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Thanks, that is very helpful. By the way, do you live in Albany? Just wondering if you knew any close places to railfan. As in 20 minutes from Albany.

Where is the #304 in Nunda. Specifically, address or way to find it? Thanks

North of Albany in Menands, which is west of the river, there is a small rail yard that has a lot of weird equipment. There are several rusted Alcos, including: An S-1?, RRP #417 (black switcher, maybe an S-1 or an s-3) _MRYHS #302 ALCO PA engine (blue and white with red trim), Several RS-1's or RS-...

Thanks for all your help! I was hoping to see main-line more than a Yard, but have been to Selkirk before and it IS impressive indeed. In fact, I drove into the yard itself many years ago and, not knowing any better, walked into the yard office to ask permission to take pictures. They were very kind...

Just moved to Albany and looking for a great spot to railfan. Thought the Amtrak station would be good but it isn't as you cannot park there long before you have to pay AND there isn't any freight activity around. Don't want to drive to NYC, so can anyone suggest a good PUBLIC place to watch a lot o...

As a long time fan of the little railroad that could, having rode on it a dozen or so times and shot hundreds of pictures of its equipment, it is nice to see that others share my same passion. I only hope that the repairs will be done for the 2005 season. Last time I checked with the manager, she sa...

I am looking into purchasing the Atlas Master DCC system and was wondering if anyone had any personal opinions or feelings about this system. I know the technical differences between it and other systems, like the MRC Prodigy and the Digitrax Zeypher. Just wanted stories about how it was good or bad...