• NS F-units and OCS in New York State - 8/22-25

  • Pertaining to all railroading subjects, past and present, in New York State.
Pertaining to all railroading subjects, past and present, in New York State.

Moderator: Otto Vondrak

  by wurlitzer153
 
Railroaded wrote:I caught up to them sitting @ Union Rd. In Cheektowaga. Not sure if they departed after I left but the recrew was due @ 8pm.
Where are they going from there?
  by Otto Vondrak
 
I followed the train all the way from Howe's Cave to Hornell... A very good, if not long day! A little excitement when the train left Binghamton, one of the units caught fire. The Johnson City Fire Department responded quickly, and the train was able to continue on its way.

-otto-
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  by K4Pacific
 
I was right there at the fire Otto. Sorry I missed you. Amazingly it kept time all the way to Bison. Great pictures everyone.
  by Matt Langworthy
 
SteelRail wrote:I'd estimate it was only doing 35 to 40 mph when it passed through Owego. The freight following it was moving much faster and likely started to catch yellow blocks before Waverly. Any word on what happened as it was leaving Binghamton?
23K came through CP Cass at 5:09 PM EDT (according to the time stamp on one of my photos), so it was about 40 minutes behind the OCS.
  by Otto Vondrak
 
K4Pacific wrote:I was right there at the fire Otto. Sorry I missed you. Amazingly it kept time all the way to Bison. Great pictures everyone.
There were a lot of people milling about there, sorry I missed you! The officer told us where we could walk up to for photos, and we were making sure to stay out of the way of the fire department and everyone else. Looks like they were able to contain the damage and get the train moving quickly. Total stop was maybe 45 minutes?

-otto-
  by ckwwestshore
 
I wasn't there, but 45 sounds about right. Interesting thing was, the train left about 45 minutes early from Bingo, but was right on time due to the fire delay...I can't complain though! I got nice low light!
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