Photos Taken At Fairport, NY

After leaving Amtrak Rochester, I hopped back on I-490 and drove out to the Rochester suburb of Fairport at Lyndon Road where I parked my car at the entrance to a trail that runs along the canal. From there, I walked down a walkway to the towpath on the canal. The towpath of the Erie Canal today is used for biking and walking/running with the canal being a big tourist attraction throughout upstate New York. There are some good views of CP-359 where the West Shore Branch merges back with the mainline along the towpath. Below are a few photos taken during my brief stop at Fairport as I needed to get back to Downtown Rochester to get photos at the High Falls before this day was over. Enjoy...

Amtrak Train #64 - The Maple Leaf flies through CP-359 at Fairport with GE P42DC #44 on the head end. This locomotive was
one of two (120 was the other one), that pulled the Presidential Inaugural Train in January 2009.

Looking east up the Erie Canal from the Lyndon Road overpass. The walkway with the guardrail on it starts at the road and
connects with the towpath along the canal.

Looking west at the Erie Canal from Lyndon Road. The mainline is located in the right of this photo. Let's go back to
Downtown Rochester now to start chasing that misty rainbow over the High Falls!