Has the GWR switched to digital radio communications?
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Has the GWR switched to digital radio communications?
Yes, reduction of "In train forces".
Had followed the train out of Ithaca that day with my VW "Bug". Parked east of the embankment and hiked across a field in order to grab that photo.
The train consisted of 21 empties and 64 loads of coal.
Yes, the A&I Branch closely followed the east shore of Cayuga Lake.
The final photo in the above post was of Lehigh Valley Railroad local IL-1. I took the photo on October 8, 1973 and Herb Trice used it in his book The Gangly Country Cousin on page 116.
PJT
Gillette, WY December 2, 1995.
BNSF Christmas Train
The Utica Branch Chenango Forks-Utica plus the Syracuse Branch Binghamton-Syracuse, both presently operated by the NYS&W.
The DL&W North Alexander-Ray, 3.7 miles, abandoned in 1964.
Ray-East Lancaster, 16.7 miles, abandoned in 1963.
East Lancaster-Lancaster, 1.7 miles, abandoned in 1963.
The Erie Rochester Branch, North Alexander-Batavia, 5.1 miles, was abandoned on April 1, 1976 upon the advent of ConRail.
THE Auburn Road was abandoned as follows:
Victor-Pittsford, 10.4 miles, 1960.
Canandaigua-Victor, 8.5 miles, 1978.
The Sodus Bay Secondary:
Seneca Castle-Newark, 12.0 miles, was abandoned in 1973.
Hall-Seneca Castle, approved for abandonment 06-03-1979.
The Rochester, NY Democrat & Chronicle newspaper of Wednesday, August 8, 1973 featured an article entitled "Rail Station In Suburbia"? The article stated that Amtrak may build a new passenger station near Brighton-Henrietta Town Line Road and Jefferson Road in order to replace the exis...
Lionel thought enough of the locomotive to produce a model of it L/1940s-E/1950s.
A boyhood friend had Lionel train set that featured one of the S-2 models.
A photo that I took from the Lockhart Street Pedestrian Overpass with my Kodak Baby Brownie Special camera in July, 1949, facing in the same direction, reveals what appear to be a line of cabooses on a track in that area.
That information was not relayed.
Will attempt garner the information from my correspondent.
A correspondent who resides in Upstate New York recently related that the Finger Lakes Railroad is repainting some passenger cars.
Will these cars be utilized in excursion service by FGLK?
Thanks for any information.
Rattle-can murals.
No list. However, on the west end (Sayre-Buffalo/Suspension Bridge) according to LVRR ETT No. 9 in effect October 27, 1968, speed restrictions, there were two: Batavia Int. and Wyoming Int. which both had a turnout speed of 60 mph. However, the turnout speed for both interlockings was reduced to 25 ...