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CP Rail along the Dale Road, West Middlebury, NY.

The former Erie Railroad between Hornell and Buffalo, New York, is operated at Norfolk Southern’s Southern Tier route. At West Middlebury, New York the line runs parallel to the Dale Road (named for the nearby town).

This CP Rail mixed freight carried NS train symbol 39T. It was working railroad timetable-west toward Buffalo. The timetable and compass do not correspond at West Middlebury; because the track curves to reach Attica, New York, this westward freight is running in a north-easterly direction, which allows for nice morning sun of the front of CP Rail’s GE AC4400CW 9551.

CP Rail’s operation over the former Erie was a legacy of Delaware & Hudson’s trackage rights on Conrail to Buffalo that dated to Conrail’s start-up in 1976.

CP Rail’s westward 39T rolls along the former Erie Railroad parallel to the Dale Road in West Middlebury, New York on May 11, 2007

I exposed this view on Fujichrome slide film using a Canon EOS-3 with 200mm Canon telephoto.

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