{"id":3643,"date":"2013-08-30T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T10:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=3643"},"modified":"2013-10-29T22:47:52","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T02:47:52","slug":"genesee-wyoming-at-pl-junction-november-4-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/genesee-wyoming-at-pl-junction-november-4-1987\/","title":{"rendered":"Genesee & Wyoming at P&L Junction, November 4, 1987"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Original G&W.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

On the morning of November 4, 1987, I made a speculative foray to P&L (Pittsburgh & Lehigh) Junction near Caledonia, New York<\/a>. At the time I was living in nearby Scottsville, and I\u2019d occasionally check P&L to see if anything was moving.<\/p>\n

\"Genesee<\/a>
Genesee & Wyoming SW1500 47 crosses the Peanut Line at P&L Junction. Thin autumnal high clouds softened the morning sun. The photo was exposed with a Leica M2<\/a> with 50mm Summicron on Kodachrome<\/a> 25 slide film.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

P&L Junction had once been a very busy place. Here the original Genesee & Wyoming had connected with Lehigh Valley, Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh, a branch of the Erie, and New York Central<\/a>\u2019s so-called \u2018Peanut Line.\u2019By 1987, the only railroads left were G&W and its Rochester & Southern affiliate.<\/p>\n

I was fortunate to find a southward train and I made this image of a southward G&W salt train heading across the diamond with a vestige of the old Peanut Line (that G&W used to reach a couple of miles into Caledonia). A classic \u2018tilt board\u2019 crossing signal protected the diamond.<\/p>\n

Today, it seems that G&W railroads are everywhere. I even saw a G&W company freight in Belgium a couple of weeks ago. Back then, I couldn\u2019t have imagined that this New York state short line would reach so far!<\/p>\n

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