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GVT office move / NYC roundhouse purchase

Discussion about shortline operator Genesee Valley Transportation, operator of the Delaware-Lackawanna; the Mohawk, Adirondack & Northern, the Falls Road Railroad; Depew, Lancaster & Western; and the Lowville & Beaver River railroads. Official site: GVTRAIL.COM.

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  by RailKevin
 
Where is the current engine house located?

  by TB Diamond
 
There was no engine house on GVT in Batavia prior to the purchase of the former NYC roundhouse. The engine was kept over in the industrial park west of town when not in use.

  by RailKevin
 
The Rochester Railfan website listed the "engine house" as next to the "Majic Corrugated" facility. Would that be the last industry on the line as the train rounds the curve toward the interchange yard?

http://www.rochester-railfan.net/dlwr.htm

  by nessman
 
The engine was stored inside Majic.

Not sure what prompted this new arrangement other than GVT wanting a place to call its own... either that or an increase in traffic at Majic meant no room for the locomotive to be stored inside.

  by clearblock
 
nessman wrote:The engine was stored inside Majic.

Not sure what prompted this new arrangement other than GVT wanting a place to call its own... either that or an increase in traffic at Majic meant no room for the locomotive to be stored inside.
I don't know if a solution was ever found but one of the issues when they started to use Majic was they could not start the locomotive inside or it filled the building with fumes. They used a tow truck to pull the locomotive out each time they ran.

  by Otto Vondrak
 
It's been five months... any news to report? Any progress?

-otto-
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