Syracuse, New York - March 29th, 1999 |
I was on spring break from school and I figured it would be cool to head out to the Syracuse, New York area to get in some trainwatching. Railpace Newsmagazine had done a nice article about railfanning in the Syracuse Area back in July 1998, and I used that article while in Syracuse to find my way around the area. The new Transit Center is open and is amazing. Syracuse is a great railfanning area, this trip report talks about what I saw while I was there... |
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Before leaving for Syracuse, I waited on the platform at the Depew, NY Amtrak Station and photographed this "Ex-Con", renumbered Ex-Conrail GP40-2 #3026, to the best of my knowledge, this unit is former Conrail #3324. Norfolk Southern is quickly renumbering its share of Conrail's power, so get your shots while you still can before they all get renumbered!!! |
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Just before my train was to leave Buffalo, this snuck up on me!!! Here is SD50 #6783 pulling what looks like 2 generators, I'm not sure what they were for or where they were going. |
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Here, is my train to Syracuse, Amtrak Train #286, the Empire State Express, with GE P32AC-DM #709 on the lead. The train consisted of its usual 4 coach, 1 lounge car consist. We left Buffalo on time and passed the freight, pictured at the beginning of this report somewhere near Batavia. |
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Having just arrived in Syracuse, is my train, at the brand-new Transit Center, at 11:22am. The track the train is on is a siding that begins just to the west of the terminal and ends around a bend just east of the terminal.
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I stayed at the Terminal for about an hour and photographed the Conrail Track Geometry Train, with B23-7 #1933 leading the eastbound on Track #1 at 11:59am. Unfortunately, Mondays are slow days on the Chicago Line through this area, as I would come to find out. But I did manage to get some action photographed at a popular trainwatching spot in nearby Solvay, New York, to see that, Click in the table below... |
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