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Eastern Railroad Discussion > EL heritage SD45-2 in Lake Erie Land - Train 310Date: 02/04/25 11:42 EL heritage SD45-2 in Lake Erie Land - Train 310 Author: train1275 Tuesday February 4, 2025
Vermilion, OH 29 degrees - strong cold winds This morning watching the Vickers (Toledo, OH) cam and NS 1700 the EL heritage SD45-2 unit was 2nd out on a manifest heading east towards Vermilion. Shortly after, I learned it was on the 310, the Elkhart, IN to East Binghamton, NY train. So there was my incentive to get out and moving this morning. I had gotten it on January 29th when it went west - https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?2,5977493 - and now was an opportunity to get it going back east. NS 1700 was originally EL 3669. ![]() ![]() ![]() Date: 02/04/25 11:43 Re: EL heritage SD45-2 in Lake Erie Land - Train 310 Author: train1275 Date: 02/04/25 11:49 Re: EL heritage SD45-2 in Lake Erie Land - Train 310 Author: train1275 7.- 8. And there it goes heading for home rails once it gets to Buffalo. It will probably go to Scranton from East Binghamton on 11Z then work its way to New Jersey via Enola and Harrisburg, PA.
Back when EL 3669 was new in November 1972, the East Binghamton yard and facility had been shut down since 1970, but Scranton was still very active. Good luck to those east of here trying to catch it on home rails, even though it is not on 2nd NY-100 or CX-99. Consist was NS 4169, NS 1700 and rear DPU NS 4037. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/04/25 11:57 by train1275. ![]() ![]() Date: 02/04/25 12:24 Re: EL heritage SD45-2 in Lake Erie Land - Train 310 Author: NYSWSD70M Great catch!
Date: 02/04/25 12:47 Re: EL heritage SD45-2 in Lake Erie Land - Train 310 Author: train1275 NYSWSD70M Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Great catch! Thanks. The morning light was difficult to work with, but better than nothing. Looks like new wheels might be in the future soon. They are looking on the thin side. Posted from Android Date: 02/04/25 13:30 Re: EL heritage SD45-2 in Lake Erie Land - Train 310 Author: NYSWSD70M train1275 Wrote:
> > Looks like new wheels might be in the future soon. > They are looking on the > thin side. > > Posted from Android Yeah they look pretty worn! Date: 02/04/25 13:37 Re: EL heritage SD45-2 in Lake Erie Land - Train 310 Author: Gonut1 Nice!
go Date: 02/04/25 14:24 Re: EL heritage SD45-2 in Lake Erie Land - Train 310 Author: train1275 And then to end the day, the NKP heritage went through Vermilion this afternoon under extremely overcast skies.
Train 60R, loaded sand with NS 8100 and 4441. ![]() ![]() Date: 02/04/25 14:50 Re: EL heritage SD45-2 in Lake Erie Land - Train 310 Author: globalethanol 60R headed for the Reading Northern.
tom Posted from Android Date: 02/04/25 15:51 Re: EL heritage SD45-2 in Lake Erie Land - Train 310 Author: Notch76 Great Catches
Posted from iPhone Date: 02/04/25 16:07 Re: EL heritage SD45-2 in Lake Erie Land - Train 310 Author: JPB Excellent photos! 3669 looks hale and hearty!
Date: 02/04/25 19:06 Re: EL heritage SD45-2 in Lake Erie Land - Train 310 Author: MacBeau Showed up on the Lake Shore Railway Museum railcam at 3:01PM, nice catch.
—Mac Date: 02/05/25 06:47 Re: EL heritage SD45-2 in Lake Erie Land - Train 310 Author: dschlegel Good stuff! That 1700 is a beautiful locomotive, it sat in Mertztown, PA back in 2015 for quite some time until equipment could be brought out to swap a traction motor on the Atlas Minerals and Chemicals siding.
That little village never saw such an influx of people! Dan Posted from iPhone Date: 02/07/25 03:33 Re: EL heritage SD45-2 in Lake Erie Land - Train 310 Author: JPB FWIW, railfan buzz on NS D&H and Southern Tier Lines FaceBook page says EL SD45-2 (NS1700) is to hang around Binghamton for awhile as a yard/local switcher. That would be an interesting development!
Of course, back in the early '70s, EL used ex-DL&W SW8s and ex-Erie NW2s for yard switching in Binghamton. ![]() ![]() Date: 02/07/25 05:20 Re: EL heritage SD45-2 in Lake Erie Land - Train 310 Author: train1275 Cool news !!
That EL 369 spent most of its EL life in Binghamton I think. Looks like Richie Dundon hanging off the rear of it. |