Eastern Railroad Discussion > Autumn Railfanning around the Hudson Valley NY

Some traveling around the Hudson Valley of NY over the past month or so with some photo highlights.....Last Saturday morning up at the Walkway over the Hudson at Highland, NY.....A Southbound CSX Q010 snakes through the curvature on the CSX River Sub....Dave Williams

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Northbound stacks roll under the Mid Hudson Bridge at Highland, NY..Dave W

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A Northbound empty oil train snakes around more curvature as it nears Storm King Mountain North of West Point, NY....Dave W

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A Northbound Metro-North passenger consist is seen at Breakneck Ridge NY....Dave W

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NS power leads a CSX K044 oil train South through Fort Montgomery, NY on Tuesday.....Dave W.

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A forecasted sunny afternoon turned cloudy at Fort Montgomery, NY on Tuesday as a BNSF Warbonnet led a K042 South through Fort Montgomery, NY....Dave W

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A visit to the Catskill Mountain Railroad at Mt Tremper NY last Saturday....

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The town of Mt. Tremper is named after the Mountain seen in the background behind the station in the Catskills of NY 22 miles Northwest of Kingston, NY.....Mt Tremper is over 2700 feet in elevation....twice as high as Bear Mountain....

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BNSF and CP power lead a Southbound oil train out of the shadows at Iona Island, NY.....Dave W

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And finally.....CSX Q010 rolls South through the new CP-36 interlocking at Stony Point, NY on Tuesday....Dave Williams.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/30/14 19:10 by dwi189.

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Looks like some great fall color "back east" this year. Thanks for sharing.

Bob
Thayne, WY (ex southeastern PA)

Outstanding photos Dave... What was that abandoned structure going over the tracks at Stony Point?

Steve

bluesboyst Wrote:
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> Outstanding photos Dave... What was that abandoned
> structure going over the tracks at Stony Point?
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> Steve

That abandoned structure was a conveyor for a gravel/sand pit to load barges....Dave W

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bobdavis Wrote:
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> Looks like some great fall color "back east" this
> year. Thanks for sharing.
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> Bob
> Thayne, WY (ex southeastern PA)


Thanks....A dry spell in Sept into October in this area had stressed alot of trees..Trees started changing and dropping in mid September...Then we started seeing rain again and the trees that managed to stay green through the dry spell have been giving color....Dave W

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GOOD stuff...!!!! I like the Iona Island pic!!

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> GOOD stuff...!!!! I like the Iona Island pic!!


Thanks....Had the train been a minute later than it was, it would have been entirely in shadow....Dave W

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Makes me want to be there!!