Good Times on the Erie Lake Shore: 11-26-11

After being out until 1:00am with Wyatt, Rich and I left his house at 0500 to head for John Puda's house in Euclid to roll out to the Erie/North East area. Not only did we manage to get plenty of trains, good horns and horn shows, but we also got to see some cool power including new CSX GEVOs and KCS. In the evening, we attended a slideshow at the Lake Shore Railway Museum with a group of friends, and messed around on the property beforehand. Enjoy!

ERIE, PA

Train 1: Q020
CSXT AC44CW 591
CSXT ES40DC 5360
CSXT ES40DC 5322
CSXT AC44CW 3

Train 2: E849
CSXT AC44CW 448
CSXT ES44AC 761

NORTH EAST, PA

Train 3: V752
CSXT ES44AC 955
CSXT ES44AC 956

Train 4: 316
NS ES40DC 7622
NS SD70 2580
NS C40-9W 9622

Train 5: L156
CSXT AC44CW 412
CSXT AC44CW 78

Train 6: 14M
NS C40-9W 9060
NS C40-9 8833
NS SD40-2 3394
NS SD40-2 3418

Train 7: L119
CSXT ES40DC 5258
CSXT SD70MAC 4749
CSXT ES40DC 5409
CSXT C40-8W 7360

Train 8: K682, "Shave and a Haircut"
UP AC44CCTE 5929
CSXT C40-8W 7692
CSXT C40-8W 7394

DUNKIRK, NY

Train 9: Q164
CSXT ES44AC 796
CSXT SD70MAC 4785

WESTFIELD, NY

Train 10: 287
NS SD70M 2587
NS C40-9W 9747

FORSYTH, NY

Train 11: V832
CSXT AC44CW 378
CSXT ES44AC 808

WESTFIELD, NY

Train 12: X999
KCS ES44AC 4699
BNSF SD70MAC 9673 Ex-BN

LAKE SHORE RAILWAY MUSEUM, NORTH EAST, PA

The next couple clips are shot from the NYC U25B 2500 on museum property. The 44-tonner is operating a caboose excursion for visitors for "Christmas at the Lake Shore." After the first trip returns, we climb aboard the caboose with friends Jon Clark, Jacob and Dave Trenn. Heading back towards the museum, you can make out John Puda taking pictures from the conductor's side of the 2500.

Next is a view of a westbound on CSX from the cab of CSS 802, a Little Joe.

Train 13: Q263
CSXT AC44CW 5114
CSXT AC44CW 5115

And to top it all off, we get a horn show from an eastbound at sunset.

Train 14: Q640
CSXT SD60I 8726
CSXT SD40-2 8805
CSXT SD50-2 8663
HLCX SD40-2 7192

Then as the night progressed and the slideshows began, I only ended up shooting a few more trains, the last two I didn't get all of the engines on.

Train 15: Q008
CSXT C40-8W 7658
CSXT C40-8W 7631
CSXT AC44CW 166

Train 16: Q161
CSXT C40-8W 7833
...


Train 17: Q023
...

To finish off a fantastic day, engineer Paul Volosyn shows up on L279. After Rich greets him on the radio, he treats us to the tunes of "Shave and a Haircut" and "Jingle Bells." Once he cleared, I gave him a roll-by, and thus ended the night's action trackside.

Train 18: L279
CSXT C40-8W 7696
...

Thanks for watching!

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[RezRailroad1]

what the conductor said at 6:35. It sounded like he said (you can't take pictures of trains)

[ConrailForever]

He was just kidding: he's not actually the conductor, he's just a friend of mine who was helping out. Technically the the conductor was the guy to the left of him.

[RezRailroad1]

that one guy must hav had a problem with you taking pictures. great video

[ConrailForever]

What are you talking about?

[FGLK1751]

Nice Video! I like the KCS Southern Belle with the BNSF Black and White locomtives! Did that train go through Western New York?? Nice Job!

[ConrailForever]

It terminated in Buffalo.

[MC6853]

The last two trains were Q161 with engines 7833, 7622, and 415, plus L019 with engines 5229, 7370, and 5417; I was out the same day... Good stuff as usual, man!

[nstroud100]

@ConrailForever nice power conrail

[RezRailroad1]

oh ok.

[njtcoastline]

Nice horn shows! :)

[CSX6000]

Nice! That last shot is awesome with the sunset!