a display in North Creek yard for the past few years. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/1/2017 11:20:30 PM |
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North Creek, NY |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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ALCO 5(S1) |
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| Title: |
SNC 81783 |
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The Saratoga & North Creek has repainted its former Lehigh Valley caboose, left over from previous operator Upper Hudson River Railroad. The car was built in the summer of 1942 as LV 95018. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/1/2017 11:26:44 PM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
SNC 56 |
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The SNC's other BL-2, wearing a slightly different variation of the road's paint scheme. The unit, which has yet to be put into service on the former Adirondack Branch, was one of the last two BL-2s constructed for the Bangor & Aroostook in 1949. Originally BAR 556, and later renumbered 56, this unit would be one of two BL-2s lightened by ten tons in order to be operated over the Bunker Brook trestle on the Greenville Branch. Later sold into private ownership, it would be displayed in faded BAR blue at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, WI with sister unit 52 until it was acquired by Iowa Pacific. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/1/2017 11:32:32 PM |
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North Creek, NY |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 56(BL2) |
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| Title: |
UHRX 5019 |
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Currently the only locomotive on home rails on this former D&H branch, this old Alco was built for the D&H in 1963 as part of an order of twelve units. Operating in freight service for its original owner, this was one of the last RS-36 units to see service for the D&H. Later acquired by its current owner, Southwind Rail Travel Limited, the historic locomotive operated at various shortlines, including the Lackawanna Valley, Delaware Lackawanna, and Northern Central. It even was leased to the MBTA of Boston in the late 1990s for a track rebuilding project. Last operated by the Upper Hudson River Railroad, the unit awaits a possible future restoration back to operating condition. It sure would be cool to see this thing plying the rails through the Adirondacks once again. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/1/2017 11:42:07 PM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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UHRX 5019(RS36) |
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| Title: |
SLRG 5525 |
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A former Union Pacific forty four seat coach is seen stored at the south end of North Creek yard, still wearing the markings of former owner Florida Rail Adventures. Built by the Budd Company in 1961, this car was later transferred to Amtrak service. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/1/2017 11:50:01 PM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
SNC 821 |
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This old Alco switcher may have the appearance of those units that once operated this branch many years ago but in reality this locomotive arrived here fairly recently. Built in 1943 for the United States Army, the locomotive was later acquired by New York's MTA and assigned to work train and helper service on the Staten Island Railway. Replaced by new Brookville built diesels in 2010, the unit was purchased by the Upper Hudson River Railroad and powered their excursions for a portion of their final operating season. Transferred to SNC, it was restored to the yellow and black paint scheme of 1940s D&H Alco diesels that were once a common sight on freight trains in this yard. SNC 821 has been used in all sorts of operations on the SNC, including acting as a switcher down at the Saratoga Springs station. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/1/2017 11:55:15 PM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 821(S2) |
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| Title: |
Twin Alcos |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 12:16:47 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 821(S2) ALCO 5(S1) |
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| Title: |
EMD Meet GE |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 12:20:08 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 8524(B39-8E) SNC 411(F40PH) SNC 319(F40PHR) |
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| Title: |
Advertisements of the Past |
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The signage on one of the old buildings of the North Creek Depot Complex has been given a fresh coat of paint, including an advertisement for D&H cone cleaned coal. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 12:29:36 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
SNC 8524 |
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After moving the excursion consist into position for servicing, SNC 8524 moves the BL-2 and passenger car into a siding at the south end of the yard. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 12:33:48 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 8524(B39-8E) SNC 52(BL2) |
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| Title: |
More Excursion Equipment |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 12:38:26 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 319(F40PHR) SNC 411(F40PH) |
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| Title: |
SLRG 132 |
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This coach was undergoing some repairs in front of the engine house this day. Built by the Budd Company in 1949 as a twenty one room sleeping car, it was purchased by the Pennsylvania Railroad as number 8269 and named Lock Haven Inn. Later rebuilt as a coach and renumbered 1525, this car would see service in various commuter operations in New Jersey and Maryland after its time on Penn Central. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 12:43:05 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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| Title: |
Passing the Old Coal Ad |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 12:49:02 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 8524(B39-8E) SNC 52(BL2) |
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| Title: |
Almost Done |
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The big GE would leave the coach and other locomotive just south of the crossing before coupling back up to the excursion consist. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 12:51:17 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 8524(B39-8E) SNC 52(BL2) |
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| Title: |
SNC 8524 |
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Built by GE in the fall of 1987 as one of a fleet that would eventually total 102 units, this locomotive was originally part of the LMX leasing fleet owned by General Electric. Later purchased by Iowa Pacific and first operated on the San Luis & Rio Grande of Colorado, the locomotive would be painted D&H style and moved east for the startup of SNC operations in 2011. Originally intended to be primarily a freight unit, it has seen quite a bit of use on the passenger side of the railroad. It was sold off near the end of 2016 and today operates on the Huntsville & Madison County Railroad Authority down in Alabama. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 12:54:47 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 8524(B39-8E) |
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| Title: |
Coupling Up |
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In a few minutes the train would be pulled back into the platform to begin boarding for the return trip to Saratoga. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 1:05:32 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 8524(B39-8E) SNC 411(F40PH) SNC 319(F40PHR) |
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| Title: |
Almost Time for Departure |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 1:10:11 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 8524(B39-8E) |
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| Title: |
SLRG 140 |
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Another former PRR 1949 Budd built sleeper, number 8287 the Tyrone Inn. Later rebuilt as coach 1524. Operated on commuter lines in Michigan and Maryland after Penn Central. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 1:13:28 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
SNC 52 |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 1:20:49 AM |
| Location: |
North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 52(BL2) SNC 8524(B39-8E) |
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| Title: |
Departure At Last |
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With a burst of exhaust, SNC 8524 accelerates its consist out of the North Creek depot. In a few hours the train will reach Saratoga, where it will spend the night. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 1:22:42 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 8524(B39-8E) |
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| Title: |
SLRG 3005B |
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The predecessor to the Long Island Railroad's current fleet of commuter cars, these cars are coupled together as pairs with a drawbar. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 1:25:50 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SLRG 3005A |
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The other half of the married pair, these cars were first delivered to the LIRR in the 1990s and were pulled by rebuilt FL-9 units. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 1:31:05 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SLRG 508 |
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A former ATSF full length dome car, one of two operated on SNC, built by Budd in 1954. Later operated by the Auto Train Corporation, pre Amtrak version, between Virginia and Florida as well as on excursions run by the NYS&W. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 1:34:20 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
SLRG 512 |
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Both SNC dome cars were on the train this day, providing a great view of the Hudson River and Adirondack Mountains. After seeing service on Auto Train and NYS&W, both cars were acquired by Westours for service on the McKinley Explorer excursion trains in Alaska. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 1:39:14 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SLRG 1240 |
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Bringing up the markers on the trip south is this former baggage turned HEP/storage car. Built by Budd in 1957 for the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway as baggage car 3551. Later operated by Amtrak as number 1065. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 1:44:38 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
SNC 319 |
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Saratoga & North Creek 319 is an F40PHR, built new for Amtrak by EMD in the summer of 1979 using some parts from traded in SDP40F 583. After a long career traveling the country for the National Rail Passenger Corporation, it also served on AMT commuter operations in Montreal. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 1:50:25 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 319(F40PHR) |
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SNC 319 |
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Sidelined this day with some mechanical problems, SNC 319 and its sister unit 411 were recently acquired for use on the road's longer passenger excursions and other special events. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 1:50:59 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 319(F40PHR) |
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SNC 411 |
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SNC 411, like its counterpart, has served on both Amtrak and AMT in Montreal but, unlike SNC 319, the unit is not an Amtrak original. Constructed by GMD in 1978 for GO Transit in Toronto as GOT 511. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 1:51:34 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 411(F40PH) |
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| Title: |
Twin F40s |
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Probably the first time that a set of F40s has operated in regularly scheduled passenger service on the Adirondack Branch, the twins would only run briefly here before heading back to LTEX, replaced by Iowa Pacific's former NJT GP40FH-2s. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 1:52:03 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 411(F40PH) SNC 319(F40PHR) |
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| Title: |
D&H Engine House |
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The former D&H North Creek engine house still serves its original purpose in the 21st century. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 with the rest of the North Creek Depot Complex. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 1:52:27 AM |
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North Creek, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
DH 35843 |
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On display next to the Champlain Canal is this wooden D&H caboose, long retired from its days on the back of freights between Binghamton, Albany, and Montreal. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 2:11:51 AM |
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Whitehall, NY |
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Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
Junction Depot |
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The depot at Center Rutland was constructed in 1912 at the junction of the Rutland Railroad and Delaware & Hudson, which crossed each other on a diamond. The station, which saw its last passenger train in the late 1950s, now houses a museum preserving the history of the Rutland Railroad. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 2:18:12 AM |
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Center Rutland, VT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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RUT 45 |
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On display at the Rutland Railroad Museum, RUT 45 appears to be having some roof repairs. Built in 1924, this caboose mainly saw service on the Rutland's Ogdensburg Division in upstate New York near the St. Lawrence seaway. Later acquired by the Vermont Railway after the Rutland shut down, it became VTR 3 and continued to provide good service for its new owner. It was finally retired in the 1970s after at least five decades of active service. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 2:18:47 AM |
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Center Rutland, VT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
The Junction |
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The diamond at Center Rutland is no more as all trackage through this former junction is now operated by the Vermont Rail System. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 2:19:24 AM |
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Center Rutland, VT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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RUT 551 |
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Built in 1913 by Osgood-Bradley in Massachusetts, this wood sided coach would operate for the Rutland in regular passenger service and later the Green Mountain Railroad on historic excursions. Removed from service a few years ago, it is now enjoying retirement next to the Farmer's Exchange in its original owner's namesake city. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 2:20:08 AM |
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Rutland, VT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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GMRC 1317 |
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One of the Vermont Rail System's current passenger cars, this coach was once part of the commuter fleet of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Built in 1930 by Pullman, this car was rebuilt with a homemade cab car on one end in the late 1960s with the beginning of CNJ passenger operations into the PRR's Newark Penn Station, the Aldene Plan closing the Jersey City passenger terminal. The Green Mountain Railroad would acquire the car from New Jersey Transit in 1984. Today the Vermont Rail System operates this car in excursion service across the Green Mountain State, the cab car end restored to full operation. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 2:20:55 AM |
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Rutland, VT |
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GMRC 1319 |
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Another former CNJ 1300 series commuter coach, this one also converted with a cab car in the 1960s. The cab end has since been deactivated and sealed. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 1:11:11 PM |
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Rutland, VT |
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GMRC 1317 Cab End |
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A view of the homemade cab car end of GMRC 1317, complete with horns and ditch lights. In CNJ days, the end door would have been sealed shut. GMRC has since made it functional again for passenger use. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 1:11:49 PM |
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Rutland, VT |
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VTR 202 |
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VTR 202 was one of the locomotives that the Vermont Railway ordered new from the builder back in their early days. Constructed by EMD in 1974, it arrived in Vermont in VTR's classy red and white paint scheme and was soon put to work on the railroad's freight trains over the old Rutland line between Burlington, Rutland, and Bennington. In the early 21st century it exchanged its red and white for dark blue and was assigned to the short lived Champlain Flyer commuter train that was operated between Burlington and Charlotte with rebuilt "Boise Budd" coaches. After the end of Champlain Flyer operations, the locomotive would become the only unit system wide to be painted up for VRS affiliate Washington County Railroad, a look it still maintains today, although it can be found on any part of the Vermont Rail System. The Washington County Railroad currently consists of two divisions, the old Montpelier and Barre branch in the Granite District and the longer line between Newport and White River Junction. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 1:19:10 PM |
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Rutland, VT |
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VTR 202(GP38-2) |
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GMRC 304 |
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A former B&O unit in Vermont, this one coming from EMD in 1971. It also spent some time on CSX and as a lease unit before coming to the roster of the VRS. It was one of three 1970s era GP40s to wear the Green Mountain color scheme, although its service area was certainly not limited to the old Rutland line between Bellows Falls and their namesake city. This was an incredibly good find as this unit was one of a few that would soon leave the Vermont's roster to join the GMTX lease fleet. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 1:19:53 PM |
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Rutland, VT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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GMRC 304(GP40) |
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VTR 301 |
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Another GP40 that would soon leave Vermont for GMTX lease service, VTR 301 was constructed in the spring of 1967 by EMD for the Atlanta & West Point Railroad as their number 701. It would also serve on the Seaboard System and later CSX before coming north to join the Vermont Railway fleet. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 1:21:15 PM |
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Rutland, VT |
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VTR 301(GP40) |
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