For those that didn't make it up to to catch the (last ever??) Maple
Festival trains, I thought I would share some of the images I was
able to capture over the weekend. My thanks to The crew, Mike Grout,
and Norm Mc Sweyen for their hospitality, as well as Supervisor Bob
Colucci. Thanks are also in order to Brent Niggli, who endured the
Sunday chase with myself and Marc Samuleson and was kind enough to:
1) play navigator, 2) allow me the use of his driveway in Marathon,
the battery charger for my camera(which allowed me the images),3) and
the use of his "facilites" when Nature called. His accomodations and
friendship are greatly appreciated. Now to the pics...
Saturday, April 5, dawned damp, overcast, and cool. Yet ridership was
much better than expected, with quite a few people having had to be
turned away prior to the first trip south from Cortland. Heres the
train in Marathon, plus an indication of the Saturday ridership:
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116312
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116261
Sunday, however, turned out to be the best day of all, weatherwise.
there were near cloudless deep blue skies, temps around 60 degrees,
and you couldnt simply ask for a better day. here are some images
from Sunday:
First, a couple of images in Cortland to start things off:
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116264
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116265
Next, after riding the round trip, myself, Marc Samuelson, and Brent
Niggli decided to chase a trip, and we relly put my truck through its
paces on one road in particular! Here are some images from the chase:
Crossing Kellogg road just south of Cortland:
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116266
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116267
Next, down along the line in some town(acoording to the signs,
anyway) called Virgil, NY:
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116268
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116269
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116270
We then decided to catch the return trip northbound at Blodgett
Mills:
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116272
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116273
And finally, at the end of the day, Back in Cortland, where after the
last trip, the BHPX crew took the train north to Syracuse t tie up
before taxiing back to Binghamton:
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116275
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116277
Thats it for now...... enjoy.....
Festival trains, I thought I would share some of the images I was
able to capture over the weekend. My thanks to The crew, Mike Grout,
and Norm Mc Sweyen for their hospitality, as well as Supervisor Bob
Colucci. Thanks are also in order to Brent Niggli, who endured the
Sunday chase with myself and Marc Samuleson and was kind enough to:
1) play navigator, 2) allow me the use of his driveway in Marathon,
the battery charger for my camera(which allowed me the images),3) and
the use of his "facilites" when Nature called. His accomodations and
friendship are greatly appreciated. Now to the pics...
Saturday, April 5, dawned damp, overcast, and cool. Yet ridership was
much better than expected, with quite a few people having had to be
turned away prior to the first trip south from Cortland. Heres the
train in Marathon, plus an indication of the Saturday ridership:
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116312
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116261
Sunday, however, turned out to be the best day of all, weatherwise.
there were near cloudless deep blue skies, temps around 60 degrees,
and you couldnt simply ask for a better day. here are some images
from Sunday:
First, a couple of images in Cortland to start things off:
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116264
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116265
Next, after riding the round trip, myself, Marc Samuelson, and Brent
Niggli decided to chase a trip, and we relly put my truck through its
paces on one road in particular! Here are some images from the chase:
Crossing Kellogg road just south of Cortland:
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116266
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116267
Next, down along the line in some town(acoording to the signs,
anyway) called Virgil, NY:
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116268
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116269
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116270
We then decided to catch the return trip northbound at Blodgett
Mills:
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116272
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116273
And finally, at the end of the day, Back in Cortland, where after the
last trip, the BHPX crew took the train north to Syracuse t tie up
before taxiing back to Binghamton:
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116275
http://rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/sh ... id=1116277
Thats it for now...... enjoy.....
I know I'm getting old... My insurance company sent me only half a calendar this year!