by nydepot
Agreed although the Silver Lake trackage lasted long enough to see GP7/9's as substitute power.
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C2629 wrote:There was an occasional SD that made its way to Rochester, but not to often. I was told by an engineer that they were not supposed to be run up to Rochester due to the track conditions.As a boy in the late 70s/early 80s, I remember seeing Chessie EMD 4 axle locomotives on the Belt Line. I also remember 4 axle Conrail EMD/GE units on their parallel Belt Line. Would they have used 4 axle units for the same reason?
Mike Stellpflug wrote:Here is a coal train at Gainesville in May 1980. There are about a dozen freight cars added to the head end, but it is essentially a coal train with 5 units.Fantastic shot, Mike -- love those colorful lash-ups!
The rear end of this train, including the caboose, derailed coming down the hill at Silver Springs.
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