** LA&L TRAIN MOVEMENT REPORTS ** 2006

Post your Livonia, Avon & Lakeville daily train movement sightings here.

LAL #421 and #425 entered Avon NY with 16 cars. They stopped to switch out Kraft. and headed north.

Northbound into Avon LAL #421 and #425 with 24 cars before 9 am.

Greg

3/13/06, Northbound into Avon with 5 cars behind #421 and #425 respectively, before 9 am. The crew did some yard work in Avon including moving cars in and out of Kraft.

Greg

3/13 Southbound into Avon with 25 cars. Dropped a gondola off in the Avon Yard (that makes it 5 of them now) and proceeded to head to Lakeville. #425 leading #421 south.

3-15-06 #421 & #425 into Avon with 15 cars, northbound before 9 am.

Greg

Southbound, after Avon yard switching, #425 and #421 respectively, and 20+ cars. Crossing gates and lights were inoperable at Main St. in Avon, so the crew protected the crossing and proceeded with LAL Employees blocking the highway with MOW vehicles.

MARCH 17, AVON, N.Y. - This morning, I met LAL 421 and 425 at Avon, watched them set out cars for Avon. Met several fans this morning, including our intrepid moderator.

Wandered over to Kraft Foods to watch the set-outs.

What is the name of the grain company down there outside of Avon? I Shot the train northbound through there.

Met him again at Martin Crossing, and broke off the chase to head over to RIT.

Looks like 421 is destined for paint soon. Noticed primer and body work around the cab, and it looks like someone took a needle scaler to the flanks- the Maine Central lettering was clearly visible this morning!

-otto-

Southbound 3/17 from Avon to Lakeville before 3:30pm is #425 leading #421 and 8 cars.

Otto Vondrak wrote:What is the name of the grain company down there outside of Avon? I Shot the train northbound through there.
-otto-

This...




... is Howlett Farms.

http://www.lalrailfan.net/copper/displa ... um=1&pos=7

3/22/06 North into Avon #421 & #425, respectively, with 17 cars, at 9 am.

Greg

3-27-06 Northbound into Avon with 5 cars, engines #421 and #425 respectively handled this load with a few added cars in Avon.

Southbound trip was chased by Otto and a gang from the RIT Club, into Avon and dropped cars. South out of Avon with 19 cars, and happy railfans snapping shots the whole way to the Lakeville yard. #425 was leading #421.

Back to work for me. To Washington tomorrow!

Greg

I caught the southbound move at the LV overpass in Rush. Had been biking the LV Trail and just happened to arrive at the overpass at train time (approx 2:10 PM)...

Shot of #425: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... ?id=327200

and #421: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... ?id=327202

Can someone confirm the model of LAL #421 (C420 or ???)

Thanks!! ...FB

LAL #421 is a C-424m. Scottychaos (a regular on this site) has an excellent site showing all the Alcos in NY state. http://gold.mylargescale.com/Scottychaos/NY-Alcos/