10/1/2007 SU-99 chase

Went for a good chase of the SU-99 this Sunday with a good friend and fellow board member. Here is are my photos of that chase.

We start at the Pompton Lakes/Oakland border
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We then go to Warwick where we capture the 99 entering NS's Hudson Secondary and the remnants of the L&HR yard.
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We then proceed to Otisville where we catch MNCR 4905 on a westbound train making the station stop.
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We then go to Port Jervis to get some beans at the Burger Barfs and take pictures of the NYGL equipment sitting around the turntable.

NYGL 935
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The Erie 833 restored to its as delivered colors,
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The NYGL 1268 sitting with some passenger cars
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We then proceed to Sparrowbush for the 99
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We then get him at Lackawaxen
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Then at Skinners Falls Rd in Cochecton.
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At Callicoon
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At Hankins
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At Long Eddy
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At Susquehanna, Pa
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and Finally at Great Bend
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Enjoy!

Great pics, thanks for them! It's nice to know something other than AC4400's and DPU exists.

Nice pictures! I hope to catch an NYSW train someday.

-otto-

Definitely a good set of photographs. I noticed all the NYS&W units were in the same paint scheme.

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Nice to see the matching pain.. pretty neet compared to all the mixed paint they have had out there in the past.

Also I liked the Sparrowbush shot... Not often you see that many cars at once on that line.
Very cool.

I saw that train in Oakland with 3018 leading this past Saturday. Why did it have 4 engines and only 4 engines, no freight cars?

Nice pix John.

Does the 99 run in daylight every Sunday?

John

grumpyoldman wrote:Nice pix John.

Does the 99 run in daylight every Sunday?

John

No, this was only a one shot deal. It probably won't happen again for several months unfortunatley. Unless the detours comes back, but that is highly unlikely!

The only reason that this ran in daylight was due to the fact all the cars were destined for NS in Binghamton. Normally it's in 3 blocks, NS Binghamton, CP Binghamton, and CSXT Syracuse.

They usually run in darkness, same as the SU-100.

As for why they ran light, it's the same reason above. They were all NS cars, and had nothing to bring back, so they ran light back to Jersey.

Those pix came out really nice.

I would have finished off the day (well after end of chase) with cold pints and steaks at the Erie hotel in PJ.

Very Nice John,
that crew must have thought they were in the twilight zone with you 2 popping up all over the place

mainetrain wrote:Very Nice John,
that crew must have thought they were in the twilight zone with you 2 popping up all over the place

The crew would have thought they were in the danger zone had you two donned turbans and other wares, heh?

Dec Railpace has a beautiful centerfold picture of SU99 crossing the Delaware at Mill Rift, PA on 9/30/07. I scouted Mill Rift this Fall and couldn't find a decent spot where you could park and legally get to a vantage point for a shot of the bridge. I was thinking that you might have to ask a homeowner for permission to get out to an overlook. Anyone have any experience there?

John