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The empty ballast train arrives at Piercefield station site to load load up with ballast for the day's run. |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:22:50 PM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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ADIX 1835 |
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The train pulls up to the crossing where the ballast loading will take place |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:23:31 PM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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Engineer Pete Gores has his train well under control |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:24:02 PM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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ADIX 1835 |
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New York State DOT has chosen to load the ballast trains at the Gull Pond Road crossing at a spot where the Piercefiled Station once sat. |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:24:30 PM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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The wide area to the left is the former site of a spur track that descended the hill to serve a paper mill in the village of Piercefield |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:24:56 PM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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1835 pulls across Gull Pond Rd as conductor Bill Moll keeps an eye on things from the ground. |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:25:30 PM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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Matt Giardino |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:26:03 PM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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Matt Giardino |
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ADIX 1835 |
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Adirondack Railroad RS18u 1835 passes the ballast pile while getting its train into position to be loaded |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:26:42 PM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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LVRR 301 |
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First car loaded with stone |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:27:17 PM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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LVRR 305 |
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Bringing up the markers is the railroad's privately owned former Conrail caboose |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:27:48 PM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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| Title: |
ADIX 21112 |
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The train being loaded |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:28:30 PM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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While the train was being loaded I snuck over to get a pic of the foundation of the section foreman's house, which I missed on my hike here last year. |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:29:03 PM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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| Title: |
ADIX 1835 |
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While loading the train, the crew had to move it several times to let traffic on this remote, dead end road pass on the crossing. |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:29:30 PM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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Matt Giardino |
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Dump trucks haul stone from Star Lake NY and stock pile it at the former Piercefield Station site |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:31:00 PM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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| Title: |
ADIX 1835 |
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Southbound trains (the locomotive is currently facing railroad south) travel upgrade here providing a little ALCO smoke during the seesaw moves |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:31:39 PM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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Matt Giardino |
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| Title: |
ADIX 21112 |
| Description: |
Loading the last car |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:32:17 PM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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| Title: |
ADIX 21112 |
| Description: |
Last bucket full |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:32:41 PM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 11:11:20 AM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 11:11:54 AM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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| Title: |
ADIX 21112 |
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The Conrail caboose brings up the markers |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 11:10:32 AM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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We shoved north to the new end of track in the Tupper Lake Yard near Milepost 114 and dumped stone south. |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:33:20 PM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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View looking north to the new end of track. From here to Lake Placid the tracks have been removed for a recreational trail. |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:34:15 PM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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| Title: |
LVRR 300 |
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The crew gets ready to start dumping fresh stone |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:35:01 PM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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| Title: |
ADIX 1835 |
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Dumping stone while approaching the TUPPER Lake Station while storm clouds move in. |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:36:08 PM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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ADIX 1835 |
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Moving past the station and approaching the Rt 3 crossing |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:38:24 PM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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| Title: |
LVRR 304 |
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Looking back north along the train going across the Rt 3 crossing |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:43:41 PM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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View from the caboose looking east across Raquette Pond towards the village of Tupper Lake as we return to Piercefield |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:45:56 PM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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Returning to Piercefield and stopping on the south side of Gull Pond Rd |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:46:51 PM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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| Title: |
LVRR 303 |
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After dumping nearly a mile of track the train returned to be filled for a second time to be ready for the next morning. |
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5/16/2022 Upload Date: 5/16/2022 8:48:11 PM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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ADIX 1835 |
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The second day of work trains started with the crew taking the train to Tupper Lake to top the water off in the locomotive. This allowed for some shots around the station. |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 11:03:21 AM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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Matt Giardino |
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| Title: |
ADIX 1835 |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 11:06:28 AM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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| Title: |
ADIX 1835 |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 11:07:13 AM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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ADIX 1835 |
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Flagging the Rt 3 crossing and heading south |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 11:07:53 AM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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ADIX 1835 |
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Off to dump stone south of town |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 11:08:27 AM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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Matt Giardino |
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ADIX 1835 |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 11:09:14 AM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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Matt Giardino |
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| Title: |
LVRR 303 |
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Rt 3 crossing |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 11:09:43 AM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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We shoved back north to drop stone where they left off in the morning, just north of the Underwood Bridge. The bridge can bee see in the distance. We are near MP 112 |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 11:16:19 AM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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I caught back up with the crew back at Piercefield as they loaded the second train of the day. I would ride along as they dumped two more trains. |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 11:12:34 AM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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Approaching the Bridge. View from the caboose |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 11:19:51 AM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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The fresh stone can be seen through the bridge in the distance |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 11:22:41 AM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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Arriving at the area the crew previously dumped to, we prepare to dump more heading south |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 11:53:08 AM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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The view across Raquette Pond to the east. The weather started sunny but the clouds and rain moved in in the afternoon. |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 11:55:33 AM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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The crew prepares to dump the new stone |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 11:59:15 AM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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Looking to the south as the crew dumps stone |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 11:57:36 AM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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ADIX 21112 |
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Second train unloaded and rain coming down, the crew loads what will be the third train of the day. Conductor Bill Moll protects the crossing as the train gets ready to reposition for more loading. |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 12:01:33 PM |
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Piercefield, NY |
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Matt Giardino |
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ADIX 1835 |
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Aboard the third train of the day. Power for these trains is the ever reliable RS18u 1835. |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 11:27:13 AM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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Looking north from the caboose of the freshly dropped stone. The crew completed to just north of MP 111 this day. |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 11:29:38 AM |
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Tupper Lake, NY |
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On my way back home I stopped at Sabattis which is near MP 95. Soon crews will return to finish work on the siding here. Ballast trains will start loading here again as the trains get further south next month. View looking north |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 12:03:03 PM |
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Sabattis, NY |
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View looking north. |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 12:05:20 PM |
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Sabattis, NY |
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2005 Silverado. 276,000 miles and still climbing |
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My trusty rail exploration vehicle is really starting to get up there in age and mileage, so here is a picture for posterity. |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 12:08:33 PM |
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Sabattis, NY |
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