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You are welcome. COJ-32 and NE-1 did not cross over Suspension Bridge. The Lehigh Valley Railroad interchanged with Canadian National at Suspension Bridge. So far as recall has it, this interchange was handled by transfer runs. The Lehigh Valley Suspension Bridge Yard was located just north of the P...

Eastbound: ME-2 (N&W connection)* LV-2 AP-2 (N&W connection)* COJ-32 (Via Suspension Bridge) Locals: BPL-6 (Tifft Terminal-P&L Jct. M-W-F)** NTT-2 (Suspension Bridge-Tifft Terminal Tues-Thurs-Fri) Westbound: AP-1 (N&W connection)* ME-1 (N&W connection * JB-3 NE-1 (Via Suspension ...

Was up in the tower a few times circa M/1970s. Should recall be correct the machine was electrically controlled.

ConRail Northeastern Region ETT No. 1 effective June 18, 1978 shows Corning Branch CP WD MP 4.3 and CP Rich MP 11.8 both remotely controlled from GY.

Glenora, NY

Hiked down in to the location of the bridge a couple times. Parked legally up along NYS Rt. 14 and then followed the creek gorge through the woods. Was a lot younger back then. Once photographed EC15 from the east side of the bridge. Very tricky as there was a very narrow gap through the trees. A tr...

Main track one would have normally been for westward movement. This would have been the north track. The south track was main track two which was normally for eastward moves.

You are welcome. About 1951 I rode up to Cayuta from Owego with a school pal and his father in order to visit the Cotton-Hanlon mill. We were allowed to go in and to watch the huge band saw at work. The saw had teeth on both edges and was powered by a steam engine. Amazing to see it zip through huge...

What was known as the Seneca Freight bypass, Van Etten Jct. MP 285.8 to Geneva Jct. MP 342.1 was abandoned Ordnance Int. MP 329.3 to Odessa MP 302.2 on April 1, 1976. Thereafter ConRail continued to utilize the line Geneva Jct.-Ordnance Int. in order to serve the Seneca Army Depot. This line segment...

The LVRR had CWR between Gilbert station and about MP 305. On August 21,1978 I followed and photographed the first CWR scrap empty Geneva Jct. to MP 306. The train had CR loco 8022 and a former LVRR crew. My notes relate that the cars were for Kelly Scrap.This eastward move was halted by a sun kink ...

Should "locally" refer to Caledonia, NY then yes, at least the last I knew (2016).

The book Lost Railroads of Western New York, VI by Steve Koenig features two distant photos of the engine house, both taken from the Tifft St. bridge. One photo is on page 66, the other on page 68.

Reference the Ithaca-Geneva line: Mainly passenger service but there was a freight local that I believe operated Sayre-Geneva via what was commonly referred to as the Ithaca branch. This branch was abandoned between Ithaca and Trumansburg in 1962 and between Trumansburg and Geneva Jct. in 1967. The ...

Dayton-Cattaraugus, 9.3 miles, abandoned on 27 October 1970 account washouts.

E-L abandoned the Dunkirk Branch Dunkirk-Dayton, 21.9 miles, on 16 May 1975.

NG info included in the link provided.