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Saturday morning- the
start of the day. The previous day's crew had sorted out
everything for the passenger train, headed by engine 3051, and the photo
freight, headed by engine 3052. |
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The first
public rides of the day were on a speeder, operated by the websmaster.
Round trips of a few miles were offered south to the Portlandville Bridge
and back,
our third and largest bridge over the Susquehanna River. |
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A passenger enjoys the
view. This section of the line is not open to passenger service,
trains rarely go south of Milford. |
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Volunteers D. Hull and
C. Whiteman are crew members on today's passenger run to Cooperstown and
back. |
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The speeder has just
come south and will be soon heading back to Milford but there's time for
a few photos just south of the Portlandville Bridge. The Delaware
& Hudson Railway erected this bridge shortly after they took the line
over. The large bridges on the railroad were moved from other locations from the
mainline of the D&H Railway. |
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The railroad yard in
Milford is a bit small, so soon as the photo freight pulled south out of
the way, engine 3051 comes up the main line to get on the other end of
the passenger train. |
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One o'clock and its a
beautiful day to take a train ride up the Susquehanna valley. The
passenger train heads north to Cooperstown, the photo freight will leave
one hour later. |
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With the myriad of
train movements today volunteer F. Puffer is acting as the yardmaster
for the weekend. Any rail movement, from trains to the speeder,
must have permission in and out of the yard to ensure safety. |
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New to this year's
photo freight is a privately owned former CP ballast car. I hear
its scheduled for paint- get your "Pac Man" shots now! See the Pac
Man on the left? |
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A view from a
privately owned caboose of the wonderful scenery as we head north to
Cooperstown on the photo freight. |
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Photographers just
south of Cooperstown getting ready for some of the shots. Society
President B. Hodges on the left, Railfan & Railroad Magazine
editor Steve Barry on the right. |
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The Leatherstocking
Railway Historical Society is blessed with some of the most friendliest
volunteers. Here, volunteer engineer T. Gorden keeps a steady eye
on the track as we proceed to a photo op. |
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Engine 3052 has
squeezed her way north to Walnut Street in Cooperstown, as far north as
she can go. Regular passenger runs terminate just south of here at
Linden Avenue. We own additional right of way into the Village of
Cooprstown but are unable to operate it. |
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Another view.
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Society co-founder and
President B. Hodges coordinated the photo opportunities today, thank
you! |
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3052 shows off a bit
at Linden Street before we head south into the sun. |
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Volunteer D. Widman
prepares to flag the train across a public road as we head just south of
Phoenix Mills. |
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Engine 3052 executes
the first run-by at the Dreams Park. |
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And the second one. |
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And the second photo
run-by location- Pop's crossing. No time for ice cream at Pop's
Place today. |
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Another run-by at
Pop's. |
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Brakeman D. Widman
prepares to protect a reverse move to pick up the photographers. |
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Sunday was a quieter
day. Only caboose trains and speeder rides were offered.
Here some young passengers enjoy probably their first caboose rides. |
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At the conclusion of
the weekend, it was time to get the passenger train ready for Monday. The webmaster served on the train crew in charge
of sorting out two engines, a passenger train, a freight train, and
rolling stock in storage. The first move was south to Portlandville to pick up
three cars to bring back to Milford. Looking
like a revenue freight train, there was time for a few photos as we
ambled back to Milford before switching. |
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