Fall railfan trip - 4, Bath and Hammondsport

Hi, On Monday, September 9 Jim and I began a four day visit to two of the Livonia, Avon and Lakeville's operations; Bath and Hammondaport and Western New York and Pennsylvania.

We began our visit with the Bath and Hammondsport. At Coopers Plains an employee told us that a crew would be going to work shortly. Sure enough, a few minutes later, two Alco C-424s emerged from the engine house,

switched on to the main and headed for Painted Post, a couple of miles south.

There is a new facility in Painted Post where the crew picked up a long string of tank cars. We were unable to determine the purpose of this facility.

As the train pulled I climbed up on a levee (above and below).

We chased the train catching it on the west side of Coopers Plains,

and coming into Savona (above and below).

Spotting cars in Savona and then picking others up there consumed about four hours. The energy facility being serviced is inaccessible. Here the train is getting underway to head back south to Painted Post (above and below).

We chased back catching the train at Campbell

and switching in Painted Post (above and two below).

We never did figure out the purpose of the switching here. Every time we thought we knew what the crew was going to do they did something different. The photo above is from the levee.

Thanks for looking.