Trackside Log for Saturday, June 24, 2006

Today I hitched a ride to New York with Dave, Laura, Steve and Kevin. This was a brand new experience for Kevin and Steve. Neither had railfanned in the U.S. before. The first destination was Sturgeon Point Road in Angola.

• 0913 Angola, NY - CSX westbound - CSXT 5333-CSXT 611
• 0934 Angola, NY - NS 309 west - NS 9534
• 0947 Angola, NY - CSX westbound - CSXT 7916-FURX 7262
• 1001 Angola, NY - CSX Q156 east - CSXT 392-CSXT 5233
• 1008 Angola, NY - Amtrak 48 east - AMTK 68-AMTK 49
• 1049 Angola, NY - CSX Q232 east - CSXT 5232-CSXT 7612
• 1121 Angola, NY - CSX Q159 west - CSXT 5203-CSXT 5216
• 1175 Angola, NY - NS 310 east - BNSF 9647-NS 8854
• 1159 Angola, NY - CSX Q351 west - UP 5356-UP 5111-UP 6877

We were getting hungry so we drove into Angola proper. Just after our arrival a westbound appeared.

• 1226 Angola, NY - CSX westbound - CSXT 5014-CSXT 5237

During lunch several trains snuck through town. Afterward we continued on our way west.

• 1351 Dunkirk, NY - CSX westbound - CSXT 7868-CSXT 7710
• 1358 Dunkirk, NY - CSX eastbound - CSXT 4790-CSXT 4782

We found a few trains around Dunkirk and continued toward North East. Everybody was stopped at Westfield so we managed to get ahead of a couple.

• 1510 North East, PA - CSX Q363 west - CSXT 118-HLCX 6213

We then continued into North East to the Lake Shore Railway Historical Society museum where we photographed the equipment on display, toured the museum, and waited for trains.

• 1543 North East, PA - CSX westbound - CSXT 7868-CSXT 7710
• 1605 North East, PA - CSX westbound - CSXT 5342-CSXT 5201
• 1721 North East, PA - CSX eastbound - UP 4495-UP 9727
• 1733 North East, PA - CSX eastbound - CSXT 8801-CSXT 8522
• 1733 North East, PA - CSX westbound - CSXT 430-CSXT 5230
• 1742 North East, PA - CSX eastbound - CSXT 713-CSXT 7887
• 1800 North East, PA - CSX eastbound - CSXT 8745-CSXT 8517-FURX 3018
• 1844 North East, PA - NS 206 east - NS 2726-NS 2716
• 1858 North East, PA - CSX westbound - HLCX 8145-CSXT 8506
• 1911 North East, PA - NS eastbound - NS 6724-NREX 5475
• 1932 North East, PA - CSX westbound - BNSF 4722-BNSF 7840-BNSF 7818
• 2003 North East, PA - CSX westbound - CSXT 5353-CSXT 7709
• 2008 North East, PA - CSX eastbound - CSXT 5000-CSXT 5275

The shadows were getting very long. We gathered our gear and started east with a short stop at the overpass just east of town.

• 2036 North East, PA - CSX westbound - CSXT 5354-CSXT 4752

Well, it was getting rather dark so we called it a day. Back to Canada we went.