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RE: (erielack) Southern Tier Train Schedules?

Chuck:

Thanks for your reply to my question regarding Southern Tier schedules.  

I actually saw a couple of trains on the Southern Tire line this past
weekend.  On Friday I photographed the CR MOW train stopped on the
Lackawanna main near the Jarvis St. overpass while antique shopping with my
wife.

On Saturday I went back and a Westbound was stopped on the other Lackawanna
track waiting for a St.L&H to go ahead.  On my scanner I heard that a
movement to Goudy station will be occurring later in the day.  After lunch
(at my mom's in Endwell) I was driving back to Binghamton and spotted an
Eastbound from the rt. 17 bridge in Westover.  I hurried to catch it, and as
luck would have it it caught a red signal in Binghamton right behind my
Dad's former photo studio on Clinton St.  I parked there and got several
shots then again luckily the Goudy Station job approached from the West on
the old Lackawanna main.  I followed it through Johnson City by the hospital
and over to the power plant.  It was taking empties (I think) to the plant.
I was glad to be able to get photos of train movements on the Lackawana
trackage! 

All in all a very fruitfull and LUCKY rail fanning day (especially for
someone like me who only has time to railfan occasionally).

Gary Machlica
Neshanic Station, N.J.

PS I even bought an old DL&W oil can at an antique store on Clinton St. 

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From: "RAILDATA_@_aol.com" [mailto:RAILDATA@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 1:41 PM
To: Machlica, Gary J, BNSVC
Subject: Re: (erielack) Southern Tier Train Schedules?


I live at Endicott and it seems that most of the traffic goes through at 
night.  There is usually an east bound CP train from Buffalo about 11 AM and

a west bound around 4:30 PM.  Not familair with line north to Albany, but 
there does seem to be a moenring train up from Scranton. 

CR Traffic us must un predicatble, but there is usually a coal train into 
Binghamton TMon & Wed nights. the lcoal switcher takes this down the Vestl 
spur to the Goudy poer plant Tues & thrus mornings. Right now there is a lot

of tie replacement work on the eastbound main between bing and Wavely.  You 
might catch a work train out picking up used ties.

Owego-Harford runs most days up to the metal recycling plant just north of 
Owego. 

Stay out of CP East Bing Yard....hevily policed and very down on railfans,
as 
is case on all CP trackage here. No problems with CR.  NYSW also froms on 
trespassers but youc an get to the engine facilties for phtos on the CR 
tracks.

Chuck Yungkurth

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