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Susquehanna 4008-Pace in 1989.

Leica M2 in hand, I made this pacing view while racing along with a westward Delaware & Hudson freight in New York’s Canisteo Valley on April 16, 1989.

New York, Susquehanna & Western—Susquehanna for short—had been appointed the designated operator of the D&H after Guilford ceased operating the line in June 1988.

For a couple of years, NYS&W locomotives were common on D&H freights such as this ABBU (Albany to Buffalo), which was running via trackage rights over Conrail’s former Erie Railroad main line.

Tributary Fun Fact: Although I was many miles from the Susquehanna River, the Canisteo River is a tributary of the Chemung, which flows into the Susquehanna.

Exposed on Ilford FP4 black-and-white negative film using a Leica M2 with a 50mm Leitz Summicron lens.

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An SD45 Emerges from the Mists of Time.

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Just now I was searching for another photo, and I came across this scan from a 35mm black & white negative that I exposed in June 1989.

This was on a routine trip to East Deerfield. It was a foggy morning, as mists clung to the Connecticut River Valley and over Boston & Maine’s sprawling yards behind me.

I was standing at the famous ‘Railfans Bridge’ where countless thousands of photos were exposed over the years (and that’s just my personal collection, not to mention all the photos made by countless other photographers).

I was working with my father’s M3 fitted with a 90mm Leitz telephoto.

At the time, a long-hood forward SD45 at this common location probably didn’t rate my A-list. Yet any SD45 on the move would have warranted my attention.

Look at the old B&M phone box to the left of the locomotives.

When I revue my old photos, I am routinely surprised how the common has become cool.

Tracking the Light Looks Back!